What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Battle Field
One thing counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has run since. Not run yet? Then leave it like that, wherever your vehicle is — Battle Field or Ashbrook. Usually this is emptying and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot in Battle Field — and so keep the key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A larger job, then, but the same first move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Shropshire it happened.
At the pump in Battle Field: AdBlue in a diesel
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. Anywhere in Battle Field, then — Applegreen, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside your tank.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to free up the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear gets cleared right at the pump.
At home in Battle Field with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the drive — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught your eye. Homes just off Helmeth Road get hit as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles low in the tank and waits. A night standing alters nothing.
Keep your keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone might take it off at breakfast — and phone us. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Battle Field or out in Hazler. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Battle Field?
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. Possibly it was on Oaks Road, possibly on the way out towards Wolverhampton, under 50 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through your fuel system. The injection pump and every injector see it too on a longer trip, once your filter and lines have it. It goes deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, and turn your motor off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M54, under 15 miles from Battle Field. It won't have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to check. Call, and say what distance the car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just driven the vehicle a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right next to your diesel inlet — news to you. Anyone, wherever across Shropshire, could do it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. The owner often has to sign off the work, under many rental and fleet contracts.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it early cuts time. Stranded by St Milburga or outside Church Stretton till someone replies, your vehicle stays turned off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Battle Field?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Which cap came off, you cannot recall; but the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Lawrence CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Worldsend.
Meaning? Drips around the filler don't touch your motor at all. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the vehicle would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it was put in, and never start the engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
Every AdBlue drain in Battle Field shares these stages
Each case has the same start to the work. Three questions are asked when our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a street by Church Stretton Methodist Church or the car park at Old Coppers Malt House: the liquid, the quantity, and whether it has been started. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies shape the work.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals form and certain metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. Then is the filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Where the engine has not run, expect about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Lastly, we start the car. With new diesel in, it runs while we make sure it's running properly, and then we go. We do the whole job where the car is, and permanent damage is very unusual when it has been spotted quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover is included in plenty of policies.
About Battle Field
Battle Field is a suburban area in Shropshire, situated near the River Onny and characterised by detached housing. Battle Field sits at an elevation of 198 metres, overlooking the surrounding countryside. Battle Field is located near several nearby places, including Hazler, Church Stretton, and Cunnery, and is approximately 28 miles from Wolverhampton. Battle Field has a population of around 1651 residents.
Battle Field and Shropshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Church Stretton and Cunnery get the same teams as Battle Field, a residential suburb, along with other towns throughout SY postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode that starts SY6 7.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Coppice Leasowes Nature Reserve or in a car park in the middle of Battle Field, it does not need to move. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets emptied. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to Church Stretton Swimming Pool or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave it that way then phone. Started by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, across Battle Field and Shropshire, on 0333 366 0103.