AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kington, and What to Do Next
Everything hinges on a single fact: whether your motor has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever the vehicle sits — Kington or Bradnor Green. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. Across Kington, that is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Herefordshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Kington forecourt
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you opened was not the correct one. Whether Texaco, Pace or anywhere else around Kington, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still inside the tank, with no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. A few jobs: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Draining it right at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Kington with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. 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. Right off High Street is no less likely from any other place.
In short: if your car hasn't been driven since, it's nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. On the bottom of your tank is where AdBlue stays, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Keep the keys indoors tonight — otherwise a person may take it away first thing — then phone us. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Kington or out in Headbrook. The pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Kington: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way beyond filling up, the engine started playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Duke Street, say, or the route towards Hereford — a run of under 25 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it too on a longer run, once the fuel filter and pipework have had it. It goes further with every mile driven and every restart.
Next: pick a safe place, stop, then turn the motor off. Leave by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M50, under 50 miles from Kington. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the distance covered as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets are next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Any driver, wherever across Herefordshire, might make it.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or unrun — plus one further step. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Hanging on for a reply in the car park at Knighton, or beside The Kington Centre? Keep your car off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Kington
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia smell hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Kington Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway out in Floodgates.
The point: the motor is not hurt by some AdBlue splashed on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and don't start the motor. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it has been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain around Kington has in common
The job begins identically, whatever the situation. Our technicians come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Oxford Arms or a side street close to Market Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and if your motor has run. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our quote, and those answers decide the work too.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. Before we go, it is checked to confirm it runs properly on new diesel. When it's noticed quickly, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy while we travel is worthwhile.
About Kington, for a moment
Kington is a small town situated on the River Arrow in northwest Herefordshire, with a population of around 2917 people. Kington sits at an elevation of approximately 160 metres, surrounded by rolling countryside and nearby villages such as Headbrook and Newton. Kington has a mix of housing types, but detached homes are particularly prevalent in the area. Kington is located about 16.7 miles from the city of Hereford and around 132.8 miles from London.
Kington and Herefordshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Kington is a riverside town, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Sunset and Newton among them, across the HR postcode area. Telling us a HR5 3 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Stopped heading to Crooked Well Meadow, or bang in the centre of Kington, your car remains put — there's no need to shift it at all. Where it sits, that is where it is emptied. Tricky to pin down? By Kington Museum or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Started already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, in Kington and Herefordshire, on 0333 366 0103.