What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lyminge
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the motor has run since it went in. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Lyminge itself or out in Etchinghill. Leave your motor and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Lyminge. Already run? Pull over once safe, then switch it off. A bigger job, then, yet the same first step.
Anywhere in Kent it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
At the petrol pump around Lyminge: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Lyminge, then — Murco, Esso, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Just that tank holds AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. Have the staff to lend a hand pushing it into a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is emptied right at the pump.
At home in Lyminge with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Drives near Church Road get it as much as any other street.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and remains there, no matter how long it waits.
Next: prevent any early drive by putting the keys indoors, then phone us. Your drive is where it is drained, be it in Lyminge or North Lyminge. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Lyminge: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Maybe heading for Canterbury, under 15 miles away, or simply along High Street.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Stop safely — that is the next step — then turn it off. Lyminge lies under 3 miles from the M20; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on to the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, and say how far the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have only had this car for days. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits just next to the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Kent.
The point: just as above, split by if it ran, only with one added step. The owner often needs to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Sandling, or by St Mary & St. Ethelburga, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Lyminge?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Lyminge Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Ottinge.
Put simply: a spill near the filler leaves the engine unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. Turning on the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
Next: act as though it went in, then leave your motor off. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it has been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
The common ground in each Lyminge AdBlue drain
Each case gets the same opening to the work. Forecourt, drive, Coach and Horses's car park or a street by Lyminge Methodist Church — the van comes to the vehicle, and three answers follow: which fluid, what amount, and whether it ran. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers set the work.
Emptying the tank comes first, then a full flush — more important after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers arrive.
Our engineers fire it up last. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it's running properly, and then we head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very rare when it has been noticed early. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Lyminge itself
Lyminge is a village situated in a riverside setting in Kent, with an elevation of 107 metres and a population of around 1598 residents. Lyminge lies near the city of Canterbury, approximately 10.6 miles away, and is also close to nearby places such as North Lyminge and Yewtree Cross. Lyminge has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most predominant. Lyminge is located in the South East region of England, about 58.7 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Lyminge and across Kent
Being a village, Lyminge shares its vans with the nearby towns — Newbarn, Yewtree Cross — right through CT postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning CT18 8.
No towing is required, whether parked in the centre of Lyminge or in a lay-by heading to Tayne Field, so leave it put. Draining happens right there. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Tayne Centre or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Motor never started: ring, leaving it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Lyminge and anywhere in Kent on 0333 366 0103.