Barlestone: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it got in. Not run yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever your car is — Barlestone or Nailstone. Leave the motor and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Barlestone. Pull over the minute it is safe and turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Match your case to a situation from the list below, anywhere in Leicestershire you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Barlestone forecourt
Only at this point, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Maybe you are at the Texaco, perhaps at the BP, possibly somewhere else in Barlestone.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Nothing has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. Have the attendants to lend a hand pushing it into a space, save the receipt, then phone us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
Barlestone, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It takes place on drives just off West End as commonly as anywhere.
The point: no miles since leaves this almost as good to spotting it at the pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles low inside your tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether around Barlestone or Osbaston Hollow. Our equipment runs quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
On the road in Barlestone with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Newbold Road, perhaps, or the route towards Leicester — a trip of under 10 miles.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch everything off. Service stations farther on are too far: from the M1, under 5 miles out of Barlestone, use the next junction. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Phone us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just driven this car for days. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Leicestershire.
The point: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added stage. The owner frequently has to approve any work, under plenty of rental and fleet agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside Hinckley, or near Barlestone Baptist Church? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Barlestone: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Barlestone Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Bufton.
The point: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. If there is AdBlue in that tank, turning on your car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Assume it got in, and never turn your engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean beats draining one once it's been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
Barlestone: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Our engineers come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Three Tuns or a side street near St Giles, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the motor has been run. Replies shape the job; the quote follows by phone while no one has set off yet.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Fresh diesel is put in after the fuel filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, we start the engine. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it's running properly, and then we go. Long-term damage is very rare if it's caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Barlestone and where it is
Barlestone is a village in Leicestershire, situated approximately 9.9 miles west of Leicester, and is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock. Barlestone sits inland, with an elevation of around 131 metres, and is near to Osbaston Hollow and Newbold Heath. Barlestone is a relatively small community, with a population of around 2161 residents, and is located about 94.8 miles northwest of London.
Barlestone and Leicestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Osbaston and Newbold Heath have the identical teams as Barlestone, a rural village, plus other towns throughout CV postcodes. Quickest of all: a CV13 0 postcode to show your location.
Parked en route to Royal Tigers Wood, or right in the heart of Barlestone, your car remains put — there is no need to shift it at all. The van empties it where it stands. Phone and check rather than guess if you're by Barlestone Community Centre, on a border, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Leicestershire and in Barlestone — after you stop, switch off and ring, if it's run.