--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Colsterworth? Next Steps canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/colsterworth-lincolnshire/ location: Colsterworth county: Lincolnshire latitude: 52.806610 longitude: -0.620730 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-16 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Colsterworth, and What to Do Next One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has been started since. Not started so far? Then keep the car that way, whether the vehicle is — Colsterworth or Easton. Leave your engine and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Colsterworth. Where your motor has run, pull in safely straight away, then switch the car off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same. Match what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere around Lincolnshire you happen to be. ## Colsterworth forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the right one. It might be the BP, or the Esso, or a different forecourt around Colsterworth. The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Only the tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn it in. Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Have the attendants to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. Emptying it right at the pump is fine when it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Colsterworth drive? For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. Drives close to Spring Lane see it as much as any other street. Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's close to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that. What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. In Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth or right here in Colsterworth, the draining is done at your drive. Late-night empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet. ## On the road in Colsterworth with AdBlue in a diesel Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the top-up. It might have been driving to Peterborough, under 25 miles away, or just along School Lane. Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Distance decides how far it goes: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further. What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. On the Great North Road, under 25 miles from Colsterworth, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Call, and say what distance the car went. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank A week back, it was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Lincolnshire. Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on if it has run. Any work on the car often needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet agreements. Settling it before the van arrives is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stranded in the car park at Grantham, or by St John the Baptist, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Colsterworth Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think so. What cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of Colsterworth Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's drive out in Gunby. In short: a spill round your filler does your engine unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Turning on the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in. Take it that it was put in, and never turn the key. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a better outcome than a run one drained. ## The common ground in each Colsterworth AdBlue drain Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions come once our engineers arrive — at a forecourt, a driveway, a road by Colsterworth Youth Centre or the car park outside The White Lion: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. Your price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies shape the work. Draining the tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long you wait. Fresh diesel is put in after the filter is flushed or changed, and your car is then checked. Where your motor hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour on site, in most cases. Our technicians start it last. Our technicians confirm it runs properly on clean diesel before we go. When it is spotted early, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way. ## About Colsterworth itself Colsterworth is a village in south Lincolnshire, situated on the River Witham at an elevation of around 106 metres. Colsterworth lies near the borders of Cambridgeshire and Rutland, with the nearby villages of Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth and Stainby. Colsterworth has a mix of old and new housing, with detached homes being the predominant type, and is located approximately 92 miles north of London. Colsterworth is close to the A1 road, providing easy access to the nearby city of Peterborough, which is about 23 miles away. ## Colsterworth and Lincolnshire: AdBlue drains across the area North Witham and Stainby get the identical vans as Colsterworth, a village, plus other towns over NG postcodes. A postcode starting NG33 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are. Parked en route to Colsterworth Village Hall Sports Field, or right in the heart of Colsterworth, the vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to move it at all. Our van empties it where it stands. Phone and check instead of guessing if you are close to Colsterworth Village Hall, on a border, or anywhere awkward to explain. ## The one-line version If it has not started, ring then keep it that way. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Lincolnshire and within Colsterworth — after you pull over, switch off and ring, if it's run.