AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Leazes: What Now?
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This single point settles nearly everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Leazes itself or out in Burnopfield. Leave the engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Leazes. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then turn everything off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the work grows.
Further down: the cases we see, anywhere around Durham. Pick the one that fits.
On a Leazes forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you opened was not the right one. Somewhere around Leazes, then — Esso, Texaco, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Nothing has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside your tank.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Have the staff to help rolling it into a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. Can't move the vehicle beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Leazes drive?
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. 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. Driveways close to Birch Crescent get it as much as anywhere.
The point: zero driving since leaves this nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue drops low inside that tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, whether in Leazes or Lintz. Night-time clears outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Leazes?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving to Newcastle upon Tyne, under 10 miles away, or simply along Priestfield Gardens.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then switch the engine off. On the A1(M), under 10 miles from Leazes, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, so there's no sense starting it again to check. Let us know the mileage covered as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this car barely a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Durham.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies here — run or unrun — and one extra step. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under many hire and company agreements.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you're stuck in the car park at Blaydon, or by Burnopfield Community Centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Leazes: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear memory of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Burnopfield Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Pickering Nook.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to the engine. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't crank it. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain around Leazes has in common
Every case has the same start to the work. Wherever the car stands — The Sun Inn's car park, a road by St James, a driveway, a forecourt — our van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the amount, plus whether the engine has turned over. Answers shape the work; the price comes on the call whilst no one has set off yet.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that's why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last are your filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the vehicle. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is starting it. Our technicians make sure it runs correctly on new diesel before leaving. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it is spotted quickly, lasting damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Leazes
Leazes is a suburban area situated inland in County Durham, approximately 7 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne. Leazes has a population of around 2703 people and is characterised by semi-detached housing. Leazes sits at an elevation of 181 metres, putting it in a relatively high position in the area. Leazes is close to nearby places such as Lintz, High Friarside, and Bryans Leap.
AdBlue drains round Leazes and across Durham
Being a residential suburb, Leazes shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Bryans Leap, High Friarside — all the way across NE postcodes. Giving us your NE16 6 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Central Leazes or a lay-by towards Black Hill: either way it is, your vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for the drain. Our van drains it where it stands. Awkward to explain? Close to Church Hall or a border? Checking is better than assuming, and so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Motor not started: phone, leaving it alone. Run by now: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Leazes or anywhere across Durham.