AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wellingore: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it went in. Wherever your vehicle is — Temple Bruer, Wellingore — never run an engine that hasn't run yet. Leave the engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Wellingore. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then switch everything off. It is a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Lincolnshire it happened.
On a Wellingore forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. It could be the the nearest petrol station, or the Gulf, or a different station around Wellingore.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, this is the best. Nothing has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays just inside that tank.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Three jobs: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is emptied right at the pump.
Wellingore, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had gone by with the dash light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the driveway — and it was only by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Homes just off High Street get hit as much as everywhere else.
The point: no driving since makes it almost equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop any early move by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. In Navenby or right here in Wellingore, the draining happens on your driveway. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road around Wellingore with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading for Lincoln, under 10 miles away, or just down Blacksmith's Lane.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a longer trip, after the filter and lines have it. Every restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then turn the motor off. Services farther on are too far: on the Doncaster By-Pass, under 50 miles out of Wellingore, use the first junction. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. About how far did it gone? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever across Lincolnshire, could make the same.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, and those depend on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stuck in the car park outside Metheringham, or by All Saints, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Wellingore?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. What cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. A rushed top-up by the gates of Navenby Church of England Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Coleby: both fit.
In short: spillage near the filler leaves your engine no harm. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, and keep the engine off. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one drained.
The common ground in each Wellingore AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whatever your situation. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Marquis of Granby or a side street close to Memorial Hall, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether the engine has been run. Those replies decide the work, and you hear the quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals build up and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses out unaided. Fresh diesel goes in once your filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is then checked. Where your engine hasn't run, expect about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Last, our technicians fire it up. Our engineers check it runs properly on new diesel before we go. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it's spotted soon, and the entire job is done where the car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your documents while we travel is worthwhile.
About Wellingore and where it is
Wellingore is a small village in Lincolnshire, situated approximately 9 miles south of Lincoln, and is characterised by its detached housing stock. Wellingore sits in a rural area at an elevation of around 78 metres, with nearby villages including Navenby, Boothby Graffoe, and Welbourn. Wellingore is located in the East Midlands region, about 111 miles north of London. Wellingore has a population of around 801 residents.
AdBlue drains around Wellingore, and across Lincolnshire too
Being a rural village, Wellingore shares its vans with the nearby towns — Welbourn, Boothby Graffoe — all the way across LN postcodes. A postcode starting LN5 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Wellingore Windmill Field or in a car park in the middle of Wellingore, it doesn't need to shift. Our engineers drain the car where it sits. Awkward to explain? Close to Navenby Community Centre or a county line? Checking beats assuming, and so ring.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off then ring. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Lincolnshire and within Wellingore — once you stop, switch off then phone, if it's run.