AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kimberley: What Now?
One thing matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has run since. Wherever the car stands — Nuthall, Kimberley — don't start an engine that has not been started yet. Usually this is draining and properly cleaning it on the spot around Kimberley — and so leave your ignition and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Wherever around Nottinghamshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
On a Kimberley forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Maybe you are at the Sainsbury's, perhaps at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else in Kimberley.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. Still in that tank, and nothing pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the pump wants freeing. Get the staff to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Kimberley
Days had passed with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Driveways close to James Street see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is second to the pump case. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue drops low in the tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
Put your keys indoors overnight — or a person may take it off at breakfast — then phone us. We drain it on your drive, whether that's around Kimberley or out in Swingate. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Kimberley?
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. Anywhere on Main Street or else heading towards Nottingham — under 10 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Through the filter, along the lines, and — the more the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. It goes deeper with each extra mile driven and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. On the M1, under 3 miles from Kimberley, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial starts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, it was new to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Nottinghamshire, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Any work on the car often needs the owner's approval under rental or company terms.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Ilkeston, or beside Kimberley Parish Hall? Leave your car off throughout.
Kimberley: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. What cap came off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of Hollywell Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Awsworth.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your engine. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Turning on the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the car. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked is a better outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Kimberley: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The job opens the same way, whichever your situation. Filling station, drive, The Gate Inn's car park or a road beside Kimberley Library — our van comes to the car, and three answers follow: which liquid, what quantity, and if it ran. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the price, and those answers decide the job too.
Draining that tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our engineers turn up.
Firing it up comes last. Our engineers check it runs smoothly on new diesel before we leave. Lasting damage is very unusual when it's caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while we travel pays.
About Kimberley
Kimberley is a town in Nottinghamshire, situated approximately 5 miles northwest of Nottingham city centre, at an elevation of around 100 metres. Kimberley has a mix of housing types, but is predominantly characterised by detached homes. Kimberley is close to several nearby places, including Swingate, Watnall, and Babbington, and is located in the East Midlands region, about 113 miles north of London.
AdBlue drains across Nottinghamshire, Kimberley included
Watnall and Babbington get the identical vans as Kimberley, a town, plus other towns over NG postcodes. A postcode starting NG16 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Kimberley Nature Area or in a car park in the middle of Kimberley, it does not need to move. Where it stands, that is where it is drained. Tricky to pin down? By Kimberley War Memorial or a county line? Checking beats assuming, and so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Unstarted? Keep the vehicle off and phone. Run already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever case, in Kimberley and Nottinghamshire, on 0333 366 0103.