AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Saltdean: What Now?
Has your engine run since the AdBlue was put in? That one question settles nearly everything about what comes next. Out in Telscombe or right in Saltdean, an unrun motor should stay unrun. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush after a drain, done just where the vehicle sits around Saltdean. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn it off. Stage one remains the same, even though the work is bigger.
Anywhere across East Sussex it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
Saltdean forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the filler you opened was not the correct one. It might be the Texaco, or perhaps the Esso, or another station around Saltdean.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it gets. Only your tank holds AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn any in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Ring us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a space — the staff will help push it — then save the receipt. Stuck by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, and so we can drain the vehicle in place.
At home around Saltdean with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the driveway — and it was just at the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Just off Arundel Drive West is no different from any other place.
The upshot: no miles since leaves it almost equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and remains there, however long the night.
Next: keys in the house, so nobody takes your car off at breakfast. Then, phone. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that's in Saltdean or out in East Saltdean. Night-time drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Saltdean?
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. Maybe driving for Brighton and Hove, under 5 miles away, or just along Abbotsbury Close.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. It travels further with every extra mile driven and each restart.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then turn the engine off. Services farther along can wait: on the M23, under 25 miles out of Saltdean, take the next junction. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance had it go? Say so as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just had this vehicle for days. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to your diesel. Any driver, wherever in East Sussex, might do the same.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. The owner often has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers get there than after. If you're stuck in the car park at Southease, or by Saltdean Library, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Saltdean: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think so. A slight ammonia whiff lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Ovingdean, or in a rush outside Saltdean Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the engine at all. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Starting your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Do this: behave as if it did, and never start your motor. Ring with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than drain one after your engine has been run.
The common ground in every Saltdean AdBlue drain
No matter the case, one opening is used. We come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Spanish Lady or a side street close to Saltdean Lido, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your engine has been run. Replies shape the job; the price follows on the call whilst no one has left yet.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system rinsed 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 doesn't rinse out on its own. Then is the filter — cleaned, or replaced where needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Not started? Then roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians go. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it is spotted early, and the whole job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Saltdean
Saltdean is a coastal suburban area in East Sussex, situated near the city of Brighton and Hove. Saltdean sits at a low elevation of around 14 metres, with its detached housing stock reflecting the area's residential character. Saltdean is close to nearby places such as East Saltdean, Rottingdean, and Telscombe Cliffs, and is within commuting distance of London, approximately 49 miles away.
Saltdean and East Sussex: AdBlue drains across the area
Saltdean is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Rottingdean and Telscombe Cliffs among them, across the BN postcode area. A postcode starting BN2 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is required, whether parked in the centre of Saltdean or in a layby heading to Saltdean Oval, and so keep it where it is. Where it stands, that is where it gets cleared. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you're close to Saltdean Tennis Club, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, in one line
Still unrun? Keep the car off then phone. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Saltdean or anywhere in East Sussex.