AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Holbeach, and What to Do Next
All of it hinges on one detail: if the motor has started since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Anywhere the vehicle is — Saracens Head, Holbeach — never run a motor that hasn't run yet. Leave the engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Holbeach. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, yes, but the same opening step.
Wherever in Lincolnshire it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
Holbeach forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the Pace, or perhaps the Texaco, or a different forecourt in Holbeach.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. No pump has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits only inside your tank.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
At home around Holbeach with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it's just by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. It takes place on drives just off Boston Road South as often as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not been driven since, it is close to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent any early-morning drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Cackle Hill or Holbeach: wherever your driveway is, that's where it gets cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Holbeach: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Possibly it was on High Street, perhaps on the way out towards Peterborough, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue through by now. Through your filter, along the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. On the A1(M), under 25 miles from Holbeach, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Ring us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week ago, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Anywhere you happen to be around Lincolnshire, any driver can be caught.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added stage. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under many hire and company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, since settling it early cuts time. Keep the car switched off as the answer arrives, whether you're parked at Spalding or near All Saints' Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Holbeach?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Look familiar? Maybe at a friend's driveway in Fleet, or rushing by The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet never reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave the engine off. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked is a better outcome than a run one emptied.
Each AdBlue drain around Holbeach shares these stages
Each situation has the same start to the work. Anywhere the car stands — The Crown Hotel's car park, a road by Boyes, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the amount, plus if the motor has been run. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies set the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and none of that rinses out unaided. Clean diesel is put in once the filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then tested. Where the motor hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. Our technicians check it runs properly on fresh diesel before leaving. We do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been noticed quickly. Payment is that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Holbeach itself
Holbeach is a locality in southern Lincolnshire, situated in a low-lying area near the Wash estuary. Holbeach has a population of around 2414 people and is characterised by detached housing. Holbeach sits close to several nearby places, including Cackle Hill, Holbeach Bank, and Holbeach Clough, and is approximately 19 miles from Peterborough. Holbeach is relatively flat, with an elevation of around 5 metres above sea level.
AdBlue drains in Holbeach, and across Lincolnshire too
Holbeach is a small village, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Holbeach Bank and Holbeach Clough among them, across the PE postcode area. A postcode starting PE12 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped heading to Carters Park, or right in the heart of Holbeach, your car stays where it is — there's no need to shift it at all. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets drained. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near The Holbeach Hub or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Holbeach and anywhere in Lincolnshire on 0333 366 0103.