St Jamess: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? This one question settles nearly everything else from here. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around St Jamess itself or out in Whitehall. Leave your engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around St Jamess. Pull over the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Match what happened to one of the list below, wherever around Greater London you happen to be.
At the petrol pump around St Jamess: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Somewhere in St Jamess, then — Esso, BP, or somewhere else nearby.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
St Jamess, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had used at the drive. Houses just off Jermyn Street are caught out as much as anywhere else.
The upshot: zero miles since makes this almost as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base inside the tank and waits. One night standing changes nothing.
Put your keys in the house tonight — or someone may take it away first thing — and phone us. We drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is in St Jamess or out in Chinatown. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around St Jamess with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two beyond filling up, your motor began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Duke Street St James's, perhaps, or the way to Westminster — a trip of under a mile.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. It goes further with every extra mile covered and each restart.
Your move: pull up somewhere safe, then turn the engine off. St Jamess lies under 10 miles from the M1; there, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. No test restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Phone us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days back, it was new to you. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Greater London, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
Sorting it before we turn up is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside London Charing Cross, or near Beau Brummell? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in St Jamess?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Charing Cross, or rushing outside Soho Parish CofE Primary School on the school run.
Put simply: spillage round the filler does your engine unharmed. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: act as though it got in, then keep the motor off. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around St Jamess shares these steps
Whatever the case, one opening applies. We come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Chequers or a side street close to Fortnum & Mason, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether the motor has been run. Answers shape the work; the quote comes by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
Draining the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians turn up.
We start it last. Our test that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our technicians go. When it's caught soon, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy while you wait pays.
About St Jamess
St Jamess is a suburban area in central London, situated near several major landmarks including Chinatown, Mayfair, and Soho. St Jamess sits on the edge of St James's Park, a large lake-filled green space, at an elevation of around 28 metres. St Jamess is a densely populated residential district, predominantly composed of flats, and is located close to Westminster, being only 0.7 miles away. St Jamess has a population of approximately 3030 residents.
AdBlue drains in St Jamess, and across Greater London too
St Jamess is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Mayfair and Soho among them, across the SW1Y postcode area. Giving us your SW1Y 6 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Central St Jamess or a lay-by towards Southwood Garden: either way it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to shift at all for us. Our van empties it in place. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you're close to White Cube Gallery, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your scenario
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle off and phone. Run by now? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, across St Jamess and Greater London, on 0333 366 0103.