AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Roost End, and What to Do Next
Everything hinges on a single detail: if your motor has been run after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Over in Wixoe or here around Roost End, an unrun engine should remain that way. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, done just where your car sits in Roost End. Stop the minute you safely can and switch off, if it has already run. A bigger job, yes, but the identical opening move.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Essex it happened.
On a Roost End forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Anywhere in Roost End, then — Esso, JET, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still in your tank, and nothing pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to move away from the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle is in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — and keep the receipt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine when it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Roost End with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. It occurs on drives just off A1017 as regularly as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not moved since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue settles low inside the tank and waits. A night standing changes nothing.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Your driveway is where it gets drained, be it around Roost End or New England. Night-time drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road in Roost End with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the top-up. Possibly it was on Rowley Hill, possibly on the way out towards Cambridge, under 25 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. It travels deeper with every extra mile covered and each restart.
Do this: stop somewhere sensible, then turn your motor off. Service stations farther on are too far: on the M11, under 15 miles out of Roost End, take the next junction. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Call, and say how far your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just had this car a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is right next to your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Essex.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or unrun — and one extra stage. Many hire and company contracts require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Stranded near Sturmer Village Hall or at Dullingham until the firm replies, the vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Roost End?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe on a friend's drive in Boyton End, or rushing outside Coupals Primary Academy on the school run.
Put simply: spillage round your filler does your engine no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Do this: act as if it did, and don't start your motor. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier result than a run one drained.
Roost End: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every situation has the same start to the work. Filling station, drive, The Tavern's car park or a street beside Sturmer War Memorial — our van comes to your car, and three questions follow: which fluid, what quantity, and if it has run. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out on its own; that is why a full flush, after this drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once your filter has been cleaned or changed, and your car is finally checked. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. Before our engineers leave, it's tested to be sure it runs correctly on new diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it's caught soon, permanent damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Roost End itself
Roost End is a small locality situated on the lakeside in Essex, with an elevation of 56 metres. Roost End lies near the cities of Cambridge and London, being approximately 18.3 miles from Cambridge and 46.5 miles from London. Roost End is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is surrounded by other nearby places such as New England, Friars Mead, and Sturmer. Roost End has a population of around 525 residents.
AdBlue drains around Roost End and across Essex
Roost End is a small village, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Friars Mead and Sturmer among them, across the CB postcode area. A postcode starting CB9 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, whether stopped in the centre of Roost End or on a lay-by heading to Haverhill Golf Club, so leave it put. The van drains it where it stands. Ring and ask rather than guess when you are close to Sturmer Village Sign, on a border, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
Your situation, in one line
Engine not started: ring, leaving it alone. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Essex and within Roost End — after you stop, turn off and phone, if it has run.