AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Maypole: What Now?
All of that hinges on one detail: if your motor has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle is — Joydens Wood, Maypole — don't start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Maypole. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Kent it happened.
On a Maypole forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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. Somewhere in Maypole, then — Murco, Esso, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: do not get back in and start it to clear the pump. Three things: a shove into a space with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a call to us from where you stand. Stuck beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
Maypole, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had gone by with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Driveways near Chapel Walk see it as much as anywhere.
In short: if your car hasn't moved since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains there, no matter how long the night.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so nobody drives your car anywhere first thing. Then, phone. We drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Maypole or out in Bowmans. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
On the road in Maypole with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and before long your engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Anywhere along Sandringham Drive or else on the road to London — under 15 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue in by now. It has been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, then switch the engine off. On the M25, under 3 miles from Maypole, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a motor you have had for a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue cap was just next to your diesel. Throughout Kent, no one is safe from it.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies here — run or not — plus one further stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Keep it switched off while the answer comes, even if you're parked at Crayford or near St Barnabas.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Maypole?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". What cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Hook Green, or rushing outside Maypole Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't touch your engine at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one once it has been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
The common ground in each Maypole AdBlue drain
Each situation gets the same start to the work. Anywhere the vehicle is — Bexley Park Sports and Social Club's car park, a road beside Dartford Heath, a driveway, a forecourt — the van arrives and asks about the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has turned over. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the work.
Emptying your tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, however long it sits. Then comes the filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Where the engine has not been started, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
Our technicians start the engine last. Our engineers make sure it runs smoothly on new diesel before we go. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very uncommon if it has been caught soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as we travel pays.
About Maypole itself
Maypole is a suburban area in Kent, situated inland at an elevation of 43 metres, and is located approximately 14 miles from central London. Maypole forms part of the wider residential area surrounding London, with nearby places including Bowmans, Coldblow, and Heath Side. Maypole has a population of around 3763 people and is predominantly composed of terraced housing.
AdBlue drains about Maypole and across Kent
Throughout DA postcodes, the vans covering Maypole — a residential suburb — work surrounding places as well, Coldblow and Heath Side among them. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning DA2 7.
Centre of Maypole or a lay-by towards Garden Wood: wherever it sits, the car never needs to shift at all for this drain. Where it stands, that is where it gets drained. Tricky to pin down? By Baldwyns Park Baptist Church or a border? Asking is better than guessing, so ring.
The one-line version
If it hasn't started, ring and keep it that way. Started already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, across Maypole and Kent, on 0333 366 0103.