AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Strood Green: What Now?
All of it turns on a single fact: whether the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not started yet? Then leave the car that way, wherever your car sits — Strood Green or Bunce Common. Normally that is draining and properly rinsing it right there in Strood Green — and so leave the key and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. When your motor has been run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch it off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical opening move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Surrey it happened.
On a Strood Green forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Maybe you are at the Shell, possibly at the BP, maybe somewhere else in Strood Green.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still in that tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Get the staff to help rolling it into a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Strood Green with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit for days. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap got your eye. Homes just off Middle Street are caught out as often as everywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the floor of your tank sits where AdBlue waits, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Next: the keys indoors, so no one drives the vehicle off at breakfast. After that, ring. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether around Strood Green or Brockham Park. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Strood Green: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
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. Perhaps it was on The Close, perhaps on the way out towards Westminster, under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. Past your filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the injection pump and every injector. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M25, under 5 miles from Strood Green. It will not have cleared, so there's no sense restarting to check. Phone, and say how far the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right next to your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Surrey.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or unrun — and one extra step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers turn up than after. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Betchworth, or near Christ Church? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
Strood Green: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. A slight ammonia-like whiff lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Maybe at a friend's drive in Dawesgreen, or rushing by North Downs Primary School at the school run.
In short: spillage round your filler does the engine unharmed. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting your car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one once it's been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain in Strood Green has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the job. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Grumpy Mole or a side street close to Church Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if the motor has run. Your price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running smoothly, and then we leave. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been spotted early. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Strood Green and where it is
Strood Green is a village in Surrey, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 51 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Strood Green lies near several notable places, including Brockham Park, Gadbrook, and Brockham, and is approximately 20.9 miles from London. Strood Green has a population of around 743 residents, who live in a quiet riverside setting. Strood Green is close to the nearby city of Westminster, which is about 20.5 miles away.
Strood Green and Surrey: AdBlue drains across the area
Strood Green is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Gadbrook and Brockham among them, across the RH postcode area. Telling us your RH3 7 postcode pins you fastest of all.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Strood Green or in a layby en route to The Rough, and so keep it put. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it sits. Phone and check rather than guess if you are close to Brockham Village Hall, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your scenario, in one line
Motor never started: ring, leaving it alone. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, in Strood Green and Surrey, on 0333 366 0103.