AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blythe Bridge, and What to Do Next
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has been started afterwards. Not started yet? Then keep the car like that, wherever your vehicle is — Blythe Bridge or Stonehouses. Normally that is emptying and properly flushing it on the spot around Blythe Bridge — so leave the ignition and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. When your motor has run, pull in safely first, then switch it off. Stage one stays unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever in Staffordshire you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Blythe Bridge forecourt
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the filler you opened wasn't the right one. Anywhere around Blythe Bridge, then — JRM, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Phone us from the forecourt after the car is in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and save the bottle. Emptying it there at the pump is fine if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Blythe Bridge, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the drive. It occurs on drives just off Barlstone Avenue as commonly as anywhere.
In short: if your car has not been driven since, it's almost equal to finding out at the pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops low inside that tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
Your move: keys indoors, so no one takes the vehicle anywhere first thing. Then, phone. In Blythe Marsh or here around Blythe Bridge, the draining is done on your driveway. Late-night drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Blythe Bridge?
A short way beyond topping up, your engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. It might have been heading for Stoke-on-Trent, under 10 miles away, or simply down Stallington Road.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then switch your motor off. Exit at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M6, under 10 miles from Blythe Bridge. It won't have cleared, so there's no point starting it again to find out. Let us hear the mileage covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It is a motor you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Staffordshire.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Keep it off while the answer arrives, whether you are parked outside the nearest station or near Saint Peter.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Blythe Bridge?
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at The William Amory Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Meir.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to the engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Next: act as though it went in, and leave your engine off. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it's been run — so ring and tell us what you saw.
What every AdBlue drain in Blythe Bridge has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Crossways Microbrewery or a side street close to Blythe Bridge & Forsbrook Village Hall, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and if the engine has run. Answers set the work; the price follows on the call while no one has left yet.
Emptying that tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of your car. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before we go. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's noticed early, permanent damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Blythe Bridge itself
Blythe Bridge is a village in Staffordshire, situated on the River Blithe and characterised by its detached housing stock. Blythe Bridge sits near the edge of the Staffordshire Moorlands, approximately 6 miles west of Stoke-on-Trent. Blythe Bridge has a population of around 2096 residents and is close to nearby places such as Blythe Marsh and Forsbrook. Blythe Bridge is located at an elevation of 171 metres above sea level.
AdBlue drains across Staffordshire, Blythe Bridge included
Forsbrook and Stallington have the same vans as Blythe Bridge, a village, along with further places over ST postcodes. A postcode starting ST11 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, be it parked centrally in Blythe Bridge or on a lay-by en route to Elmwood Drive Green, and so keep it where it is. The drain happens right there. Assuming won't help near Foxfield Steam Railway, on a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Engine never started: ring, and leave it alone. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Staffordshire and within Blythe Bridge — once you pull over, turn off then phone, if it's run.