What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Keady
One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Keady itself or out in Ballymacnab. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, done right where the car stands around Keady. When the motor has run, stop safely straight away, then switch the vehicle off. It is a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, anywhere in County Armagh you happen to be.
Keady forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Possibly you're at the the nearest petrol station, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, possibly somewhere else around Keady.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn any in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. A few things: a shove into a bay with the attendants helping, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Emptying it right at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Keady drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the driveway — and it was just at the bin that the cap got a second look. Right off Heugh Road is not less likely from any other place.
In short: if your car has not been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and stays put, however long it waits.
Next: stop an early move by keeping your keys indoors, then phone us. Darkley or Keady: whichever your driveway is, that's where it gets emptied. Night-time clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Keady?
Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was running unevenly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. It might have been driving to Armagh, under 10 miles away, or just along South Crescent.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in by now. Mileage sets how far it goes: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: further it travels.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then turn it off. Service stations farther along are too far: from the M77, over 50 miles out of Keady, take the next junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only driven the car for days. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets are next to each other here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Across County Armagh, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Many rental and company agreements require the owner's sign-off for work.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Leave the car switched off while the reply comes, whether you are parked at the nearest station or close to the centre.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Keady?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Lisnadill.
The upshot: the motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the filler. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't crank it. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Keady: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside the pub in the village or a side street near a street just off the centre, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has run. Those answers decide this work, and you hear the price by phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Clean diesel is put in after your filter is flushed or changed, and the car is finally tested. Most unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians get there.
Starting the car comes at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it's running properly, and then we go. Our engineers do the entire job where your car is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been noticed soon. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Check your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover comes built into many policies.
About Keady and where it is
Keady is a locality in County Armagh, situated inland at an elevation of around 155 metres, approximately 7.3 miles from Armagh city. Keady is characterised by its semi-detached housing and is located near other small settlements such as Darkley, Derrynoose, and Madden. Keady has a population of around 1536 people and is part of the wider Northern Ireland region, about 333 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across County Armagh, Keady included
Throughout BT postcodes, the teams serving Keady — a small village — reach surrounding places as well, Derrynoose and Madden included. Quickest of all: a BT60 3 postcode for where you stand.
Centre of Keady or a lay-by near the green space at the edge of the village: either way it sits, your car doesn't need to shift at all for the drain. The drain is done right there. Awkward to explain? By the far end of the built-up part or a county line? Checking beats assuming, and so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way then ring. Run by now? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever case, across Keady and County Armagh, on 0333 366 0103.