Kelvedon Hatch: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything hinges on a single fact: whether the engine has been run after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever your car sits — Kelvedon Hatch or Stondon Massey. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine still off. Across Kelvedon Hatch, such a case is generally drained and flushed where it stands. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the work is bigger.
Compare what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere around Essex you happen to be.
On a Kelvedon Hatch forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. It might be the BP, or perhaps the Esso, or another station in Kelvedon Hatch.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Still in your tank, and nothing pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and start it to clear the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
Kelvedon Hatch, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Driveways near School Road see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car has not moved since, it is close to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Keep the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone may drive it off at breakfast — and phone us. Out in Fox Hatch or here in Kelvedon Hatch, the drain is done on your drive. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Kelvedon Hatch?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the fill. Anywhere on Ongar Road or on the road to Chelmsford — under 15 miles away.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. Past the filter, along the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more restarts: further it goes.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then turn the motor off. Kelvedon Hatch sits under 5 miles from the M25; there, come off at the first junction rather than pushing on for the services. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Phone, and say what distance your car was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to the diesel. Anyone, wherever in Essex, might do the same.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or not — and one extra step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded near Kelvedon Hatch War Memorial or outside Shenfield until the firm replies, your car stays turned off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Kelvedon Hatch
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway out in Navestock Side.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start the vehicle. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one after it has been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
Kelvedon Hatch: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever the vehicle stands — The Eagle's car park, a street by St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the liquid, the amount, and if your motor has turned over. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers set the job.
Then that tank is cleared and your system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next comes the filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Before our engineers head off, it's tested to be sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it is caught early, long-term damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Kelvedon Hatch
Kelvedon Hatch is a village in Essex, situated inland at an elevation of around 102 metres, approximately 20 miles from London. Kelvedon Hatch is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is located near several nearby places, including Fox Hatch and Doddinghurst Common. Kelvedon Hatch has a small population of around 924 residents and is close to the city of Chelmsford, which is about 10 miles away.
AdBlue drains in Kelvedon Hatch, and across Essex too
Over CM postcodes, the vans covering Kelvedon Hatch — a rural village — reach surrounding towns too, Doddinghurst Common and Clapgate among them. Telling us your CM15 0 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Kelvedon Green or in a car park in the middle of Kelvedon Hatch, it does not need to shift. The drain is done on the spot. Assuming doesn't help near Kelvedon Hatch Village Hall, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and check.
In one line: your scenario
Unstarted? Keep it that way then ring. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Kelvedon Hatch or anywhere across Essex.