What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Deddington
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has run since. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle that way, wherever your vehicle is — Deddington or North Aston. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, done right where your car sits in Deddington. Pull over the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. A larger job, yes, but the identical opening move.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, wherever around Oxfordshire you happen to be.
At the petrol pump in Deddington: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Anywhere around Deddington, then — BP, A E Prentice, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it can be. Still inside the tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Ask the attendants 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 live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear is emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Deddington drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, after the fact. It takes place on driveways just off Hempton Road as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car has not moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops to the base inside that tank and waits. One night standing alters none of that.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by putting the keys indoors, then phone us. Your drive is where it is emptied, whether in Deddington or Hempton. The pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Deddington: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving for Oxford, under 25 miles away, or simply down Horse Fair.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. It goes deeper with each mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Deddington lies under 3 miles from the M40; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
A week ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to the diesel. Any driver, wherever across Oxfordshire, might do the same.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added stage. Any work on the car often needs the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
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. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Kings Sutton, or beside Deddington Library? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Deddington?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? A rushed stop by the gates of Deddington Church of England Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Barford St John: both fit.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet never reach your engine at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start the car. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Deddington shares these stages
Each situation has the same start to the work. Forecourt, drive, The Unicorn's car park or a road by Deddington Royal British Legion Club — our van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, which amount, and if it ran. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the work.
Then that tank is drained and the system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel is put in after the filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is then tested. Never started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Starting it comes at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we make sure it is running properly, and then we go. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is spotted quickly, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Deddington, for a moment
Deddington is a village in north Oxfordshire, situated in a rural area with nearby settlements including Hempton, Clifton, and Dane Hill. Deddington sits at an elevation of around 133 metres, approximately 16 miles north of Oxford and 61 miles west of London. Deddington has a population of around 1769 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Deddington remains a quiet, residential community with a strong sense of village identity.
AdBlue drains across Oxfordshire, Deddington included
Deddington is a rural village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Clifton and Dane Hill among them, across the OX postcode area. The whereabouts is clearest from a postcode beginning OX15 0.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Daeda's Wood or in a car park in the middle of Deddington, it doesn't need to shift. The drain happens right there. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near Deddington Town Hall or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave the car that way and phone. Started already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, across Deddington and Oxfordshire, on 0333 366 0103.