AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Horsmonden, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has been run since it got in. Wherever your vehicle stands — Broad Ford, Horsmonden — never start an engine that has not run yet. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where the car sits around Horsmonden. Stop the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has been run. A larger job, yes, yet the identical first move.
Match your case to one of the list below, wherever across Kent you are.
On a Horsmonden forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Be it Weald Service station, BP or somewhere else in Horsmonden, the case is the same.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Still in the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Have the staff to help rolling it into a space, save the receipt, then ring us from there. Can't move it by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Horsmonden
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Picked up a container, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Houses just off Lamberhurst Road are hit as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's second to the forecourt case. At the floor of the tank is where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Next: stop an early-morning move by putting the keys indoors, then phone us. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that's around Horsmonden or out in Capel Cross. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Horsmonden?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two beyond the top-up. Anywhere on Brenchley Road or on the road to Canterbury — under 50 miles away.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. It's been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It travels deeper with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Stop safely — that is the next job — then turn everything off. Service stations farther on are too far: on the M20, under 15 miles out of Horsmonden, take the first junction. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to check. Tell us hear the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Wherever you happen to be in Kent, every driver could slip up.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added step. Any work on your car often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. If you are stranded in the car park at Paddock Wood, or by Horsmonden War Memorial, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Horsmonden?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Leigh Academy Horsmonden, or on a friend's drive in Palmers Green.
The point: the engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up your car will suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn your engine. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank checked is a better outcome than an already-run one drained.
Horsmonden: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation has the same start to the job. Our engineers come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Gun & Spitroast or a side street near Horsmonden Village Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the engine has been run. Those replies decide this work, and you get our price on the phone, before anyone heads out.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Next comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Starting the car comes at the end. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our technicians do the entire job where your car is, and permanent damage is very uncommon if it has been noticed early. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Horsmonden
Horsmonden is a village in Kent, situated inland at an elevation of 61 metres, and is located near the villages of Capel Cross, Hazel Street, and Yew Tree Green. Horsmonden has a population of approximately 1251 residents and is characterized by predominantly detached housing. Horsmonden is about 35 miles from London and 29.8 miles from Canterbury, making it a rural community with access to larger cities.
AdBlue drains in Horsmonden, and across Kent too
As a rural village, Horsmonden has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Yew Tree Green, Hazel Street — right across TN postcodes. Giving us a TN12 8 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to The Heath or in a car park in the middle of Horsmonden, it does not need to shift. Where it stands, that is where it is drained. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near St Margaret's Church Hall or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
If it hasn't run, phone and keep it that way. Run by now: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Horsmonden or wherever in Kent.