AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Watch House Green: What Now?
Has the engine run since the AdBlue went in? This single point settles almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is in Watch House Green itself or out in Blake End. Leave the engine and your ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Watch House Green. When the motor has been run, stop safely straight away, then switch it off. It is a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Match your case to one of the ones below, anywhere across Essex you happen to be.
On a Watch House Green forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It might be the Tesco, or the Shell, or another forecourt in Watch House Green.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Still inside the tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and start the vehicle to clear the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle is in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — and save the receipt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Watch House Green drive?
On your dash, a reminder 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 once more at the cap. It takes place on driveways just off Clifford Smith Drive as regularly as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Put the keys in the house tonight — or someone may drive it away at breakfast — then phone us. Your drive is where it gets drained, be it around Watch House Green or Gransmore Green. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Watch House Green?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe driving for Chelmsford, under 10 miles away, or simply down Braintree Road.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M11, under 15 miles from Watch House Green. No trial starts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Phone, and say how far your vehicle went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had this car hardly a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is just next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Throughout Essex, nobody is immune.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it has run. The owner often has to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and company contracts.
Settling it before the van turn up is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Braintree, or by Felsted School Chapel, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Watch House Green
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Felsted Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Cock Green.
The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Watch House Green has in common
Whatever the case, one opening applies. Three questions are asked when our technicians reach your car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road beside Holy Cross or the car park at the pub in the village: the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear our quote, and those replies shape the job too.
Emptying the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is finally tested. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our technicians make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we leave. If it's caught early, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Watch House Green and where it is
Watch House Green is a small locality in Essex, situated inland at an elevation of around 79 metres, approximately 9 miles from Chelmsford and 35 miles from London. Watch House Green is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is surrounded by other small settlements such as Gransmore Green and Bannister Green. Watch House Green has a population of around 845 residents, who live in a quiet, rural environment. Watch House Green is also near Frenches Green, another nearby locality in the area.
AdBlue drains across Essex, Watch House Green included
As a small village, Watch House Green has the same vans as the nearby places — Frenches Green, Bannister Green — all the way across CM postcodes. A postcode starting CM6 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped en route to Flitch Way Country Park, or bang in the heart of Watch House Green, the car remains put — there's no need to move it at all. Draining happens right there. Guessing won't help near Felstar Vineyard and Brewery, close to a border or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and check.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Essex and within Watch House Green — once you pull over, turn off and phone, if it has run.