AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Clarendon Park: What Now?
All of that turns on a single detail: whether your motor has been run after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Over in Southfields or right around Clarendon Park, an unstarted engine should stay that way. Leave your motor and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Clarendon Park. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Anywhere in Leicestershire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Clarendon Park forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Maybe you are at the Gulf, perhaps at the Morrisons, perhaps somewhere else around Clarendon Park.
In short: there is no better spot to be to discover it. Still inside your tank, and no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
At home in Clarendon Park with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the dash light on. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Houses just off Lytton Road get hit as much as anywhere else.
The upshot: zero miles since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether in Clarendon Park or Knighton. Late-night empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Clarendon Park with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Bulwer Road, say, or the way towards Leicester — a trip of under 3 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the injection pump and each injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a sensible place, stop, then turn the motor off. Services farther on are too far: from the M1, under 5 miles out of Clarendon Park, use the first junction. No trial restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. About how far did it go? Tell us when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this car barely a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right next to your diesel cap — news to you. Anyone, anywhere around Leicestershire, might make the same.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on if it's run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. If you are stranded in the car park at Leicester, or by Guru Amar Das Gurdwara, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Clarendon Park
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think so. What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of Avenue Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in West Knighton.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't reach the engine at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Firing up the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Your move: act as though it got in, and don't start the motor. Phone with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the motor has been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Clarendon Park shares these steps
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Our engineers come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Knighton and Clarendon Park Conservative Club or a side street near Knighton Library, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your motor has been run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the job.
Emptying that tank comes first, then a careful flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. Last are the filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Before our technicians head off, it's tested to be sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. We do the whole job where the car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been spotted early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Clarendon Park
Clarendon Park is a suburban area located near the city of Leicester in the East Midlands region of England. Clarendon Park sits at an elevation of 87 metres, approximately 1.4 miles from Leicester city centre, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Knighton and Stoneygate. Clarendon Park is characterised by its predominantly terraced housing stock, which reflects the area's history of residential development. Clarendon Park is home to a population of around 8953 people, according to approximate estimates.
Clarendon Park and Leicestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout LE postcodes, the teams serving Clarendon Park — a residential suburb — work nearby towns too, Stoneygate and Knighton Fields included. Giving us a LE2 3 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Clarendon Park Gardens or in a car park in the middle of Clarendon Park, it doesn't need to move. Wherever it stands, that is where it is cleared. Awkward to pin down? By Baitul Ikram Mosque or a border? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Engine not started: phone, and leave it alone. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Leicestershire and in Clarendon Park — after you stop, turn off and ring, if it has run.