AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sundridge: What Now?
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started since. Not run so far? Then keep the car that way, wherever the vehicle is — Sundridge or Elmstead. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where the vehicle stands in Sundridge. Already run? Pull over when safe, then turn everything off. It is a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Further down: the cases our engineers meet, wherever around Greater London. Choose the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Sundridge forecourt
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Whether BP, Shell or anywhere else around Sundridge, the situation is the same.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to spot it. No pump has drawn it in, so the AdBlue stays just in your tank.
Freeing the pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. A few things: a push into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine when it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Sundridge
On your dash, a warning had been lit all week. Bought a bottle, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, too late. Houses just off Hawes Road are caught out as much as anywhere else.
The point: no driving since leaves it nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. On the floor of your tank is where AdBlue waits, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so no one takes the vehicle off at breakfast. After that, phone. Out in Widmore or right here in Sundridge, the drain is done on your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Sundridge?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Plaistow Lane, say, or the route towards London — a run of under 10 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn the motor off. Sundridge sits under 10 miles from the M25; there, come off at the first junction instead of pushing on for the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by the diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Greater London.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on if it has run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Stuck near Bromley Bowling Club or outside Sundridge Park until the firm answers, your vehicle remains switched off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Sundridge
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. A slight ammonia whiff lingers around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. A rushed top-up by the gates of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, or a call to a friend in Bromley Park: both fits.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to your motor. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Do this: act as if it got in, and don't start your motor. Phone and give the details: we would sooner find a clean tank than empty one once your engine has been run.
Sundridge: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, Freelands Tavern's car park or a street beside St Joseph's Catholic Church — the van reaches the vehicle, and three questions follow: which fluid, which amount, and whether it ran. Replies shape the work; the quote comes by phone while no one has left yet.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next is the filter — cleaned, or swapped when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians get there.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. Before we go, it's checked to confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel. When it's spotted early, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Payment comes that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Sundridge and where it is
Sundridge is a suburban area in Greater London, situated near the River Thames at an elevation of 74 metres. Sundridge lies within a short distance of central London, approximately 8.6 miles from the city centre, and is surrounded by other suburban areas such as Widmore and Plaistow. Sundridge is predominantly composed of flat dwellings, reflecting its urban character. Sundridge is also close to the town of Bromley, which provides additional amenities and services.
Sundridge and Greater London: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout BR postcodes, the vans covering Sundridge — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, Plaistow and Bromley included. Telling us a BR1 3 postcode finds you fastest of all.
No moving is needed, whether stopped centrally in Sundridge or on a lay-by en route to Park Wood, so leave it where it is. The van drains it where it stands. Ring and check instead of guessing when you're by Multiple Sclerosis Bromley, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine never started: phone, and leave it alone. Started already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, in Sundridge and Greater London, on 0333 366 0103.