What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Old Pembroke Farm
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This one point settles almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Old Pembroke Farm itself or out in Swaffham Prior. Normally that means emptying and properly cleaning it on the spot around Old Pembroke Farm — and so keep your ignition and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, then, yet the same opening step.
Further down: the cases we see, wherever around Cambridgeshire. Choose yours.
Old Pembroke Farm forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the Asda, or perhaps the BP, or a different station around Old Pembroke Farm.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still inside the tank, with nothing pulled through: that's where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. Three things: a push into a bay with the attendants helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine when it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Old Pembroke Farm
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the drive — and it was only by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Just off Mandeville is not different from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car has not been driven since, it is close to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and stays put, however long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Burwell or Old Pembroke Farm: whichever your driveway sits, that is where it gets drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Old Pembroke Farm: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond topping up, the motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Possibly it was on Tan House Lane, maybe on the way out towards Ely, under 10 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Mileage sets how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. On the M11, under 15 miles from Old Pembroke Farm, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point starting it again to find out. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a car you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Cambridgeshire.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or not — plus one extra step. Plenty of rental and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off for work.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Newmarket, or by St Mary's, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Old Pembroke Farm?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. 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 rushed top-up by the gates of Burwell Village College (Primary), or a call to a friend in Exning: both fits.
Put simply: spillage round your filler does your engine unharmed. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
Take it that it got in, and don't start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean beats draining one once it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain in Old Pembroke Farm has in common
The work begins identically, whatever the case. Filling station, driveway, The Five Bells's car park or a road beside Stocks Green — the van reaches your car, and three answers come next: what liquid, what quantity, and whether it ran. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our price, and those replies shape the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Last come your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the vehicle. Where your engine has not been started, allow about half an hour once we arrive, for most jobs.
The last step is starting the car. We confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel before we leave. We do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very rare when it has been caught soon. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Old Pembroke Farm and where it is
Old Pembroke Farm is a suburban area in Cambridgeshire, situated inland at a low elevation of around 16 metres. Old Pembroke Farm lies approximately 9 miles from the city of Ely and 56 miles from London, placing it within commuting distance of both. Old Pembroke Farm is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, with nearby villages such as Burwell and Reach also forming part of the local community.
Old Pembroke Farm and Cambridgeshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Newnham and Reach have the identical vans as Old Pembroke Farm, a residential suburb, plus other towns throughout CB postcodes. Telling us a CB25 0 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Central Old Pembroke Farm or a layby towards Jubilee Green: wherever it is, the vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for the drain. The van empties it in place. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Mandeville Hall or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
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 Old Pembroke Farm and anywhere around Cambridgeshire on 0333 366 0103.