AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Spa Common: What Now?
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the engine has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Spa Common itself or out in Swafield. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor still off. In Spa Common, such a case is generally drained and cleaned on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It's a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Match your case to a situation from the list below, wherever in Norfolk you happen to be.
On a Spa Common forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Somewhere around Spa Common, then — Sainsbury's, Gulf, or anywhere else nearby.
The upshot: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. Only your tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn any in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the pump wants freeing. Ring us from the forecourt after your car is in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — then save the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Spa Common drive?
For days the dashboard had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Houses just off Anchor Road are caught out as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not moved since, it's second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Next: prevent any early move by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether around Spa Common or White Horse Common. Night-time empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Spa Common with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, pulled away, and soon your motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Fern Drive, perhaps, or the way to Norwich — a trip of under 15 miles.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Through the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then turn everything off. On the M11, over 50 miles from Spa Common, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point starting it again to find out. About how far did it gone? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is right by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Wherever you happen to be around Norfolk, every motorist could slip up.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of rental and company contracts require the owner's sign-off for repairs.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, because settling it early saves time. If you're stuck in the car park outside North Walsham, or by Sadlers Wood, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Spa Common
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think it did. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at North Walsham Junior School, or on a friend's drive in Meeting House Hill.
The upshot: your engine is not hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by turning on your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start the motor. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than emptying one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain around Spa Common has in common
Each case has the same opening to the job. Three things come when we reach the car — at a forecourt, a driveway, a road beside North Walsham Communtiy Centre or the car park at The Bluebell Freehouse: the fluid, the quantity, and if it has run. Those replies determine the work, and you get the quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our engineers start it last. Before we head off, it is tested to confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel. If it's spotted quickly, the car very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Spa Common, for a moment
Spa Common is a suburban area located on the riverside in Norfolk, with an elevation of around 17 metres. Spa Common sits near the city of Norwich, approximately 14 miles away, and is close to other nearby places such as White Horse Common and North Walsham. Spa Common has a population of around 2273 people and is characterised by semi-detached housing. Spa Common is situated in the Eastern region of England, about 111 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Spa Common and across Norfolk
Throughout NR postcodes, the vans covering Spa Common — a residential suburb — work nearby places as well, North Walsham and Little London included. Telling us your NR28 9 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Stopped heading to North Walsham Memorial Park, or bang in the heart of Spa Common, your vehicle remains put — there is no need to move it at all. The van drains it where it stands. Tricky to explain? Close to North Walsham Library or a border? Asking is better than assuming, so ring.
Your situation, summed up
Engine not started: ring, and leave it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Spa Common and anywhere across Norfolk on 0333 366 0103.