New Southgate: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the motor has run afterwards. Out in Osidge or here in New Southgate, an unstarted motor must remain unrun. Leave the engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around New Southgate. Stop the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Greater London it happened.
At the pump around New Southgate: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, bottle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Possibly you're at the BP, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else around New Southgate.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to free up the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your car is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — and keep the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets emptied where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around New Southgate
For days the dash had been warning you. Picked up a container, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Just off A1003 is no less likely from any other place.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside the tank and waits. One night parked changes none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then ring. We drain it on your driveway, whether that is around New Southgate or out in Arnos Grove. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around New Southgate?
A short way beyond filling up, your engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on Waterfall Road, possibly on the way out towards London, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Through the filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then turn the engine off. New Southgate lies under 5 miles from the M1; on it, come off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. No test starts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Phone us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was just next to your diesel. Anyone, anywhere across Greater London, could do it.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added stage. Work on the vehicle often requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Hanging on for an answer in the car park at the nearest station, or beside Saint Paul, New Southgate? Keep the car off throughout.
New Southgate: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A hurried stop by the gates of St Paul's CofE Primary School N11, or a call to a friend in Southgate: either fits.
The upshot: the motor is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Firing up the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Assume it was put in, and never turn the engine. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clear tank checked counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
The common ground in each New Southgate AdBlue drain
No matter the situation, one opening is used. Our engineers come to your car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Arnos Arms or a side street close to Our Lady of Lourdes, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the engine has been run. Those answers decide this work, and you get our price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals build up and some metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. Next is the filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where the motor has not run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
We fire it up at the end. Our check that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers go. When it is spotted quickly, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Many policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About New Southgate and where it is
New Southgate is a suburban area in Greater London, situated near the banks of the River Lee Navigation at an elevation of around 57 metres. New Southgate lies approximately 7.6 miles from central London and is surrounded by other suburban areas such as Arnos Grove and Friern Barnet. New Southgate has a population of around 9989 people and is predominantly composed of flat dwellings. New Southgate is well connected to the rest of London, with nearby cities and towns including London itself, just 7.4 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Greater London, New Southgate included
As a residential suburb, New Southgate has the same vans as the nearby towns — Friern Barnet, Brunswick Park — right across N postcodes. The whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts N11 1.
Stopped en route to Grove Road Open Space, or right in the heart of New Southgate, the car remains where it is — there's no need to move it anywhere. The van empties it in place. Assuming won't help beside Shoghi Effendi’s Resting Place, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine not started: phone, and leave it alone. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Greater London and within New Southgate — after you stop, switch off and phone, if it's run.