AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lower Nazeing: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has been run since it got in. Over in Bumbles Green or here in Lower Nazeing, an unstarted engine must remain unrun. Usually that means draining and thoroughly flushing it on the spot around Lower Nazeing — so keep your key and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. When your motor has been run, pull in safely straight away, then switch it off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical opening move.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Essex it happened.
On a Lower Nazeing forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the petrol 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 Shell, murco or anywhere else around Lower Nazeing, the situation is the same.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. Still inside your tank, with nothing pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: keep out of the car, even if the queue wants clearing. Ring us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then save the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Lower Nazeing drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Houses just off St Leonards Road are hit as often as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's close to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: keys in the house, so no one drives the car off first thing. After that, ring. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is in Lower Nazeing or out in Nazeing Mead. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Lower Nazeing?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the fill. Maybe heading for St Albans, under 25 miles away, or simply down Middle Street.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. On the M25, under 5 miles from Lower Nazeing, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense starting it again to find out. Call, and say what distance the car was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only driven the car for days. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Essex.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's approval before repairs.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. Hanging on for an answer in the car park at Broxbourne, or beside St Giles, Nazeing? Leave the engine off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Lower Nazeing?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think so. What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Nazeing Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Nazeing Long Green.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the motor. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting your car will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: assume it got in, then keep the motor off. Ring with the details: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than drain one after the motor has run.
Every AdBlue drain around Lower Nazeing shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things are asked once our engineers reach your car — on a filling station, a drive, a street by Nazeing Congregational Church or the car park at Crooked Billet: the fluid, the amount, and if it has run. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers shape the job.
Emptying the tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Next is your filter — flushed, or swapped where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we get there.
The final step is firing it up. Our engineers confirm it runs smoothly on clean diesel before we go. If it's spotted early, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Lower Nazeing itself
Lower Nazeing is a village situated on the riverside in Essex, with an elevation of around 29 metres. Lower Nazeing lies near several other small communities, including Nazeing Mead and Keysers Estate, and is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock. Lower Nazeing is located near the Long Green area and is within commuting distance of London, being approximately 16.9 miles from the city centre. Lower Nazeing has a population of around 1851 residents.
Lower Nazeing and Essex: AdBlue drains across the area
As a village, Lower Nazeing shares its vans with the surrounding places — Long Green, Keysers Estate — all the way across EN postcodes. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning EN9 2.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Rusheymead or in a car park in the middle of Lower Nazeing, it doesn't need to shift. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it stands. Ring and ask rather than guess if you are close to Broxbourne Rowing Club, near a border, or anywhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Unstarted? Leave it that way then phone. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Essex and within Lower Nazeing — after you pull over, switch off then phone, if it's run.