AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Broxtowe: What Now?
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? This one point decides almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is in Broxtowe itself or out in Beechdale. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, done right where your vehicle stands around Broxtowe. Stop the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Nottinghamshire it happened.
At the pump around Broxtowe: AdBlue in a diesel
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. Be it Asda, BP or somewhere else in Broxtowe, the case is identical.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: do not get back in and start it to clear the petrol pump. Have the attendants to help rolling it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets cleared right at the petrol pump.
At home around Broxtowe with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had shown for days. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it's only by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Houses just off Denton Green get hit as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: prevent any early-morning drive by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Broxtowe or Cinderhill. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Broxtowe with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Bradfield Road, perhaps, or the route towards Nottingham — a run of under 5 miles.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. It travels deeper with each mile driven and each restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch everything off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M1, under 3 miles from Broxtowe. No test starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only driven the car for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Nottinghamshire.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Hanging on for an answer in the car park at Bulwell, or near Denton Green Training Centre? Leave the car off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Broxtowe?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; but the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School, or on a friend's drive in Hempshill Vale.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your motor. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it was put in, and don't start the engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Broxtowe: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation has the same start to the job. Three things come when we reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a street beside Hope Centre or the car park outside The Beacon: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the job.
Then that tank is drained 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 does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in once the filter is flushed or replaced, and the car is then checked. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians get there.
Our engineers start the engine at the end. Before we head off, it's checked to confirm it runs correctly on new diesel. If it is caught early, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Check your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover is included in plenty of policies.
About Broxtowe, briefly
Broxtowe is a suburban area in Nottinghamshire, situated approximately 3 miles west of Nottingham city centre. Broxtowe sits at an elevation of around 94 metres, in a gently sloping landscape near the River Trent. Broxtowe is bordered by other residential areas, including Cinderhill, Aspley, and Bilborough, and is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock. Broxtowe is home to around 9535 residents, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains round Broxtowe and across Nottinghamshire
Over NG postcodes, the teams covering Broxtowe — a residential suburb — reach surrounding towns too, Aspley and Bilborough included. Giving us a NG8 6 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Whitwell Close Open Space or in a car park in the middle of Broxtowe, it doesn't need to shift. Our engineers drain the car where it stands. Assuming doesn't help beside Broxtowe Roman fort, close to a border or somewhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Keep the vehicle that way and ring. Started already? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, in Broxtowe and Nottinghamshire, on 0333 366 0103.