AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Croft, and What to Do Next
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? This one question decides almost everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Croft itself or out in Stoney Stanton. Leave the engine and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Croft. Stop the minute it is safe and turn off, if it has been run. Step one stays unchanged, even if the job grows.
Match what happened to a situation from the ones below, wherever across Leicestershire you happen to be.
Croft forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. It might be the Esso, or perhaps the Shell, or another forecourt around Croft.
In short: no better place exists to discover it. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Get the staff to help rolling it into a bay, save the bottle, then ring us from there. Can't move the vehicle by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt safe, so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Croft drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It takes place on drives just off Arbor Road as frequently as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and stays. A night standing alters nothing.
Next: stop any early drive by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Croft or out in Potters Marston. Our equipment works quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Croft?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long the engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Anywhere on Broughton Road or else on the road to Leicester — under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. It travels further with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, then switch your motor off. On the M69, under 3 miles from Croft, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Phone us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a car you have had for a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet was just next to your diesel. Anyone, anywhere across Leicestershire, could do the same.
In short: one extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it's run. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Leave the vehicle off while the answer comes, even if you're waiting at Narborough or close to St Michael & All Angels.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Croft?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think so. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Croft Church of England Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's drive over in Normanton Turville.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never reach your motor at all. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Firing up your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't start the car. Phone with what you saw: we would rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after your motor has been run.
Croft: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation gets the same opening to the work. Three questions are asked once our engineers reach your car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road beside Sutton circuit or the car park outside Heathcote Arms: the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. Answers set the job; the quote comes on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
Then the tank is emptied and your 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 does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in after the filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians turn up.
Finally, we start it. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before we leave. If it's noticed early, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Croft and where it is
Croft is a village situated on the riverside in Leicestershire, with a relatively low elevation of 77 metres. Croft lies close to the city of Leicester, approximately 7 miles away, and is near other villages such as Potters Marston and Huncote. Croft has a population of around 1466 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Croft is located in the East Midlands region, about 86 miles north of London.
Croft and Leicestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Huncote and Sutton in the Elms get the same teams as Croft, a village, plus other towns throughout LE postcodes. Giving us your LE9 3 postcode finds you fastest of all.
No moving is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Croft or in a lay-by heading to BMX Track, and so keep it where it is. Draining is done on the spot. Guessing doesn't help beside St Mary, on a border or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Engine not started: phone, and leave it alone. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever case, across Croft and Leicestershire, on 0333 366 0103.