AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Moggerhanger, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on a single fact: if the motor has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Moggerhanger itself or out in Hatch. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where your vehicle sits in Moggerhanger. Already started? Stop once you safely can, then switch everything off. A larger job, yes, but the identical opening move.
Match your case to one of the ones below, wherever in Bedfordshire you are.
At the pump in Moggerhanger: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Whether Texaco, Esso or somewhere else in Moggerhanger, the situation is the same.
The point: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. No pump has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits only in that tank.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. A few things: a shove into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the vehicle in place.
At home around Moggerhanger with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Driveways near West Way see it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Being unable to blend, AdBlue drops low inside that tank and stays. One night standing alters nothing.
Keep your keys indoors overnight — or someone may take it off at breakfast — and call us. We drain the car on your driveway, whether that is in Moggerhanger or out in Chalton. Late-night clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Moggerhanger: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, drove away, and soon your motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. It might have been driving for Milton Keynes, under 25 miles away, or simply down Blunham Road.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It's been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It goes deeper with every extra mile driven and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. Moggerhanger sits under 10 miles from the A1(M); there, come off at the first junction instead of pressing on for the services. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far did it go? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have only had this car a week. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. Across Bedfordshire, nobody is safe from it.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, only with an added step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we turn up than after. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Sandy, or near St. John? Keep your engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Moggerhanger?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? A hurried top-up by the gates of Moggerhanger Primary School, or a call to a friend in Brook End: either fits.
The upshot: your engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed around the filler. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Moggerhanger AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere your car is — The Guinea's car park, a street by Moggerhanger Village Hall, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has turned over. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear our price, and those replies shape the work too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals build up and some metals corrode, and neither rinses away unaided. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour job after the moment our engineers get there.
Starting the engine comes last. Before our engineers go, it's checked to confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel. We do the whole job where your car is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been caught early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Moggerhanger and where it is
Moggerhanger is a small village in Bedfordshire, situated in a rural area with a mix of arable farmland and woodland. Moggerhanger lies near the villages of Chalton and Blunham, and is characterized by its detached housing stock. Moggerhanger is located approximately 47 metres above sea level, and is about 18.9 miles from Milton Keynes. Moggerhanger has a population of around 672 residents.
AdBlue drains across Bedfordshire, Moggerhanger included
Being a rural village, Moggerhanger shares its vans with the nearby towns — Blunham, Thorncote Green — all the way through MK postcodes. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts MK44 3.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Moggerhanger Park or in a car park in the middle of Moggerhanger, it does not need to shift. Draining happens on the spot. Awkward to explain? Close to Blunham Village Cemetery Chapel or a border? Asking beats assuming, and so phone.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, ring and keep it off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Bedfordshire and within Moggerhanger — after you stop, turn off then ring, if it has run.