AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blurton: What Now?
All of that hinges on one detail: if your motor has been run after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Longton, Blurton — don't run a motor that has not run yet. Normally this means emptying and properly flushing it right there around Blurton — so keep the ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over once safe, then switch everything off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Wherever in Staffordshire it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
At the pump in Blurton: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Possibly you're at the BP, maybe at the Tesco Longton Extra PFS, maybe somewhere else around Blurton.
In short: no better spot exists to discover it. Still in that tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Three jobs: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain it in place.
Blurton, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had been lit for days. 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 occurs on driveways just off Church Road as regularly as anywhere.
In short: if the car hasn't been driven since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the pump. On the floor of the tank sits where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. Out in Dresden or right here around Blurton, the draining is done on your driveway. The pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
On the road in Blurton with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Possibly it was on Ansmede Grove, possibly on the way out towards Stoke-on-Trent, under 5 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
Next: pick a sensible spot, stop, then switch your engine off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M6, under 5 miles from Blurton. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to find out. Ring us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this car barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Staffordshire, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Any work on your car frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before we turn up than after. If you're stuck in the car park at Longton, or by St Bartholomew's, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Blurton?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. A slight ammonia-like smell hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A hurried stop by the gates of Sutherland Primary Academy, or a visit to a friend in Hem Heath: both fit.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't start the vehicle. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you noticed.
Each AdBlue drain in Blurton shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, The Blurton Club's car park or a road beside Bill Jackson — our van comes to your car, and three questions come next: which fluid, what quantity, and if it has run. Answers set the work; the quote comes on the call while nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals form and some metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Not started? In that case about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Finally, our technicians start the car. Before our engineers leave, it is checked to make sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is noticed soon, permanent damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Blurton and where it is
Blurton is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, sitting at an elevation of 147 metres near the River Trent. Blurton is characterised by its semi-detached housing stock and is situated close to nearby places such as Dresden and Newstead. Blurton has a population of approximately 6065 residents and is about 3.3 miles from Stoke-on-Trent city centre. Blurton is also within a reasonable distance from London, being around 132.8 miles away.
Blurton and Staffordshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over ST postcodes, the teams covering Blurton — a residential suburb — reach nearby towns as well, Newstead and Hollybush among them. Quickest of all: a ST3 3 postcode for your location.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Jackson Fields or in a car park in the middle of Blurton, it does not need to move. The van drains it where it stands. Phone and ask rather than guess when you're close to Blurton War Memorial, near a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and call. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Blurton and anywhere in Staffordshire on 0333 366 0103.