What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Limpsfield
One thing matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has run since. Out in Hurst Green or here in Limpsfield, an unstarted motor must stay unrun. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. Across Limpsfield, such a case is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. Already started? Stop once you safely can, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Further down: the situations our technicians see, anywhere in Surrey. Pick yours.
At the petrol pump around Limpsfield: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Whether Shell, Esso or somewhere else around Limpsfield, the situation is identical.
Put simply: there is no better spot exists to discover it. Only your tank has AdBlue; no part beyond it has drawn any in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Limpsfield
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Right off High Street is no different from any other place.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Keep your keys indoors tonight — otherwise a person might take it off first thing — then call us. Limpsfield Common or Limpsfield: wherever your driveway is, that is where it gets cleared. Our pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Limpsfield?
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. Detillens Lane, say, or the route towards Westminster — a run of under 25 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. Past the filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Stop safely — that is the first step — then switch it off. Limpsfield lies under a mile from the M25; there, pull off at the next junction rather than pushing on for the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far did it gone? Tell us as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only had this vehicle a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Surrey.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with an added stage. Work on your vehicle often requires the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Oxted, or by St Peter's, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Limpsfield?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Limpsfield CofE Infant School, or on a friend's drive in Titsey.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet never touch the engine at all. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up your car will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: assume it got in, then leave your motor off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Limpsfield: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Forecourt, driveway, The Bull Inn's car park or a street by Oxted Library — the van reaches the car, and three questions come next: which liquid, which amount, and if it ran. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear the price, and those answers decide the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last come the filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Before our technicians go, it's checked to confirm it runs properly on clean diesel. We do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very uncommon if it has been noticed quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Limpsfield
Limpsfield is a village in Surrey, situated near the River Eden and close to Limpsfield Common, with a mix of rural and suburban characteristics. Limpsfield sits at an elevation of 116 metres, within the South East region of England, and is located approximately 18 miles from London. Limpsfield has a population of around 900 residents, predominantly living in detached housing. Limpsfield is also near to the towns of Oxted and Pains-Hill.
AdBlue drains around Limpsfield and across Surrey
Being a village, Limpsfield has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Pains-Hill, Oxted — right through RH postcodes. Giving us a RH8 0 postcode finds you quickest of all.
No moving is required, whether stopped centrally in Limpsfield or in a lay-by heading to The Limpsfield Club, and so keep it where it is. We drain the vehicle where it is. Assuming doesn't help beside Tandridge Council Offices, on a border or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way and phone. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, in Limpsfield and Surrey, on 0333 366 0103.