AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wey Meadows: What Now?
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has run afterwards. Anywhere the vehicle is — St Georges Hill, Wey Meadows — never start an engine that has not been started yet. Normally that is emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Wey Meadows — and so keep your key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Pull over the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. It's a larger job, though stage one does not change.
Anywhere in Surrey it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Wey Meadows forecourt
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. Possibly you're at the Tesco, possibly at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else in Wey Meadows.
Put simply: no better place exists to spot it. Only that tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has taken any in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the pump needs freeing. A few things: a push into a bay with the attendants helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Can't move the vehicle beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
At home in Wey Meadows with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it was only at the bin that the cap caught your eye. It happens on drives just off Wey Meadows as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops to the base inside the tank and waits. One night parked alters nothing.
Next: the keys indoors, so no one takes your car anywhere at breakfast. After that, ring. Hamm Moor or Wey Meadows: whichever your driveway sits, that's where it gets emptied. The pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
On the road in Wey Meadows with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. The Island, perhaps, or the way towards Westminster — a trip of under 25 miles.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in by now. Past the filter, along the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch it off. Service stations farther on can wait: on the M25, under 3 miles out of Wey Meadows, take the next junction. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Call, saying what distance your vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a motor you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by the diesel cap — news to you. Wherever you happen to be around Surrey, every motorist can be caught.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it's run. The owner often has to sign off the work, under many rental and fleet contracts.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Leave it switched off while the reply arrives, whether you are waiting at Weybridge or near Wey Island Trust.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Wey Meadows?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. A slight ammonia whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Primary School, Weybridge, or on a friend's drive in Hamm Court Estate.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your engine. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting your car will suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Do this: act as if it did, and don't start the motor. Phone with the details: we'd rather find a clean tank than drain one after your motor has been run.
Wey Meadows: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Pelican or a side street near Weybridge Methodist Church, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if the motor has run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you hear our price, and those replies decide the job too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals form and some metals corrode, and neither washes away unaided. Next comes the filter — cleaned, or swapped when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the engine comes last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it is running smoothly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is noticed quickly, long-term damage is very rare. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Wey Meadows
Wey Meadows is a suburban area in Surrey, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 14 metres. Wey Meadows lies near the towns of Weybridge and Addlestone, and is close to the open space of Hamm Moor. Wey Meadows is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, and is located approximately 17.8 miles from London. Wey Meadows is a relatively small community, with a population of around 932 residents.
Wey Meadows and Surrey: AdBlue drains across the area
Over KT postcodes, the vans serving Wey Meadows — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places too, Weybridge and Addlestone included. The whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts KT13 8.
Centre of Wey Meadows or a layby towards Hamm Moor: either way it is, the car never needs to move at all for the drain. Draining is done on the spot. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're by Evangelist & Presbyterian Church, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine never started: ring, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Wey Meadows and anywhere in Surrey on 0333 366 0103.