What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Plawsworth Gate
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? This single point settles almost everything about what comes next. Out in Nettlesworth or here in Plawsworth Gate, an unstarted motor must remain that way. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where your car sits in Plawsworth Gate. Stop the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical opening move.
Match what happened to a situation from the ones below, wherever in Durham you happen to be.
On a Plawsworth Gate forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the correct one. Whether Plawsworth Service Station, Sainsbury's or anywhere else in Plawsworth Gate, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; no component past it has drawn it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants clearing. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is fine when it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Plawsworth Gate drive?
Days had passed with the warning light on. Bought a bottle, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. It occurs on drives just off A167 as regularly as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and remains there, no matter how long it waits.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone might take it off at breakfast — and phone us. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Plawsworth Gate or out in Tan Hills. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road in Plawsworth Gate with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way after filling up, your engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Anywhere along Ripon Terrace or else on the road to Durham — under 5 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, after the fuel filter and pipework have it. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Stop safely — that's the first step — then switch it off. Leave by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the A1(M), under 3 miles from Plawsworth Gate. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a car you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right by your diesel cap — news to you. Throughout Durham, no one is immune.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, only with one added step. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Chester-Le-Street, or by St Philip and St James, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Plawsworth Gate?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? Maybe at a friend's drive in Chester Moor, or in a rush outside Nettlesworth Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to your motor. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a better outcome than an already-run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain in Plawsworth Gate shares these steps
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, driveway, Red Lion's car park or a road by Nettlesworth Community Centre — our van reaches the vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, what amount, and if it has run. Answers shape the work; the quote comes on the call while nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Then is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the car. Never started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The last step is starting the engine. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it's running correctly, and then we head off. Lasting damage is very unusual if it is spotted soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Payment is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Plawsworth Gate
Plawsworth Gate is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in County Durham, near the city of Durham. Plawsworth Gate lies close to Tan Hills and the villages of Plawsworth and Kimblesworth, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Plawsworth Gate is located at an elevation of 72 metres, approximately 3.1 miles from Durham city centre. Plawsworth Gate is part of a wider residential area with a population of around 769 people.
Plawsworth Gate and Durham: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout DH postcodes, the vans covering Plawsworth Gate — a rural hamlet — work nearby places too, Plawsworth and Kimblesworth among them. A postcode starting DH2 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Daisy Hill Local Nature Reserve or in a car park in the middle of Plawsworth Gate, it doesn't need to move. The van empties it in place. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Moor Park or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Plawsworth Gate and anywhere across Durham on 0333 366 0103.