What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kippington
Everything hinges on a single fact: if the motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Sevenoaks Common, Kippington — never start a motor that has not run yet. Usually this means emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Kippington — and so leave your key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Further down: the situations our technicians see, wherever around Kent. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Kippington forecourt
Just at this point, bottle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Somewhere around Kippington, then — Shell, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn any in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
Kippington, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened on the drive. It takes place on driveways just off The Middlings as often as anywhere.
The point: no miles since makes it almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue settles low inside that tank and stays. One night standing alters nothing.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Sevenoaks or Kippington: whichever your drive sits, that's where it gets emptied. Night-time empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Kippington with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Brittains Lane, perhaps, or the way to London — a trip of under 25 miles.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. The injection pump and every injector see it too on a bigger run, once your filter and pipework have it. It goes further with every extra mile driven and every restart.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then switch the motor off. Service stations farther on are too far: on the M25, under 3 miles out of Kippington, take the first junction. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the car barely a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Anywhere you happen to be in Kent, every motorist could slip up.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Work on the vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Sevenoaks, or beside St Mary Kippington? Leave the engine off throughout.
Kippington: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. Which cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. A hurried top-up by the gates of St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks, or a call to a friend in Riverhead: both fit.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler never touch the engine at all. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Kippington has in common
Every case gets the same start to the job. Anywhere your car is — Halfway House's car park, a road by St Thomas', a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask about the fluid, the quantity, plus whether the motor has turned over. Those answers settle the work, and you get our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals build up and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses out unaided. Clean diesel is put in once the filter is flushed or changed, and the car is finally tested. If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is firing it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it is running correctly, and then we leave. Lasting damage is very uncommon when it is spotted early, and the whole job is done where the car is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while we travel pays.
About Kippington, briefly
Kippington is a suburban area in Kent, situated approximately 21 miles southeast of central London. Kippington sits in a relatively elevated position at around 125 metres, with nearby settlements including Sevenoaks and Bessels Green. Kippington is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its development as a residential area. Kippington remains a commuter-focused community with good transport links to London.
AdBlue drains around Kippington, and across Kent too
Fig Street and Bessels Green get the same teams as Kippington, a residential suburb, along with further places over TN postcodes. Giving us your TN13 2 postcode finds you fastest of all.
No towing is needed, whether stopped centrally in Kippington or in a layby heading to Great Britain's Wood, and so keep it where it is. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near St Lukes or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Where it has not run, phone and leave it off. Run by now: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Kippington or anywhere in Kent.