What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Broad Meadow
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has run since. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever your car is — Broad Meadow or Bradwell. Usually this is draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Broad Meadow — and so keep your key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It is a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere around Staffordshire you are.
Broad Meadow forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It might be the Esso, or perhaps the Morrisons, or a different forecourt around Broad Meadow.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants freeing. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Broad Meadow drive?
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it was just by the recycling that the cap got a second look. Houses just off Barker Street get hit as much as anywhere else.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains there, however long the night.
Next: stop any early drive by keeping the keys indoors, then phone us. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Broad Meadow or Beasley. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road in Broad Meadow with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and before long your engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe driving to Stoke-on-Trent, under 5 miles away, or just along Meadow Street.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Past the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then turn the motor off. On the M6, under 5 miles from Broad Meadow, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to check. About how far did it gone? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only had this vehicle for days. Unknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — not like your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Any driver, anywhere around Staffordshire, might make the same.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of rental and company contracts need the owner's approval for repairs.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it early cuts time. Leave the car switched off while the reply arrives, whether you're waiting outside Longport or close to Saint John the Evangelist.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Broad Meadow?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Churchfields Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Dimsdale.
The upshot: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed on the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in your tank would be sucked in by starting the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it has been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
The common ground in every Broad Meadow AdBlue drain
Whatever the situation, a single start is used. Filling station, driveway, The Red Lion's car park or a road by Chesterton Community Centre — our van reaches your vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, which quantity, and if it ran. Answers set the work; the quote follows by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits form and certain metals corrode, and none of that rinses out unaided. Clean diesel is put in once the filter is flushed or changed, and the car is then tested. Never started? Then roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
Our technicians fire it up last. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians leave. Our technicians do the whole job where the car is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been caught early. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Broad Meadow itself
Broad Meadow is a suburban area located on the riverside in Staffordshire, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Broad Meadow sits near the city of Stoke-on-Trent, approximately 3 miles from the city centre, and is close to other nearby places such as Beasley and Chesterton. Broad Meadow has a population of around 4999 people and is situated at an elevation of 140 metres. Broad Meadow is also relatively distant from London, at around 138 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Broad Meadow, and across Staffordshire too
Over ST postcodes, the vans covering Broad Meadow — a residential suburb — reach surrounding towns too, Church Fields and Chesterton included. Giving us a ST5 7 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Stopped en route to Chesterton Park, or bang in the centre of Broad Meadow, the vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. The drain is done right there. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Holditch Roman industrial site or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Broad Meadow and anywhere in Staffordshire on 0333 366 0103.