AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ashby-de-la-Zouch: What Now?
All of that turns on a single detail: whether the engine has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever the car is — Ashby-de-la-Zouch or Annwell Place. Leave the engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Ashby-de-la-Zouch. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Step one stays the same, even though the work grows.
Wherever in Leicestershire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
At the pump around Ashby-de-la-Zouch: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you took off wasn't the right one. Perhaps you are at the Esso, possibly at the Tesco, maybe somewhere else around Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
In short: there is no better spot exists to discover it. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Do this: keep out of the car, however much the queue needs freeing. Phone us from the forecourt once your car sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — and save the bottle. Draining it there at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. Driveways close to Brook Street see it as much as anywhere.
The upshot: no miles since leaves it almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and stays. A night parked alters none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. Out in Church Yard or here in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the draining is done at your driveway. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving to Derby, under 15 miles away, or just down Market Street.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through your fuel system. Distance decides how far it goes: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, and switch the motor off. Ashby-de-la-Zouch lies under 5 miles from the M42; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Phone us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days back, the car was new to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere in Leicestershire, could do it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. The owner often has to approve the work, under plenty of rental and fleet contracts.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. Leave the car off as the reply comes, whether you're parked outside Burton-On-Trent or close to Ashby Baptist Church.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of Ashby-de-la-Zouch Church of England Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's drive over in Smisby.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it was put in, and don't start the engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats draining one once it has been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in every Ashby-de-la-Zouch AdBlue drain
Every situation has the same start to the work. Three questions are asked once we arrive — at a filling station, a drive, a road by Ashby de la Zouch Town Hall and Market or the car park at The Lamb: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has run. Replies shape the work; the quote comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
Draining that tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long you wait. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Where your engine hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before we head off. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual if it has been noticed early. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover is included in many policies.
About Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch is a town in the East Midlands region of England, situated on the riverside in Leicestershire. Ashby-de-la-Zouch has a population of around 14488 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Ashby-de-la-Zouch sits at an elevation of 127 metres, approximately 12 miles from Derby and 103 miles from London. Ashby-de-la-Zouch is near other local places such as Church Yard, Shellbrook, and Packington.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Ashby-de-la-Zouch is a riverside town, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Shellbrook and Packington among them, across the LE postcode area. Quickest of all: a LE65 1 postcode for where you stand.
Parked heading to Bath Grounds, or bang in the heart of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, your vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. Draining is done right there. Ring and check rather than guess if you're close to Loudoun Memorial, near a border, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine not started: phone, leaving it switched off. Started already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicestershire, on 0333 366 0103.