What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kilskeery
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the motor has run afterwards. Out in Irvinestown or right in Kilskeery, an unstarted motor should stay that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. Across Kilskeery, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Already run? Stop when you safely can, then switch everything off. It's a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Below: the situations we see, wherever around County Tyrone. Pick yours.
At the petrol pump in Kilskeery: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you're stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Maybe you are at the the nearest petrol station, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else around Kilskeery.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. No pump has pulled it in, so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the pump wants clearing. Phone us from the forecourt once the car is in a space — the staff will help roll it — then save the receipt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Kilskeery drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. Picked up a container, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Driveways close to Crown Street see it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is second to the pump case. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops low in the tank and stays. A night parked alters none of that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. In Ballinamallard or here around Kilskeery, the draining is done at your drive. Our pumping kit works quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Kilskeery: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Rock Street, perhaps, or the way towards Armagh — a trip of under 50 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through your filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels further with every extra mile covered and every restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first job — then turn everything off. Kilskeery lies over 50 miles from the M77; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Phone, and say how far the vehicle was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've just had this car a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around County Tyrone.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many rental and company agreements need the owner's sign-off for work.
Settling it before the van turn up is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park at the nearest station, or by the centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Kilskeery?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think so. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Ballycassidy.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch your engine at all. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in the tank will be pulled in by turning on the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it got in, and don't start the key. Inspecting a tank that proves clean beats draining one once it has been run — so phone then describe to us what you noticed.
Kilskeery: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions are asked once our engineers reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road by a street just off the centre or the car park at the pub in the village: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has run. Those replies settle the work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Then that tank is drained and the fuel system purged 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. Last come your filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers turn up.
The final step is starting it. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it's running smoothly, and then we go. When it's noticed soon, the car very seldom has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Payment is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while we travel pays.
About Kilskeery
Kilskeery is a small locality in County Tyrone, situated inland at an elevation of 106 metres, and is located near the towns of Ballinamallard, Trillick, and Tempo. Kilskeery is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is approximately 35.8 miles from the city of Armagh. Kilskeery has a population of around 581 people and is a considerable distance from London, at 368.2 miles away.
AdBlue drains across County Tyrone, Kilskeery included
Trillick and Tempo get the same teams as Kilskeery, a small village, along with other places over BT postcodes. Fastest of all: a BT78 3 postcode for your location.
Central Kilskeery or a layby near the green space at the edge of the village: wherever it sits, the car doesn't need to shift an inch for us. Where it sits, that is where it gets emptied. Guessing won't help near the far end of the built-up part, on a border or anywhere hard to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout County Tyrone and in Kilskeery — after you pull over, switch off then phone, if it has run.