AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Langtoft, and What to Do Next
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? That single point settles nearly everything about what comes next. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether the car is — Langtoft or Obthorpe Lodge. Normally that means emptying and thoroughly rinsing it right there around Langtoft — and so keep your key and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. Where your motor has run, stop somewhere safe first, then turn the vehicle off. Step one remains the same, even if the work grows.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, wherever in Lincolnshire you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Langtoft forecourt
You are 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. Be it BP, The Co-operative or somewhere else around Langtoft, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Still inside that tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. A few things: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home around Langtoft with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. Just off Peterborough Road is not less likely from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car has not been driven since, it is close to the forecourt case. At the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue stays, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys indoors, so no one drives the car off at breakfast. After that, ring. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether in Langtoft or Baston. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Langtoft?
A mile or two beyond filling up, the engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Bourne Road, say, or the route towards Peterborough — a run of under 10 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a bigger trip, once the filter and pipework have had it. Each restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then switch your engine off. Service stations farther on are too far: from the Great North Road, under 15 miles out of Langtoft, use the first junction. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Let us know the mileage covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a car you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Lincolnshire.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with one added step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before we get there than after. If you are stuck in the car park outside Stamford, or by Langtoft Village Sigm, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Langtoft: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Wilsthorpe, or rushing outside Langtoft Primary School on the school run.
The point: the engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in every Langtoft AdBlue drain
The job opens identically, whichever the situation. Wherever your car stands — Waggon & Horses's car park, a street beside St Michael and All Angels Church, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and we ask about the liquid, the amount, plus whether the motor has been run. Answers shape the job; the price comes by phone while no one has set off yet.
Then your tank is cleared and your 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, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Finally come the filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your car. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The final step is firing it up. Before our engineers leave, it's tested to confirm it runs smoothly on clean diesel. We do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been spotted quickly. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Langtoft, briefly
Langtoft is a village in Lincolnshire, situated on the banks of the River Welland, with a low elevation of around 9 metres. Langtoft lies near the city of Peterborough, approximately 9.6 miles away, and is close to other nearby places such as Baston and Market Deeping. Langtoft has a population of around 1308 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Langtoft is located in a rural area, with easy access to the nearby city and surrounding countryside.
AdBlue drains across Lincolnshire, Langtoft included
Langtoft is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, The Rectory and Market Deeping among them, across the PE postcode area. Your location comes quickest from a postcode beginning PE6 9.
Centre of Langtoft or a layby towards Black Bull Green: wherever it sits, the vehicle never needs to move an inch for us. Draining happens right there. Ring and check rather than guess when you're by Langtoft Village Hall, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Engine never started: phone, and leave it switched off. Started already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, across Langtoft and Lincolnshire, on 0333 366 0103.