AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bridgnorth, and What to Do Next
One thing matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has been started afterwards. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your car is — Bridgnorth or The Grove. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine still off. Across Bridgnorth, such a case is typically drained and flushed where it stands. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn everything off. It is a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Shropshire it happened.
Bridgnorth forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
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. It might be the Esso, or the Shell, or a different station around Bridgnorth.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it can be. Still inside that tank, and nothing pulled through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up just to move away from the pump. Three things: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Bridgnorth, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it was only by the bin that the cap got a second look. Homes just off High Street are caught out as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of your tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Put your keys indoors overnight — or a person may take it away at breakfast — and call us. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's around Bridgnorth or out in High Town. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Bridgnorth: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Maybe heading for Wolverhampton, under 15 miles away, or just along Church Street.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The injection pump and each injector get it too on a bigger trip, after the filter and pipework have had it. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, then switch your engine off. Services further along are too far: from the M54, under 10 miles out of Bridgnorth, use the first junction. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Let us know the distance covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
A week ago, it was new to you. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue cap sits just next to your diesel. Anyone, anywhere around Shropshire, could make it.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or unrun — plus one extra step. Plenty of hire and fleet contracts need the owner's sign-off before work.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Hanging on for an answer in the car park outside Cosford, or beside Town Hall? Keep your car off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Bridgnorth
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy in a rush, say, or a friend's drive over in Oldbury.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to your motor. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Do this: behave as if it did, and don't start the motor. Phone with what you saw: we'd rather find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after the engine has been run.
The common ground in every Bridgnorth AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, The Harp Inn's car park or a road by Bridgnorth Outdoor Market — our van reaches your vehicle, and three questions come next: which fluid, which amount, and if it ran. Those answers decide the work, and you get our quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Then the tank is drained and the system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last are your filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. We check it runs properly on clean diesel before we leave. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it's spotted early, lasting damage is very uncommon. 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 arrive: misfuelling cover is included in plenty of policies.
About Bridgnorth itself
Bridgnorth is a charming town situated in the English county of Shropshire, nestled beside the River Severn. The town's layout is defined by the river, which separates it into two distinct areas. Bridgnorth is known for its historic character and picturesque riverside setting. It serves as a market town, offering a range of amenities to residents and visitors alike.
AdBlue drains in Bridgnorth, and across Shropshire too
Over WV postcodes, the vans serving Bridgnorth — a riverside town — reach surrounding places as well, Low Town and Castle Hill among them. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts WV16 4.
Centre of Bridgnorth or a layby towards underhillstreet park: wherever it is, your vehicle never needs to move an inch for the drain. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it stands. If you are somewhere hard to describe, close to Market Hall or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep it that way then ring. Started by now? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, in Bridgnorth and Shropshire, on 0333 366 0103.