AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tilkey: What Now?
Has the engine run since the AdBlue went in? This one point settles almost everything else from here. Not started yet? Then keep the car like that, wherever your vehicle sits — Tilkey or Stockstreet. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush after a drain, done just where your car sits in Tilkey. Already started? Stop once safe, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere across Essex you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Tilkey forecourt
Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you opened was not the correct one. It could be the BP, or the Esso, or a different station in Tilkey.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; no part past it has drawn any in.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Tilkey, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Bought a container, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Houses just off Westfield Drive get hit as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: prevent any early move by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. In Coggeshall or here around Tilkey, the drain is done at your drive. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Tilkey with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Possibly it was on Tilkey Road, perhaps on the way out towards Colchester, under 10 miles away.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue through already. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. It goes further with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Your move: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn your engine off. Tilkey lies under 25 miles from the M11; there, come off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it go? Tell us as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had this vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Essex.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Many rental and company contracts need the owner's approval for work.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, since settling it early cuts time. Stuck near Josiah Greenwood or at Kelvedon until someone answers, the car stays switched off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Tilkey
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Skye Green.
Put simply: spillage near your filler does the motor unharmed. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be drawn in by starting the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and don't turn your engine. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Tilkey shares these steps
The work opens identically, whichever your case. Three questions come when we arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a road by Saint Peter ad Vincula or the car park at Woolpack Inn: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has run. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies shape the work.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals form and some metals corrode, and none of it rinses out unaided. Next comes your filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Where your engine has not been started, expect about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Our engineers fire it up last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we make sure it is running smoothly, and then we head off. If it is noticed quickly, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Tilkey itself
Tilkey is a suburban area located on the riverside in Essex, with an elevation of 34 metres. Tilkey sits near the city of Colchester, approximately 9.2 miles away, and is also close to nearby places such as Coggeshall and Surrex. Tilkey has a population of around 3431 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Tilkey is situated in the Eastern region of England, about 43.2 miles from London.
AdBlue drains round Tilkey and across Essex
Over CO postcodes, the teams covering Tilkey — a residential suburb — work nearby towns too, Coggeshall Hamlet and Surrex included. Telling us your CO6 1 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to South's Spinney or in a car park in the middle of Tilkey, it does not need to move. Our van empties it in place. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Christ Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, phone and leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Tilkey and anywhere around Essex on 0333 366 0103.