AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lea: What Now?
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the motor has run since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Lea itself or out in Gainsborough. Leave your engine and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Lea. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Match what happened to one of the list below, anywhere in Lincolnshire you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Lea forecourt
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Possibly you are at the Gulf, perhaps at the Morrisons, maybe somewhere else around Lea.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue stays only in the tank.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Lea, at home: AdBlue in the 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 a second time at the cap. Just off Gainsborough Road is not less likely from anywhere.
Put simply: if the car hasn't been driven since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the pump. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and stays. One night standing changes nothing.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it gets emptied, be it around Lea or Knaith Park. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Lea with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. It might have been driving to Lincoln, under 15 miles away, or simply along Willingham Road.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a sensible place, stop, and turn the engine off. On the M180, under 15 miles from Lea, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
Seven days back, the car was new to you. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or stores it elsewhere. Any driver, wherever across Lincolnshire, might make it.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we arrive than after. If you are stuck in the car park at Gainsborough Lea Road, or by St Helen, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Lea
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? It might have been at a friend's driveway in Bole, or in a rush outside Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to the motor. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be pulled in by firing up the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Lea AdBlue drain
No matter the case, one opening applies. Filling station, drive, the pub in the village's car park or a road beside St Mary — the van reaches your car, and three answers come next: what fluid, which quantity, and if it ran. Those replies settle this work, and you get our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
Emptying your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more important after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long you wait. Finally are the filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your car. If the engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our technicians fire it up last. Our technicians confirm it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before leaving. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it's spotted soon, permanent damage is very uncommon. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. It is worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while we travel pays.
About Lea itself
Lea is a small village in Lincolnshire, situated in the East Midlands region of England, with a population of around 769 people. Lea sits inland, approximately 13 miles from the city of Lincoln, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Lea is located near other local places such as Knaith Park and Knaith, and is about 131 miles north of London. Lea has an elevation of around 14 metres above sea level, placing it in a relatively low-lying area of the county.
AdBlue drains round Lea and across Lincolnshire
As a rural village, Lea has the same vans as the surrounding places — Park Springs, Knaith — right through DN postcodes. A postcode starting DN21 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked heading to Lea Park, or right in the centre of Lea, the car stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. Draining happens on the spot. Assuming doesn't help beside Cornerstone Christian Centre, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
The one-line version
If it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Run by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Lea and Lincolnshire, on 0333 366 0103.