What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sunnybrow
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has run afterwards. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever your vehicle sits — Sunnybrow or Todhills. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor still off. In Sunnybrow, such a case is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. Stop the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. A bigger job, then, but the identical first move.
Anywhere in Durham it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
Sunnybrow forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened was not the right one. Anywhere around Sunnybrow, then — Esso, Shell, or somewhere else close by.
In short: there is no better spot exists to spot it. Still in that tank, with no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Sunnybrow, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it was only by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Right off Helmington Grove is no less likely from anywhere.
In short: if your car has not been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and stays put, however long the night.
Your move: the keys indoors, so no one takes the vehicle off first thing. Then, ring. Willington or Sunnybrow: whichever your driveway is, that is where it gets cleared. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Sunnybrow?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the engine was running roughly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Somewhere along Wareham Way or heading towards Durham — under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Sunnybrow lies under 10 miles from the A1(M); there, come off at the first junction rather than pushing on for the services. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Roughly how far did it gone? Say so 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 absent or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Durham.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added stage. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under many rental and company contracts.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. Stranded by Spectrum Leisure Centre or at Bishop Auckland until someone replies, the vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Sunnybrow?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of Sunnybrow Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Hunwick.
The upshot: the engine is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Assume it was put in, and never start the engine. Checking a tank that proves clean beats emptying one once it has been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
Sunnybrow: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every situation has the same opening to the work. Anywhere the vehicle stands — The Commercial's car park, a street by Willington Spiritualist Church, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the quantity, and if your engine has turned over. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Then is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your car. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Our test that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. Our engineers do the entire job where your car is, and lasting damage is very rare when it has been noticed early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Sunnybrow, briefly
Sunnybrow is a village situated on the riverside in County Durham, with a population of around 1131 residents. Sunnybrow sits at an elevation of 93 metres, approximately 6.9 miles from the city of Durham, and is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock. Sunnybrow is located near other small settlements such as Willington, Newfield, and Helmington Row, in the North East region of England. Sunnybrow is also relatively distant from London, at a distance of 230.2 miles.
AdBlue drains around Sunnybrow, and across Durham too
Newfield and Helmington Row have the identical vans as Sunnybrow, a village, plus other places over DL postcodes. Giving us a DL15 0 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Centre of Sunnybrow or a layby towards Willington AFC: either way it sits, the car doesn't need to move an inch for us. Wherever it sits, that's where it is cleared. Assuming doesn't help beside Willington Library, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Started already? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, in Sunnybrow and Durham, on 0333 366 0103.