Westcourt: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has run afterwards. Out in Chalk or here in Westcourt, an unrun motor must remain unrun. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where the vehicle sits around Westcourt. When the motor has been run, stop safely first, then turn the car off. It's a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Kent it happened.
On a Westcourt forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Anywhere around Westcourt, then — Esso, Shell, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Still in that tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — and so do not get back in. Three jobs: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is possible if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Westcourt
Days had gone by with the warning light on. Bought a bottle, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. It takes place on drives just off Hillside Avenue as frequently as anywhere.
The point: no driving since makes it nearly as good to finding it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: the keys indoors, and so nobody takes the vehicle off first thing. After that, ring. In Parrock Farm or here in Westcourt, the drain happens on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Westcourt?
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Perhaps it was on Avon Close, perhaps on the way out towards Southend-on-Sea, under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. Mileage decides how far it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels deeper with every extra mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Exit at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M2, under 3 miles from Westcourt. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Let us know the distance driven as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had this vehicle hardly a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Anyone, wherever in Kent, could make the same.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts here — run or not — and one further stage. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off for work.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded near St Aidan's Church Hall or outside Gravesend until the firm answers, your car remains switched off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Westcourt?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. A faint ammonia smell hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Westcourt Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Christian Fields.
In short: a spill near your filler leaves the engine unharmed. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank would be sucked in by firing up the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it got in, and never start your engine. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one after it has been run — so phone and describe to us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain around Westcourt has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, The Echo's car park or a road by St. Aidan's Church — our van comes to your car, and three questions follow: which liquid, what quantity, and whether it has run. The price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the job.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long you wait. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Where your motor has not been started, expect about half an hour on site, in most jobs.
Starting the engine comes last. Before we go, it is checked to be sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it's caught soon, long-term damage is very unusual. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Westcourt and where it is
Westcourt is a suburban area in Kent, situated near the coast and approximately 22.8 miles from London. Westcourt has a population of around 9759 people and is characterised by semi-detached housing. Westcourt is close to nearby places such as Parrock Farm, Denton, and Windmill Hill, and is about 16 miles from the city of Southend-on-Sea. Westcourt's elevation is around 18 metres above sea level, reflecting its low-lying coastal setting.
Westcourt and Kent: AdBlue drains across the area
Westcourt is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Denton and Windmill Hill among them, across the DA postcode area. A postcode starting DA12 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped heading to Central Avenue Open Space, or bang in the centre of Westcourt, the car stays where it is — there is no need to move it anywhere. Our van drains it where it stands. Guessing won't help near Christ Church Milton, close to a county line or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Westcourt and anywhere in Kent on 0333 366 0103.