What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tarry Hill
Has your engine run since the AdBlue went in? That one question decides nearly everything else from here. Over in Drayton or here around Tarry Hill, an unrun engine should stay that way. Leave the engine and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Tarry Hill. When the motor has run, stop safely straight away, then turn it off. Step one stays unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Lincolnshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Tarry Hill forecourt
Only now, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Whether Esso, Shell or somewhere else around Tarry Hill, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still inside the tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt once your car sits in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and keep the bottle. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Tarry Hill drive?
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap got a second look. Right off Cole's Lane is not less likely from anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since leaves it nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and stays put, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Out in Swineshead or here around Tarry Hill, the drain is done on your drive. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Tarry Hill?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on High Street, possibly on the way out towards Lincoln, under 50 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. It goes further with each mile driven and every restart.
Stop safely — that is the first step — then turn it off. Tarry Hill sits under 50 miles from the A1(M); there, come off at the first junction rather than pushing on for the services. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've just driven the vehicle for days. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever around Lincolnshire, might make the same.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies here — run or unrun — plus one extra step. The owner frequently has to approve any work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before we get there than after. If you're stuck in the car park at Swineshead, or by Swineshead Methodist Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Tarry Hill: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. Which cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Bicker Bar.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to the motor. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by turning on the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and don't start the engine. Phone with the details: we would rather find a clean tank than drain one once the motor has been run.
What each AdBlue drain around Tarry Hill has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, The Wheatsheaf's car park or a road beside Swineshead Village Hall — the van reaches your vehicle, and three answers follow: what fluid, what quantity, and whether it has run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the job.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that is why a full flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally come the filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the vehicle. Not started? Then about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Lastly, our engineers start the engine. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. When it's caught quickly, the car very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Tarry Hill, briefly
Tarry Hill is a suburban area in Lincolnshire, situated inland at a low elevation of around 3 metres. Tarry Hill lies approximately 25 miles from Lincoln and 99.7 miles from London, placing it in a relatively rural part of the East Midlands. Tarry Hill is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is near to other small settlements such as Swineshead and North End.
AdBlue drains across Lincolnshire, Tarry Hill included
North End and Baythorpe get the identical teams as Tarry Hill, a residential suburb, plus further towns over PE postcodes. Fastest of all: a PE20 3 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Kirton Holme Golf Club or in a car park in the middle of Tarry Hill, it doesn't need to shift. Our technicians drain the car where it is. Guessing doesn't help beside St. Mary, on a border or somewhere hard to pin down; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave the car that way then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Tarry Hill and anywhere in Lincolnshire on 0333 366 0103.