AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tullylish: What Now?
Everything hinges on a single fact: whether the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Tullylish itself or out in Tandragee. Usually that is draining and properly flushing it right there around Tullylish — and so leave your key and motor off then call 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Wherever around County Down it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the pump in Tullylish: AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Somewhere in Tullylish, then — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Only your tank has AdBlue; no component past it has drawn it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
Tullylish, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Drives close to Heugh Road see it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. At the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue stays, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Keep your keys in the house overnight — otherwise a person may drive it off at breakfast — and call us. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Tullylish or out in Gilford. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Tullylish?
A mile or two after filling up, the motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Anywhere along Dunskey Street or else on the road to Armagh — under 15 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop anywhere sensible, then switch your motor off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the M77, over 50 miles out of Tullylish, use the first junction. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week ago, it was unknown to you. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue cap sits right beside your diesel. Throughout County Down, nobody is safe from it.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — and one further stage. Plenty of rental and fleet contracts need the owner's approval for work.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside the nearest station, or near the centre? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
Tullylish: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. It might have been on a friend's drive in Bleary, or rushing outside the local primary school at the school run.
In short: a spill near the filler does the motor unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up your car will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, then keep your engine off. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Tullylish shares these steps
No matter the case, a single opening applies. Our engineers come to your car, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside the pub in the village or a side street close to a street just off the centre, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and whether your motor has run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you hear the price, and those replies decide the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after the drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Not started? Then about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Last, our technicians start it. With clean diesel in, it runs while we check it's running properly, and then we go. Lasting damage is very rare when it's noticed early, and the whole job is done where your car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Tullylish itself
Tullylish is a small locality in County Down, situated inland at an elevation of 32 metres, approximately 12.6 miles from Armagh. Tullylish is characterized by its semi-detached housing and is located near the villages of Gilford, Lawrencetown, and Scarva. Tullylish has a population of around 542 people and is part of the wider region of Northern Ireland, about 325.8 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Tullylish, and across County Down too
Over BT postcodes, the teams serving Tullylish — a small village — work nearby places as well, Lawrencetown and Scarva among them. Fastest of all: a BT63 6 postcode to show where you stand.
Centre of Tullylish or a lay-by near the green space at the edge of the village: wherever it sits, the vehicle never needs to move at all for us. We drain the vehicle where it stands. Tricky to explain? By the far end of the built-up part or a county line? Checking beats assuming, so ring.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Leave it off then phone. Started already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever it is, across Tullylish and County Down, on 0333 366 0103.