AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Loosley Row: What Now?
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the motor has been started afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Loosley Row itself or out in Darvillshill. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out just where your car stands in Loosley Row. When the motor has run, stop somewhere safe first, then turn it off. Step one remains unchanged, even though the job grows.
Further down: the situations we meet, anywhere around Buckinghamshire. Choose yours.
On a Loosley Row forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you opened was not the correct one. Somewhere around Loosley Row, then — Esso, Shell, or anywhere else nearby.
In short: there is no better spot to be to discover it. Just the tank holds AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and start it to clear the pump. Phone us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a space — the staff will help push it — then keep the receipt. Draining it there at the pump is fine when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Loosley Row with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it was only at the recycling that the cap got your eye. It takes place on drives just off Loosley Hill as frequently as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't moved since, it's second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of that tank and remains there, however long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. In Lacey Green or right here around Loosley Row, the draining happens at your driveway. The equipment runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Loosley Row: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after topping up, your engine started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Somewhere along Violet Close or else on the road to Oxford — under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it too on a bigger trip, once your filter and lines have it. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. On the M40, under 5 miles from Loosley Row, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Roughly what distance did it gone? Say so as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week back, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Buckinghamshire, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. If you are stranded in the car park outside Saunderton, or by Lacey Green Village Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Loosley Row?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St John's Church of England Primary School, Lacey Green, or on a friend's drive in Crownfield.
Put simply: spillage round the filler does the motor no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. Starting your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Your move: behave as though it did, and never start the engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Loosley Row AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come when we reach your car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road beside Saint John The Evangelist or the car park at The Black Horse: the fluid, the amount, and if it has been started. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Never started? Then roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Lastly, we fire it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while we check it's running smoothly, and then we leave. If it's spotted early, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. It is worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as you wait pays.
About Loosley Row
Loosley Row is a small village in Buckinghamshire, situated in the Chiltern Hills at an elevation of 197 metres. Loosley Row lies near the villages of Lacey Green and Saunderton Lee, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Loosley Row is located approximately 19 miles from Oxford and 32 miles from London, making it a rural community within commuting distance of these cities.
AdBlue drains round Loosley Row and across Buckinghamshire
Loosley Row is a rural village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Wardrobes and Saunderton Lee among them, across the HP postcode area. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning HP27 0.
Central Loosley Row or a layby near Lacey Green Tennis Club: either way it is, the car doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. Our van empties it in place. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to Saunderton Lee or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
In one line: your situation
Motor never started: phone, and leave it alone. Started by now? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, across Loosley Row and Buckinghamshire, on 0333 366 0103.