AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cropston, and What to Do Next
Has your motor run since the AdBlue went in? This one question decides almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Cropston itself or out in Rothley Plain. Usually that means emptying and properly cleaning it right there in Cropston — and so leave your key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. When your motor has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then switch it off. A larger job, then, yet the identical first move.
Further down: the situations our engineers see, wherever around Leicestershire. Pick the one that fits.
Cropston forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Whether Tesco, Shell or somewhere else around Cropston, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. A few things: a push into a bay with the staff helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the pump is fine if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Cropston, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had been lit for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Right off Station Road is no less likely from any other place.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is close to the forecourt case. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in the tank and waits. One night parked alters none of that.
Your move: keys indoors, so nobody drives the vehicle off first thing. Then, ring. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Cropston or out in Thurcaston. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Cropston?
Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Perhaps it was on Cropston Road, maybe on the way out towards Leicester, under 5 miles away.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. It has been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that is the first job — then switch everything off. Cropston sits under 5 miles from the M1; there, pull off at the first junction rather than pressing on to the services. No test starts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only had the vehicle a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is just by the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Wherever you are around Leicestershire, any motorist can be caught.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or not — and one further stage. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it beforehand cuts time. Stranded near Cropston Free Church or at Sileby till the firm answers, the vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Cropston?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. What cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. It might have been at a friend's drive in Beaumont Leys, or rushing outside Richard Hill Church of England Primary School on the school run.
Put simply: spillage round your filler does the engine unharmed. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by turning on your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Your move: behave as if it got in, and never start your engine. Phone with the details: we'd sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after the engine has run.
The common ground in each Cropston AdBlue drain
Every case gets the same start to the work. Wherever your vehicle stands — Badger's Sett's car park, a road beside All Saints Church, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks about the fluid, the quantity, plus if your motor has been run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you are told the quote, and those answers shape the job too.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals build up and some metals are attacked, and none of it washes away unaided. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Last, our technicians fire it up. Our test that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our technicians leave. When it is caught soon, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Cropston, for a moment
Cropston is a small village situated on the shores of Cropston Reservoir in Leicestershire, with a mix of rural and lakeside scenery. Cropston has a relatively low elevation of 67 metres and is located near the city of Leicester, being only 4.6 miles away. Cropston is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is close to nearby villages such as Thurcaston and Swithland.
AdBlue drains about Cropston and across Leicestershire
Cropston is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Anstey and Swithland among them, across the LE postcode area. Fastest of all: a LE7 7 postcode for where you stand.
No moving is needed, whether stopped centrally in Cropston or in a layby heading to Cropston Cricket Club, and so leave it where it is. Where it stands, that is where it is drained. Ring and ask rather than guess when you are close to Stag, on a border, or anywhere awkward to explain.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep it that way then ring. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Cropston or anywhere across Leicestershire.