Regents Park: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that turns on one detail: if the engine has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Wherever your vehicle is — Marylebone, Regents Park — never run a motor that has not been started yet. Leave your engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Regents Park. Stop the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. It is a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Wherever in Greater London it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
On a Regents Park forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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. Somewhere in Regents Park, then — Esso, BP, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue stays just inside the tank.
What to do: don't get back in and start the car to clear the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle is in a bay — the attendants will help roll it — and keep the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
At home in Regents Park with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used at the drive. Driveways near Redhill Street get it as much as any other street.
The upshot: zero driving since makes this almost as good to finding it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and stays put, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Somers Town or Regents Park: wherever your drive is, that's where it gets emptied. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Regents Park with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond topping up, the motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on Albany Street, maybe on the way out towards Westminster, under 3 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. Through the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. It goes further with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then turn your engine off. Service stations farther on are too far: from the M1, under 5 miles out of Regents Park, use the next junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it gone? Tell us when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week ago, it was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. Wherever you are across Greater London, every motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under many rental and fleet agreements.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it beforehand cuts time. Leave the car switched off as the reply comes, even if you are waiting at London Euston or close to St. George's Cathedral.
Regents Park: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia smell hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. It might have been on a friend's driveway in St Pancras, or in a rush outside Christ Church School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no damage to your motor. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. Any AdBlue in the tank would be pulled in by starting the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it got in, and never turn your engine. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain in Regents Park has in common
Every situation has the same start to the work. Our engineers come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Victory or a side street near John Salmond, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your motor has been run. Replies shape the job; the quote follows by phone while nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then comes the filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, we fire it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running properly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's spotted quickly, permanent damage is very rare. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Regents Park
Regents Park is a suburban area in north-west London, situated near the major urban centres of Somers Town, Camden Town, and Fitzrovia. Regents Park sits at a relatively low elevation of 32 metres, close to the heart of the city, with Westminster just 2.2 miles away. Regents Park is predominantly composed of flat dwellings, housing a population of approximately 12,566 people. Regents Park is located inland, about 1.7 miles from the centre of London.
AdBlue drains across Greater London, Regents Park included
Throughout NW postcodes, the teams covering Regents Park — a residential suburb — reach surrounding towns as well, Camden Town and Fitzrovia among them. A postcode starting NW1 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked heading to Cumberland Market, or bang in the heart of Regents Park, your car stays put — there's no need to move it anywhere. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it is. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to C. R. Cockerell or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine not started: ring, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Regents Park and anywhere in Greater London on 0333 366 0103.