AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Whitfield, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on a single detail: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Wherever your car stands — River, Whitfield — don't run a motor that has not been started yet. Leave the engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Whitfield. Already run? Stop when safe, then turn it off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Anywhere around Kent it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a Whitfield forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It could be the Esso, or the Tesco, or another forecourt in Whitfield.
Put simply: no better place to be to spot it. No pump has drawn it in, so the AdBlue stays only in your tank.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue needs freeing. Ring us from the forecourt once the car is in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — and save the bottle. Draining it right at the pump is fine when it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Whitfield, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had shown for days. Bought a container, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. It occurs on driveways just off Archer's Court Road as frequently as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles low inside your tank and waits. A night parked changes none of that.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody takes your car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your driveway is where it is emptied, be it around Whitfield or Kearsney. Late-night drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Whitfield: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond topping up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Archers Court Road, say, or the route towards Canterbury — a trip of under 15 miles.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue in already. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. It goes further with each extra mile driven and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the M20, under 10 miles out of Whitfield, use the first junction. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Call, saying how far your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have had this car hardly a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Anyone, anywhere in Kent, could do the same.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, which depend on if it has run. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
Settling it before the van turn up is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stranded in the car park outside Kearsney, or by Whitfield Village Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Whitfield: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Look familiar? A rushed top-up by the gates of Whitfield Aspen School, or a visit to a friend in Buckland Valley: both fit.
Meaning? Spills around the filler never reach the engine at all. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Turning on the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
Do this: act as though it got in, and never start your engine. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in Whitfield shares these stages
Every situation gets the same start to the job. Three questions are asked once we reach the car — at a forecourt, a driveway, a road beside Dover Transport Museum or the car park at The Archer: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers shape the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it won't wash out on its own; that is why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once the filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is then checked. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Our engineers fire it up at the end. Our test that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians leave. Permanent damage is very rare if it's spotted soon, and the entire job is done where your car is. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Whitfield itself
Whitfield is a village in Kent, situated near the coast and approximately 12.5 miles from Canterbury. Whitfield sits at an elevation of around 130 metres, overlooking the surrounding countryside. Whitfield is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Whitfield remains a small, residential community with a population of around 1093 people.
AdBlue drains around Whitfield and across Kent
Whitfield is a coastal village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Temple Ewell and Church Whitfield among them, across the CT postcode area. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts CT16 3.
Central Whitfield or a layby towards Whitfield Recreation Ground: either way it sits, your vehicle never needs to move at all for us. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets cleared. If you are somewhere hard to describe, close to Dover District Leisure Centre or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and ring. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Kent and within Whitfield — after you stop, turn off then phone, if it's run.