AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Marlow Bottom, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the engine has been run since it got in. Not run yet? Then keep the vehicle that way, wherever the vehicle sits — Marlow Bottom or Mundaydean Bottom. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, done just where your vehicle stands in Marlow Bottom. Stop the minute you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Buckinghamshire it happened.
Marlow Bottom forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the BP, or perhaps the Esso, or another forecourt in Marlow Bottom.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Just that tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has taken any in.
Freeing the pump is no reason to start it — and so do not get back in. A few things: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. Stuck by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Marlow Bottom
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the drive — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught your eye. Houses just off New Road are hit as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
Next: stop an early move by keeping your keys in the house, then ring us. Out in Burroughs Grove or right here around Marlow Bottom, the drain happens on your driveway. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road in Marlow Bottom with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, pulled away, and before long the motor was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Bencombe Road, perhaps, or the route to St Albans — a trip of under 25 miles.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a longer run, after the fuel filter and lines have had it. More driving, more restarts: further it goes.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then switch everything off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M40, under 3 miles from Marlow Bottom. No trial restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Call us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
Seven days back, the car was new to you. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be in Buckinghamshire, any driver can slip up.
The point: just as above, divided by if it ran, only with an added stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Keep the vehicle off while the answer comes, even if you're waiting at Marlow or close to The Lantern Community Church.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Marlow Bottom?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. Which cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Burford School, or on a friend's drive in Little Marlow.
The point: the motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up the car would pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the vehicle. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one after it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
Marlow Bottom: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever your vehicle stands — The Britannia's car park, a street by Marlow Bottom Methodist Church, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks about the fluid, the quantity, plus if the engine has turned over. Those answers settle the work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in after the fuel filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians arrive.
We start the car at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while we check it is running correctly, and then we head off. When it is noticed quickly, the car very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Marlow Bottom, briefly
Marlow Bottom is a village in Buckinghamshire, situated in the inland area of the Chiltern Hills, with an elevation of around 52 metres. Marlow Bottom lies near the larger town of Marlow and is close to other nearby places such as Burroughs Grove and Bovingdon Green. Marlow Bottom has a population of approximately 1731 residents and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Marlow Bottom is also within commuting distance of London, being around 28.4 miles from the city centre.
AdBlue drains round Marlow Bottom and across Buckinghamshire
As a rural village, Marlow Bottom shares its vans with the surrounding places — Bovingdon Green, Marlow — all the way through SL postcodes. The location is quickest from a postcode that starts SL7 3.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Hunts Wood or in a car park in the middle of Marlow Bottom, it does not need to move. Draining is done right there. Tricky to explain? By The Redgrave Centre or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, and so ring.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Marlow Bottom and anywhere in Buckinghamshire on 0333 366 0103.