Dales Green: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has run afterwards. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Dales Green itself or out in The Bank. Usually that means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Dales Green — and so leave the ignition and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute you safely can and switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Staffordshire it happened.
At the petrol pump in Dales Green: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Somewhere around Dales Green, then — Tesco, Texaco, or somewhere else close by.
The point: of every spot to find out, this is the best. Nothing has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the queue wants freeing. Three things: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear gets emptied right at the petrol pump.
Dales Green, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used at the drive. Right off Dale View is no different from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue waits, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: stop any early drive by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it in Dales Green or The Rookery. Our pumping kit works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Dales Green: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after topping up, the engine started playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Possibly it was on Mow Cop Road, maybe on the way out towards Stoke-on-Trent, under 10 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It goes deeper with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then turn your engine off. Dales Green sits under 5 miles from the M6; there, come off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About what distance had it go? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Staffordshire.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many rental and fleet agreements need the owner's approval before work.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, since sorting it beforehand saves time. Stuck by St. Luke's or outside Kidsgrove until someone replies, your vehicle stays switched off the whole time.
Dales Green: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's drive in Wain Lee, or in a rush by Castle Primary School on the school run.
Meaning? Drips around the filler don't reach the motor at all. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't fire it up. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked is a better result than an already-run one emptied.
The common ground in each Dales Green AdBlue drain
No matter the case, one opening applies. Three questions come when our technicians arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a road beside Mount Pleasant Village Sign or the car park at The Ash Inn: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has run. On the phone, before anything else, you hear our price, and those answers decide the job too.
Then that tank is drained and the system cleaned 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. Last are the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Starting the car comes last. Before our engineers leave, it's checked to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Our engineers do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been caught early. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Dales Green itself
Dales Green is a locality in Staffordshire, situated inland at an elevation of 222 metres, approximately 6 miles from Stoke-on-Trent. Dales Green is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its relatively rural setting. Dales Green is close to nearby places such as The Rookery, Mow Cop, and Harriseahead, and is about 141 miles northwest of London.
AdBlue drains around Dales Green, and across Staffordshire too
As a small village, Dales Green shares its vans with the nearby places — Harriseahead, Mow Cop — all the way through ST postcodes. A postcode starting ST7 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is required, whether parked centrally in Dales Green or on a lay-by en route to Pennyfields Recreation Ground, so leave it where it is. Draining happens on the spot. Awkward to pin down? By Mow Cop Methodist Church or a border? Asking is better than assuming, and so phone.
Your situation, in one line
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Dales Green or anywhere in Staffordshire.