Lampton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has been run since it was put in. Anywhere the vehicle is — Osterley, Lampton — don't run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Leave your engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Lampton. Pull over the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening step.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere around Greater London you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Lampton forecourt
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Somewhere around Lampton, then — BP, Shell, or anywhere else nearby.
Put simply: there is no better place to be to discover it. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to move away from the petrol pump. Have the attendants to lend a hand rolling it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is emptied where it is at the pump.
Lampton, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning 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 a second time at the cap. Homes just off King's Avenue get hit as much as anywhere else.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not been driven since, it is second to the pump case. At the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue waits, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Put the keys indoors tonight — or a person might drive it away at breakfast — then call us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether in Lampton or Hounslow. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Lampton: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Kingsley Road, perhaps on the way out towards Westminster, under 15 miles away.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a longer trip, once your filter and lines have it. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, then turn the engine off. Lampton sits under a mile from the M4; there, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days back, the car was new to you. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. Anyone, anywhere around Greater London, could do the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. The owner often has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and company contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians get there than after. Leave it off as the answer comes, whether you are waiting outside Hounslow or near Lakshmi Narayan Temple.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Lampton
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Alexandra Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Woodlands.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't reach your motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Next: assume it went in, and leave the engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Lampton: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. We come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Black Horse or a side street close to Hounslow Conservative Club, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your engine has run. Those answers decide the work, and you get our quote by phone, before anyone heads out.
Draining the tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, however long you wait. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. Before we head off, it is tested to make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. If it's spotted early, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Lampton
Lampton is a suburban area in west London, situated approximately 10 miles from central London. Lampton sits at a relatively low elevation of around 30 metres, with its semi-detached housing stock reflecting the typical residential character of the area. Lampton is close to nearby places such as Hounslow, Spring Grove, and Heston, and is part of the wider London urban landscape.
AdBlue drains in Lampton, and across Greater London too
Lampton is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Spring Grove and Heston among them, across the TW postcode area. Giving us a TW3 4 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Centre of Lampton or a layby near The Highlands Open Space: either way it is, your car doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. Draining happens right there. Ring and check rather than guess when you're by St Luke, near a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Greater London and in Lampton — once you stop, turn off and ring, if it has run.