I don’t know why but today I put about 4 litres of Adblue in the Diesel tank instead of the Adblue tank. I know - how can you do that? Well I did in a mad moment whilst doing about 5 other things at the same time.
The tank was filled up yesterday and I’d done 32 miles. In went 4 litres of Adblue (Still can’t believe I did it) I didn't start the engine. So realising what I’d done phoned AA. They said they can’t help. They can only do petrol in diesel or vice versa.
So I then phoned my usual dealer and said if I can get van to them they can sort BUT they could not look at it until Monday and probably would want 2 days to sort it as they would have to remove tank and flush and flush fuel lines and fit new filter and check fuel pumps and common rail after flushing and filling with clean fuel and more doom and gloom etc etc.. The last one they done was £1800 and it had been started but not driven. I was then looking at hiring a van which would set me back another about £400.
So I called a mate in the trucking business who knows of this happening and he gave me the number of a company called Fuel Fixer. After a chat they said they could sort it and fixed cost would be £799+Vat. They could be with me within 2 hours and they could sort it in 2-3hours.
So I decided to give them a go……..
50 mins later I get a call to say they are 15 mins away and 15 mins later 2 guys arrive in a Caddy. Small van I thought but once they opened it up and got going it was packed with a large tank and a pump & hoses so I left them to it and after about and hour I had an update that they had cleaned out the tank and fuel Ines and now needed to flush out the fuel lines and filter and check the pump. They then had to pop out to get 20l of diesel as they’d used what they had on board. 15 mins later they were back. 30 mins later I heard the old girl turning over a few times and the she was away. They then ran it for about 20 secs and then switched off checking the lines. After doing this 3 or 4 times they reconnected everything and put a fuel cleaner in the tank. After thoroughly cleaning around the fuel pump and the other areas they had worked in they asked me to take her for a run round the block which took about 10 mins. All was fine and by the time I had got back they had cleared up and were ready to leave. I was advised to run what was in the tank as low as possible (about 15l) and then half fill the tank, run that down and add some diesel fuel cleaner (They recommended the Redex one) run that as low as possible and then fill up again using the fuel cleaner and hopefully that would do the job. Also they fitteJob time 2hrs 20mins.
So the 15l they put in used up, some Redex and 35l in and about 10 miles done she is as good as new.
So - today’s lesson - pay attention and don’t put Adblue in the Diesel tank.
The cost - £799 + vat, 60l of fuel, a bottle of Redex cleaner and 1/2 a day off work (Well not quite as a bit of paperwork done while I was waiting)
So I think I had a lucky escape. Highly recommend this company www.fuelfixer.co.uk
Who else is brave enough to admit doing this?
The tank was filled up yesterday and I’d done 32 miles. In went 4 litres of Adblue (Still can’t believe I did it) I didn't start the engine. So realising what I’d done phoned AA. They said they can’t help. They can only do petrol in diesel or vice versa.
So I then phoned my usual dealer and said if I can get van to them they can sort BUT they could not look at it until Monday and probably would want 2 days to sort it as they would have to remove tank and flush and flush fuel lines and fit new filter and check fuel pumps and common rail after flushing and filling with clean fuel and more doom and gloom etc etc.. The last one they done was £1800 and it had been started but not driven. I was then looking at hiring a van which would set me back another about £400.
So I called a mate in the trucking business who knows of this happening and he gave me the number of a company called Fuel Fixer. After a chat they said they could sort it and fixed cost would be £799+Vat. They could be with me within 2 hours and they could sort it in 2-3hours.
So I decided to give them a go……..
50 mins later I get a call to say they are 15 mins away and 15 mins later 2 guys arrive in a Caddy. Small van I thought but once they opened it up and got going it was packed with a large tank and a pump & hoses so I left them to it and after about and hour I had an update that they had cleaned out the tank and fuel Ines and now needed to flush out the fuel lines and filter and check the pump. They then had to pop out to get 20l of diesel as they’d used what they had on board. 15 mins later they were back. 30 mins later I heard the old girl turning over a few times and the she was away. They then ran it for about 20 secs and then switched off checking the lines. After doing this 3 or 4 times they reconnected everything and put a fuel cleaner in the tank. After thoroughly cleaning around the fuel pump and the other areas they had worked in they asked me to take her for a run round the block which took about 10 mins. All was fine and by the time I had got back they had cleared up and were ready to leave. I was advised to run what was in the tank as low as possible (about 15l) and then half fill the tank, run that down and add some diesel fuel cleaner (They recommended the Redex one) run that as low as possible and then fill up again using the fuel cleaner and hopefully that would do the job. Also they fitteJob time 2hrs 20mins.
So the 15l they put in used up, some Redex and 35l in and about 10 miles done she is as good as new.
So - today’s lesson - pay attention and don’t put Adblue in the Diesel tank.
The cost - £799 + vat, 60l of fuel, a bottle of Redex cleaner and 1/2 a day off work (Well not quite as a bit of paperwork done while I was waiting)
So I think I had a lucky escape. Highly recommend this company www.fuelfixer.co.uk
Who else is brave enough to admit doing this?
