Broughton Astley: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your engine run since the AdBlue went in? This single question decides almost everything about what comes next. Out in Leire or here around Broughton Astley, an unstarted motor should stay that way. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush after a drain, done just where the vehicle sits in Broughton Astley. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a larger job, though step one does not change.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, anywhere in Leicestershire. Pick the one that fits.
At the pump in Broughton Astley: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Whether Pace, Shell or anywhere else in Broughton Astley, the situation is the same.
Put simply: there is no better place to be to discover it. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Do this: keep out of the car, however much the queue needs clearing. A few jobs: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Broughton Astley drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap got your eye. It happens on driveways just off Green Road as frequently as anywhere.
In short: if the car hasn't been driven since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of the tank sits where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is around Broughton Astley or out in Primethorpe. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Broughton Astley?
A short way after filling up, your motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Somewhere along Orchard Road or else heading towards Leicester — under 10 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a longer run, after the fuel filter and pipework have it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: pick a sensible place, pull in, then turn the motor off. On the M1, under 3 miles from Broughton Astley, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Let us hear the distance driven when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Any driver, wherever in Leicestershire, could do it.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added step. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet terms.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it early cuts time. If you are stranded in the car park outside Narborough, or by St Mary's, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Broughton Astley: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe on a friend's drive in Cosby, or in a rush outside Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton Astley at the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch your engine at all. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: assume it got in, and leave the engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Broughton Astley has in common
The work opens identically, whatever your situation. Wherever the vehicle stands — George & Dragon's car park, a street beside Broughton Astley Village Hall, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the quantity, plus whether the engine has been run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies set the work.
Then the 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, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Clean diesel is put in after your filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is finally checked. Where your engine hasn't been started, allow roughly half an hour on site, for most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians start the car. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been caught early. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Broughton Astley
Broughton Astley is a village in Leicestershire, situated near the River Soar and close to the outskirts of Leicester. Broughton Astley has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are particularly prevalent, and the village is surrounded by other small settlements like Primethorpe and Sutton in the Elms. Broughton Astley sits at an elevation of around 83 metres, with the larger city of Leicester just 8 miles away, and London approximately 85 miles to the south. Broughton Astley remains a relatively small community, with a population of around 2220 residents.
Broughton Astley and Leicestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a village, Broughton Astley has the same vans as the nearby towns — Croft, Sutton in the Elms — all the way through LE postcodes. Telling us your LE9 6 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Central Broughton Astley or a lay-by towards Cosby Golf Club: wherever it is, the car doesn't need to shift at all for us. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets drained. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you are close to Witham Villa Riding Centre, near a boundary, or anywhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your scenario
Where it hasn't run, phone and keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Broughton Astley and anywhere across Leicestershire on 0333 366 0103.