AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Over End, and What to Do Next
Has the motor run since the AdBlue went in? That single question settles nearly everything else from here. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle like that, whether your car sits — Over End or Willingham. Leave your motor and your ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Over End. When your engine has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then turn it off. It is a larger job, though step one does not change.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, wherever in Cambridgeshire. Pick the one that fits.
Over End forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you're standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Somewhere in Over End, then — BP, Shell, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Have the staff to help rolling it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us right there. Draining it there at the petrol pump is possible if it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Over End with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. Right off King Street is not different from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in your tank and waits. A night parked alters nothing.
Next: prevent an early move by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is around Over End or out in Over. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road around Over End with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Anywhere on West Street or heading towards Cambridge — under 10 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Past the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the more the mileage — on into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop somewhere sensible, then switch your engine off. On the M11, under 5 miles from Over End, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to check. Let us hear the distance covered as you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only had this vehicle a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Throughout Cambridgeshire, no one is immune.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts here — run or not — plus one extra stage. The owner often needs to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Waterbeach, or beside Over Baptist Church? Leave the car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Over End?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. A slight ammonia-like whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A hurried stop by the gates of Over Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Northstowe: either fits.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to your motor. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Firing up the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and don't start your engine. Checking a tank that proves clean beats emptying one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in every Over End AdBlue drain
Each situation has the same opening to the job. Filling station, driveway, The Admiral's car park or a road beside Over — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies set the job.
Then the tank is emptied and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Then comes the filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers turn up.
The final step is starting the engine. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers leave. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it is caught quickly, and the whole job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Over End, briefly
Over End is a suburban area located in Cambridgeshire, situated approximately 8.4 miles from Cambridge and 55.8 miles from London. Over End sits in a low-lying inland area, with an elevation of around 9 metres, and is characterized by predominantly detached housing. Over End is near the villages of Over, Swavesey, and Boxworth End, and has a population of around 2204 residents.
AdBlue drains in Over End, and across Cambridgeshire too
Over End is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Swavesey and Boxworth End among them, across the CB postcode area. Giving us a CB24 5 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Parked heading to Mare Fen, or bang in the heart of Over End, your vehicle stays where it is — there is no need to move it anywhere. Our engineers drain it where it is. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near Rehoboth Methodist Chapel or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Keep it that way then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Over End and anywhere around Cambridgeshire on 0333 366 0103.