AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Holland: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it got in. Not run so far? Then leave the car like that, wherever the car sits — Holland or Broadham Green. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where your car stands in Holland. Pull over the moment it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Surrey it happened.
On a Holland forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. Be it Esso, Shell or anywhere else around Holland, the case is identical.
The point: of every spot to notice, this is the best. Nothing has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue sits just in the tank.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants freeing. Three jobs: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is cleared right at the pump.
At home in Holland with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Houses just off Barnfield Way are hit as often as everywhere else.
The point: zero miles since makes this almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise a person may take it away first thing — then phone us. Hurst Green or Holland: whichever your driveway sits, that's where it gets emptied. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Holland?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe it was on Fairviews, possibly on the way out towards Westminster, under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Distance sets how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, then switch your motor off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M25, under 3 miles from Holland. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say what distance your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. Wherever you happen to be in Surrey, any driver could slip up.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts here — run or not — and one extra step. Plenty of hire and company agreements need the owner's approval before work.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Hurst Green, or near Hurst Green Community Centre? Leave your car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Holland?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think so. Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe at a friend's driveway in Limpsfield Common, or rushing by Holland Junior School at the school run.
Meaning? Drips around the filler don't reach the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. If there is AdBlue in that tank, turning on your car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your key. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked is a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain around Holland has in common
No matter the case, a single start is used. Wherever the vehicle stands — The Diamond's car park, a road beside St Agatha's Hall, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks about the liquid, the amount, plus whether the motor has turned over. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear our price, and those replies shape the job too.
Then your tank is emptied and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel goes in after your filter has been cleaned or changed, and the car is finally checked. Where the engine has not run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
Lastly, our engineers fire it up. With new diesel in, it runs while we confirm it is running smoothly, and then we leave. Long-term damage is very rare when it's caught early, and the entire job is done where the car is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover is included in plenty of policies.
About Holland and where it is
Holland is a suburban area in Surrey, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 94 metres. Holland lies approximately 19.5 miles from London and is close to nearby places such as Hurst Green and Merle Common. Holland has a population of around 4060 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Holland is also near Pains-Hill, a local area of interest.
AdBlue drains across Surrey, Holland included
Merle Common and Pains-Hill get the identical teams as Holland, a residential suburb, along with other places throughout RH postcodes. A postcode starting RH8 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to King George V Playing Field, or bang in the centre of Holland, the vehicle stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. Draining is done on the spot. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near St John the Evangelist or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Leave it off then phone. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Holland or wherever in Surrey.