AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Burton Joyce, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it went in. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever the vehicle sits — Burton Joyce or Stoke Bardolph. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, done just where your vehicle sits around Burton Joyce. Stop the moment you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Further down: the situations our engineers see, wherever in Nottinghamshire. Choose yours.
At the pump around Burton Joyce: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Anywhere in Burton Joyce, then — UK Petroleum, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Only that tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has drawn it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Burton Joyce with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Driveways close to Willow Wong see it as much as any other street.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. On the floor of your tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Burton Joyce or out in Bulcote. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Burton Joyce with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond topping up, the engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Perhaps it was on Meadow Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Nottingham, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. The injection pump and every injector see it too on a bigger run, after the fuel filter and lines have it. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Services further on are too far: on the M1, under 10 miles out of Burton Joyce, use the first junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance covered as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
It is a car you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right next to the diesel cap — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Nottinghamshire.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many hire and fleet contracts require the owner's approval before work.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for an answer in the car park at the nearest station, or beside Burton Joyce Community Church? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Burton Joyce: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of Burton Joyce Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Gunthorpe.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
Assume it was put in, and never turn the engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
Burton Joyce: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, Cross Keys's car park or a street by Burton Joyce Library — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, which amount, and whether it ran. Answers shape the work; the quote comes on the call while nobody has left yet.
Then that tank is emptied and the fuel 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. Fresh diesel is put in once the filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is finally tested. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our test that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians leave. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it is caught quickly, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover is included in many policies.
About Burton Joyce and where it is
Burton Joyce is a village in Nottinghamshire, situated on the banks of the River Trent at an elevation of around 22 metres. Burton Joyce lies approximately 5 miles east of Nottingham, with nearby villages including Bulcote, Shelford, and Lambley. Burton Joyce has a population of around 1633 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Burton Joyce is located in the East Midlands region, about 109 miles north of London.
AdBlue drains across Nottinghamshire, Burton Joyce included
Shelford and Lambley get the identical vans as Burton Joyce, a village, along with further places throughout NG postcodes. Giving us a NG14 5 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No moving is required, whether parked centrally in Burton Joyce or on a layby heading to Roberts Recreation Ground, so leave it where it is. The drain is done right there. Guessing won't help near Burton Joyce Village Hall, on a border or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
Your situation, summed up
Engine not started: ring, leaving it alone. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Nottinghamshire and within Burton Joyce — after you stop, turn off then phone, if it's run.