Cossall Marsh: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? That single question decides nearly everything about what comes next. Out in Awsworth or here around Cossall Marsh, an unrun motor must remain unrun. Leave your engine and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Cossall Marsh. When your motor has been run, pull in safely straight away, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Anywhere in Nottinghamshire it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Cossall Marsh forecourt
Only now, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Somewhere around Cossall Marsh, then — Tesco, Shell, or anywhere else nearby.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still in that tank, with nothing drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and start the car to clear the pump. Three things: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away gets cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Cossall Marsh drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the drive — and it was only at the bin that the cap got your eye. Houses just off Coronation Road get hit as often as anywhere else.
Put simply: if the car has not been driven since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the pump. On the floor of that tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Put your keys in the house tonight — or a person may drive it off first thing — and call us. Cossall or Cossall Marsh: wherever your drive sits, that's where it is cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Cossall Marsh: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the top-up. Perhaps it was on Church Lane, possibly on the way out towards Nottingham, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. It has been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. Every restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Cossall Marsh sits under 3 miles from the M1; there, pull off at the first junction rather than pressing on for the services. It won't have cleared, so there's no sense starting it again to find out. Call us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You have just driven this car a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to your diesel. Anywhere you are across Nottinghamshire, every motorist can be caught.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians turn up than after. Keep it switched off while the answer comes, even if you are waiting outside Ilkeston or near Cossall Village Hall.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Cossall Marsh
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think it did. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Maybe on a friend's drive in Larklands, or rushing by Awsworth Primary and Nursery School on the school run.
In short: a spill near your filler does the motor unharmed. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Take it that it was put in, and don't start your engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Cossall Marsh AdBlue drain
The job begins identically, whatever your case. Filling station, driveway, Dewdrop Inn's car park or a street by St Catherine's — our van comes to the car, and three questions come next: which fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. Those replies settle the work, and you get the quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, because deposits form and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, our engineers start the engine. Our check that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians leave. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been spotted soon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while we travel pays.
About Cossall Marsh itself
Cossall Marsh is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Nottinghamshire, with a low elevation of around 57 metres. Cossall Marsh lies close to the city of Nottingham, approximately 5.9 miles away, and is near other local places such as Cossall and Ilkeston Junction. Cossall Marsh has a population of around 560 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Cossall Marsh is located in the East Midlands region, about 113 miles north of London.
Cossall Marsh and Nottinghamshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout NG postcodes, the vans covering Cossall Marsh — a rural hamlet — reach surrounding places as well, Ilkeston Junction and Babbington among them. The location is clearest from a postcode that starts NG16 2.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Millennium Park or in a car park in the middle of Cossall Marsh, it doesn't need to move. We drain it where it is. Assuming won't help beside Awsworth Methodist Church, close to a border or somewhere hard to describe; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Where it hasn't started, ring and leave it that way. Started already? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever case, in Cossall Marsh and Nottinghamshire, on 0333 366 0103.