Middle Deal: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has run afterwards. Out in Sholden or right around Middle Deal, an unrun motor must stay unrun. Leave your engine and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Middle Deal. Pull over the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. It is a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Anywhere in Kent it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Middle Deal forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you're standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Possibly you're at the the nearest petrol station, perhaps at the Esso, maybe somewhere else in Middle Deal.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. No pump has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits only inside that tank.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt after the car sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — then save the bottle. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine when it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Middle Deal
Days had gone by with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened on the drive. Right off Lower Mill Lane is no less likely from anywhere.
The point: zero driving since makes this nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base inside the tank and waits. A night parked alters none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that's around Middle Deal or out in Deal. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Middle Deal?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Somewhere on Park Avenue or heading towards Canterbury — under 15 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. Distance sets how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Service stations farther along can wait: from the M20, under 15 miles out of Middle Deal, use the first junction. It will not have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to check. About how far did it go? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a motor you have had for a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Kent.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or unrun — plus one further step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Leave the vehicle off while the answer arrives, even if you are parked at Deal or near Tides Leisure Centre.
Middle Deal: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Look familiar? The gates of Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Walmer.
Put simply: a spill near the filler leaves your motor unharmed. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by turning on your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it got in, and don't start your motor. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone then tell us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain in Middle Deal has in common
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Anywhere your car stands — Eagle Tavern's car park, a street by Deal Indoor Tennis Centre, a drive, a forecourt — our van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the quote, and those answers decide the job too.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Next comes your filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers get there.
The last step is starting the engine. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it is running correctly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it's caught early, permanent damage is very uncommon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Middle Deal, briefly
Middle Deal is a suburban area situated on the coast of Kent, with its elevation at around 9 metres above sea level. Middle Deal forms part of the larger Deal urban area, which includes nearby Lower Walmer and Upper Deal. Middle Deal is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing stock, reflecting its history of development as a residential area. Middle Deal is located approximately 14 miles from Canterbury and 69 miles from London.
Middle Deal and Kent: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout CT postcodes, the teams serving Middle Deal — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places too, Lower Walmer and Upper Deal among them. Quickest of all: a CT14 9 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Victoria Park or in a car park in the middle of Middle Deal, it does not need to move. The drain happens right there. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to St Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't started, ring and keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Middle Deal and anywhere around Kent on 0333 366 0103.