AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Poslingford Corner, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on a single fact: if your engine has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Poslingford, Poslingford Corner — never run an engine that has not run yet. Normally that means emptying and properly flushing it on the spot around Poslingford Corner — so keep the ignition and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A larger job, yes, but the same opening move.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Suffolk it happened.
At the petrol pump around Poslingford Corner: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Be it the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby or somewhere else in Poslingford Corner, the case is identical.
The upshot: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. Only your tank holds AdBlue; no part beyond it has taken it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — and so do not get back in. Get the attendants to lend a hand pushing it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us right there. Emptying it right at the pump is possible if it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Poslingford Corner with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Right off Clare Road is no different from anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's almost equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Poslingford Corner or Wentford. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Poslingford Corner with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving to Colchester, under 25 miles away, or just along Snow Hill.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It travels deeper with every mile driven and each restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next job — then turn it off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M11, under 25 miles from Poslingford Corner. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Call us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It's a motor you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Across Suffolk, nobody is immune.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which depend on whether it has run. The owner often needs to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and company agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Keep it switched off as the reply comes, even if you are parked at Sudbury Suffolk or close to Earth Work.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Poslingford Corner?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Clare Community Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Hickford Hill.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no harm to the motor. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Turning on your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
Assume it went in, and never turn your key. Ring with the details: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one once your engine has been run.
Poslingford Corner: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The work opens identically, whichever your situation. Filling station, driveway, The Globe's car park or a street by Clare Old School — our van reaches your vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, which amount, and whether it ran. Those replies decide this work, and you hear the price by phone, before anybody sets off.
Then your tank is cleared and the 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, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Then comes your filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Lastly, we start the car. Our technicians make sure it runs correctly on new diesel before leaving. Long-term damage is very unusual when it's caught soon, and the whole job is done where the car is. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Poslingford Corner itself
Poslingford Corner is a small suburban area in Suffolk, situated inland at an elevation of 51 metres. Poslingford Corner lies near the villages of Wentford, Clare, and Chilton Street, and is approximately 19 miles from Colchester. Poslingford Corner is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, and is home to around 541 residents. Poslingford Corner is also within commuting distance of London, being around 50 miles from the capital.
AdBlue drains across Suffolk, Poslingford Corner included
Poslingford Corner is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Clare and Chilton Street among them, across the CO postcode area. A postcode starting CO10 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped heading to Clare Common, or right in the heart of Poslingford Corner, the vehicle remains put — there's no need to move it at all. Draining happens right there. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Clare Baptist Church or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Started by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever case, in Poslingford Corner and Suffolk, on 0333 366 0103.