AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Victoria Park: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the engine has been run since it got in. Anywhere your vehicle is — Broughton Crossing, Victoria Park — never run a motor that has not been started yet. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine still off. Across Victoria Park, such a case is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, yes, yet the same first step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Buckinghamshire it happened.
Victoria Park forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Whether BP, Tesco or anywhere else in Victoria Park, the case is identical.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — and so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home in Victoria Park with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had passed with the dash light on. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it was only at the recycling that the cap got a second look. Right off Shakespeare Way is not less likely from any other place.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is close to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Victoria Park or Walton. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Victoria Park?
A mile or two after topping up, your motor began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Possibly it was on Eagles Road, maybe on the way out towards Milton Keynes, under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. Past the filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Exit at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M40, under 15 miles from Victoria Park. No test restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Tell us hear the mileage covered as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a car you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is just by the diesel inlet — news to you. Throughout Buckinghamshire, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, because sorting it beforehand saves time. Stranded near Queens Park Arts Centre or at Aylesbury till someone replies, the car stays switched off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Victoria Park
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Broughton, or in a rush by St Joseph's Catholic Infant School on the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't touch the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Take it that it was put in, and don't start your engine. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in every Victoria Park AdBlue drain
Each situation has the same opening to the job. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Plough or a side street close to Aqua Vale Swimming & Fitness Centre, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether your engine has been run. Replies set the job; the quote comes on the call whilst no one has set off yet.
Then that tank is drained and your 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. Fresh diesel goes in after the fuel filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is then tested. Not started? Then about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Last, our technicians fire it up. Our engineers check it runs smoothly on new diesel before leaving. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it's spotted soon, and the whole job is done where the car is. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into plenty of policies.
About Victoria Park
Victoria Park is a suburban area in Buckinghamshire, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 84 metres. Victoria Park lies near the towns of Aylesbury and Milton Keynes, and is also close to the smaller settlements of Walton and Manor Park. Victoria Park is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing stock, reflecting its development as a residential area. Victoria Park is located approximately 35.7 miles from London, making it a commuter base for those working in the capital.
AdBlue drains around Victoria Park, and across Buckinghamshire too
As a residential suburb, Victoria Park shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Aylesbury, Manor Park — right through HP postcodes. Giving us a HP20 1 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Oakfield Park or in a car park in the middle of Victoria Park, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that is where it gets cleared. Tricky to explain? By Ronnie Barker or a border? Checking beats guessing, and so phone.
Your situation, summed up
If it hasn't started, ring then keep it off. Run already: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Victoria Park or wherever in Buckinghamshire.