Blidworth: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? That one question decides nearly everything about what comes next. Wherever your vehicle is — Blidworth Dale, Blidworth — don't start an engine that has not run yet. Normally that means draining and properly cleaning it on the spot around Blidworth — and so leave the key and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Where the engine has been run, pull in safely straight away, then turn the car off. A larger job, yes, but the identical first move.
Below: the cases our engineers meet, anywhere across Nottinghamshire. Pick yours.
At the petrol pump around Blidworth: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you're standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Possibly you're at the BP, perhaps at the JET, perhaps somewhere else in Blidworth.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Only the tank has AdBlue; not one component past it has taken any in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after your car sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then save the bottle. Draining it there at the pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Blidworth with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. A bottle from the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Houses just off New Lane get hit as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: zero driving since makes this nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops low in the tank and waits. One night parked changes none of that.
Keep your keys indoors tonight — otherwise a person might drive it off at breakfast — then call us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, whether around Blidworth or Blidworth Bottoms. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Blidworth?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Somewhere on Haywood Avenue or else heading towards Nottingham — under 15 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then switch your motor off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M1, under 10 miles from Blidworth. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying how far your car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, the car was unknown to you. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right by the diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Nottinghamshire.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Work on the vehicle often requires the owner's approval under hire or company agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Leave it off as the answer comes, whether you're waiting at Mansfield or near Blidworth Library.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Blidworth?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Blidworth Oaks Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive out in Ravenshead.
The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by turning on your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't crank it. Phone with the details: we'd rather find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after the motor has run.
Blidworth: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same start to the work. Three things come once our technicians arrive — on a forecourt, a drive, a street by Pte Andrew Cutts or the car park at Black Bull: the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Those answers settle this work, and you hear the quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
Then that tank is emptied and the system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Last are your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Where your engine hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. We confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel before leaving. If it's noticed quickly, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Blidworth itself
Blidworth is a village in Nottinghamshire, situated approximately 10 miles north of Nottingham, and is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock. Blidworth sits inland, at an elevation of around 116 metres, and is near to areas such as Blidworth Bottoms and Haywood Oaks. Blidworth is a relatively small community, with a population of around 2257 people, and is located near to the village of Rainworth. Blidworth is also within commuting distance of Nottingham, making it a popular choice for those working in the city.
Blidworth and Nottinghamshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Blidworth is a rural village, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Haywood Oaks and Rainworth among them, across the NG postcode area. Fastest of all: a NG21 0 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Tippings Wood Local Nature Reserve or in a car park in the middle of Blidworth, it doesn't need to shift. Our van empties it where it stands. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Sergeant Major Matthew Clay or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Where it has not started, phone then keep it that way. Run by now: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Blidworth or wherever in Nottinghamshire.