AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Stocks Green: What Now?
All of that turns on one detail: if your engine has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not run yet? Then leave it like that, whether the car sits — Stocks Green or Surrex. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where your car sits around Stocks Green. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Essex it happened.
On a Stocks Green forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Maybe you're at the Esso, perhaps at the Shell, possibly somewhere else in Stocks Green.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it can be. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits only inside the tank.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. A few jobs: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. Can't move the vehicle by the pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, so it can be drained in place.
Stocks Green, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the driveway — and it was just by the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Just off Old Road is no different from any other place.
The point: no miles since leaves it almost equal to finding it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: prevent an early move by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's around Stocks Green or out in Feering. The equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Stocks Green?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving to Colchester, under 10 miles away, or just along Wills Green.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. Through the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. On the M11, under 25 miles from Stocks Green, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Roughly what distance had it gone? Tell us as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week ago, it was new to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Throughout Essex, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Any work on the car often requires the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Stranded by Feering Evangelical Church or at Kelvedon till the firm answers, the vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Stocks Green?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by the filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Feering Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Broad Green.
The upshot: the motor is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Your move: behave as if it got in, and don't start the motor. Inspecting a tank that proves clean beats emptying one after it has been run — so ring and tell us what you saw.
Every AdBlue drain in Stocks Green shares these steps
The work opens the same way, whatever your situation. Wherever your vehicle is — The Bell Inn's car park, a road beside All Saints, Feering, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, plus whether the engine has turned over. Those answers determine this work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
Emptying that tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long you wait. Fresh diesel is put in after your filter is flushed or changed, and your car is finally checked. Where the engine has not run, allow about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Lastly, we fire it up. Our test that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. Lasting damage is very rare if it's spotted soon, and the entire job is done where the car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Many policies include misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Stocks Green
Stocks Green is a small hamlet in Essex, situated inland at an elevation of 44 metres, and is located near the larger town of Colchester. Stocks Green lies within a network of rural settlements, including nearby Feering, Skye Green, and Gore Pit. Stocks Green has a population of around 505 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing.
AdBlue drains across Essex, Stocks Green included
Over CO postcodes, the vans serving Stocks Green — a rural hamlet — reach surrounding towns too, Skye Green and Gore Pit included. Your location comes quickest from a postcode that starts CO5 9.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to The Green or in a car park in the middle of Stocks Green, it does not need to move. Our engineers drain the car where it is. Awkward to explain? By Feering Community Centre or a border? Checking is better than assuming, and so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Engine not started: ring, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Stocks Green and anywhere across Essex on 0333 366 0103.