AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Murston, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has run since it got in. Not started so far? Then leave it like that, wherever the car sits — Murston or Tonge Corner. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Murston. When your engine has been run, stop safely first, then switch the vehicle off. A larger job, yes, but the identical opening move.
Wherever around Kent it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the pump in Murston: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the correct one. Maybe you're at the Asda, maybe at the BP, maybe somewhere else around Murston.
In short: there is no better place to be to discover it. Still in that tank, and nothing pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to free up the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Murston
Days had passed with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the driveway. Right off Church Road is no less likely from any other place.
The upshot: no driving since leaves it almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. At the bottom of that tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by keeping the keys indoors, then phone us. Snipeshill or Murston: wherever your drive sits, that is where it gets drained. Night-time drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road in Murston with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading to Southend-on-Sea, under 15 miles away, or simply along Meeres Court Lane.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then turn your engine off. Leave at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M2, under 5 miles from Murston. It will not have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to find out. Phone, saying what distance the vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. Anywhere you happen to be in Kent, every motorist can be caught.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or not — plus one extra step. The owner often has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Stranded by Central Park Stadium or outside Sittingbourne till someone replies, the car remains switched off throughout.
Murston: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Sunny Bank Primary School, or a call to a friend in Bapchild: both fits.
Meaning? Drips around the filler never reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
Do this: behave as if it did, and don't start the motor. Checking a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in every Murston AdBlue drain
The work opens identically, whichever your case. Anywhere the vehicle stands — The New Inn's car park, a street beside Murston Old Church, a driveway, a forecourt — our van arrives and asks about the liquid, the amount, and if the engine has been run. Replies shape the work; the quote comes by phone while nobody has left yet.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and none of it rinses away unaided. Last come your filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Where the motor hasn't been started, allow roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
Finally, our engineers start the car. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running correctly, and then we leave. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it is spotted early, long-term damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Murston
Murston is a coastal suburban area in Kent, situated near the town of Sittingbourne and approximately 13.5 miles from Southend-on-Sea. Murston lies at a low elevation of around 12 metres above sea level, close to the Thames Estuary. Murston has a mix of housing types, but terraced houses are predominant in the area. Murston is also relatively close to London, at a distance of around 39.6 miles.
AdBlue drains across Kent, Murston included
Sittingbourne and Milton Regis get the same vans as Murston, a residential suburb, along with further towns over ME postcodes. Fastest of all: a ME10 3 postcode to show your location.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Brickfields Community Garden or in a car park in the middle of Murston, it does not need to shift. Our van empties it where it stands. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to All Saints or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Murston and anywhere across Kent on 0333 366 0103.