AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Templepatrick, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has been started afterwards. Not started yet? Then keep it like that, whether the vehicle is — Templepatrick or Millbank. Leave your motor and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Templepatrick. Already started? Pull over when safe, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Anywhere in County Antrim it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
Templepatrick forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the cap you took off was not the right one. Possibly you are at the the nearest petrol station, perhaps at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else in Templepatrick.
In short: no better spot to be to spot it. Still inside your tank, with nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Templepatrick
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Homes just off Heugh Road get hit as much as everywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the pump. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in your tank and waits. One night standing alters none of that.
Next: keys in the house, so nobody takes the vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, ring. Dunadry or Templepatrick: wherever your drive sits, that's where it gets cleared. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Templepatrick: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way beyond the fill. Chalet Road, perhaps, or the way to Belfast — a run of under 10 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. It has been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. It goes deeper with every extra mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Templepatrick lies over 50 miles from the M77; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on to the services. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Call us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this vehicle barely a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in County Antrim.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, only with one added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Waiting for an answer at the car park at the nearest station, or beside the centre? Keep the engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Templepatrick?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Parkgate.
The point: the motor is not hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Turning on the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and never start your motor. Phone with the details: we'd rather find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your motor has run.
Templepatrick: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The job begins identically, whatever your case. Filling station, drive, the pub in the village's car park or a road beside a street just off the centre — the van comes to the car, and three answers follow: which liquid, which amount, and whether it ran. Replies set the work; the price comes on the call whilst no one has left yet.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel is put in once your filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is finally tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers arrive.
The last step is starting the car. Before our technicians head off, it's tested to be sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it is noticed soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Templepatrick and where it is
Templepatrick is a locality in County Antrim, situated inland at an elevation of around 145 metres, approximately 8.6 miles northwest of Belfast. Templepatrick is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is close to nearby places such as Dunadry, Craigarogan, and Roughfort. Templepatrick has a small population of around 894 residents, who live in a rural setting with easy access to the city of Belfast.
AdBlue drains across County Antrim, Templepatrick included
Over BT postcodes, the vans covering Templepatrick — a small village — work nearby places as well, Craigarogan and Roughfort among them. Quickest of all: a BT39 0 postcode to show your location.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to the green space at the edge of the village or in a car park in the middle of Templepatrick, it does not need to shift. Our van empties it where it stands. Ring and ask rather than guess when you are by the far end of the built-up part, near a border, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout County Antrim and within Templepatrick — once you pull over, switch off and phone, if it's run.