AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cotgrave, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it went in. Wherever your vehicle stands — Normanton-on-the-Wolds, Cotgrave — don't start a motor that has not run yet. Leave the motor and the ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Cotgrave. Pull over the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Match your case to one of the list below, wherever around Nottinghamshire you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Cotgrave forecourt
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere in Cotgrave, then — JET, Applegreen, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue stays just in that tank.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear is emptied right at the pump.
Cotgrave, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened on the drive. Driveways near Bingham Road see it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains there, however long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Out in Clipston or right here around Cotgrave, the drain happens at your drive. Night-time empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Cotgrave?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Plumtree Road or heading to Nottingham — under 10 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. The injection pump and each injector get it too on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and lines have had it. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Stop safely — that's the next step — then switch it off. Services further along can wait: from the M1, under 10 miles out of Cotgrave, take the next junction. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Call us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be across Nottinghamshire, every motorist could slip up.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Keep the car switched off as the reply arrives, even if you are parked at Radcliffe (Nottinghamshire) or near All Saints Parish Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Cotgrave?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. A faint ammonia whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of Cotgrave Church of England Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's driveway over in Bassingfield.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your engine. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Cotgrave has in common
Each situation has the same opening to the work. Filling station, driveway, Manvers Arms's car park or a street beside Cotgrave Methodist Church — the van comes to the car, and three answers follow: which fluid, what amount, and whether it ran. Replies shape the work; the quote comes on the call whilst no one has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and neither washes away unaided. Next comes the filter — cleaned, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job after the moment we arrive.
The final step is starting the engine. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running correctly, and then we leave. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it's caught soon, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Cotgrave, briefly
Cotgrave is a town situated on the banks of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire, with a relatively low elevation of 38 metres. Cotgrave lies approximately 5.5 miles south of Nottingham and 104.5 miles north of London, making it a commuter town for the nearby city. Cotgrave has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most predominant. Cotgrave is close to nearby places such as Clipston, Stragglethorpe, and Holme Lane, which are all part of the surrounding landscape.
AdBlue drains about Cotgrave and across Nottinghamshire
Being a riverside town, Cotgrave shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Holme Lane, Stragglethorpe — all the way across NG postcodes. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts NG12 3.
Stopped en route to Cotgrave Community Garden, or right in the heart of Cotgrave, your car stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. Draining happens right there. Awkward to pin down? Close to Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church or a border? Checking is better than guessing, so phone.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Keep it off and phone. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Cotgrave or anywhere across Nottinghamshire.