AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blaydon, and What to Do Next
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This single point decides almost everything about what comes next. Out in Lemington or right in Blaydon, an unstarted motor must stay that way. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine still off. In Blaydon, such a case is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Where your engine has been run, pull in somewhere safe first, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Wherever in Tyne and Wear it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
At the pump in Blaydon: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Possibly you are at the Shell, maybe at the Morrisons, possibly somewhere else around Blaydon.
In short: there is no better place to be to discover it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Do this: keep out of the car, even if the queue needs freeing. Three things: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is fine if it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Blaydon
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, too late. Houses just off Blaydon Bank get hit as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: no miles since makes this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. At the floor of your tank is where AdBlue waits, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that is in Blaydon or out in Blaydon Haughs. Our equipment works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Blaydon?
A short way beyond topping up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Shibdon Road, say, or the way to Newcastle upon Tyne — a trip of under 5 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it too on a longer run, once your filter and pipework have it. Every restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first step — then switch everything off. Exit at the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the Central Motorway East, under 5 miles from Blaydon. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week back, it was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. Across Tyne and Wear, nobody is immune.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on if it has run. Plenty of rental and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off for work.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because settling it early saves time. Leave the vehicle switched off as the answer arrives, even if you are waiting outside the nearest station or near St Cuthbert's Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Blaydon?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? It might have been on a friend's driveway in Bells Close, or in a rush outside Blaydon West Primary School at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to the engine. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the vehicle would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: assume it went in, then leave your motor off. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Blaydon AdBlue drain
Every case has the same start to the job. Filling station, driveway, Blaydon Staffs Social Club's car park or a street beside St Joseph's Community Centre — our van comes to your car, and three questions come next: which fluid, what amount, and whether it ran. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our quote, and those answers decide the work too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and none of that rinses away unaided. Clean diesel goes in after the filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is then checked. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before we leave. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Blaydon
Blaydon is a town situated on the River Tyne in north-eastern England, approximately 4 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne. Blaydon sits at a low elevation of around 13 metres above sea level, with the nearby Blaydon Haughs and Blaydon Burn forming part of its riverside setting. Blaydon has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are particularly prevalent in the area. Blaydon is located about 247 miles north of London, making it a significant urban centre in the North East region.
AdBlue drains across Tyne and Wear, Blaydon included
Winlaton and Blaydon Burn have the identical teams as Blaydon, a riverside town, along with other towns over NE postcodes. Fastest of all: a NE21 4 postcode to show your location.
No towing is required, whether parked centrally in Blaydon or in a lay-by en route to 1st Blaydon Scout Group, and so leave it put. Our van drains it where it stands. Assuming doesn't help beside St Joseph's Catholic Church, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle that way then phone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Blaydon and anywhere in Tyne and Wear on 0333 366 0103.