AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Edgmond: What Now?
Has your motor run since the AdBlue went in? That one question decides nearly everything else from here. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Edgmond itself or out in Vauxhall. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. In Edgmond, such a case is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, yes, but the identical opening step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Shropshire it happened.
At the petrol pump around Edgmond: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the 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 Edgmond, then — Esso, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else close by.
Put simply: there is no better spot to be to discover it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Edgmond drive?
Days had gone by with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Driveways close to Stackyard Lane see it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of the tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone may drive it off at breakfast — then call us. Longford or Edgmond: wherever your driveway sits, that's where it gets cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Edgmond: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe it was on Bayley Hills, possibly on the way out towards Wolverhampton, under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. It has been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then switch your engine off. On the M54, under 10 miles from Edgmond, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying what distance the car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever around Shropshire, might do it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements need the owner's approval for work.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Keep it switched off while the answer comes, even if you're parked outside Oakengates or near Edgmond Methodist Church.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Edgmond?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. A slight ammonia-like whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A rushed stop by the gates of St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery, or a visit to a friend in Newport: either fits.
In short: spillage near your filler does your motor no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one drained.
The common ground in every Edgmond AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, The Lion Inn's car park or a road beside St Peter — our van comes to your vehicle, and three answers follow: which fluid, which amount, and whether it ran. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told the price, and those replies shape the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next is your filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our technicians go. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it is caught early, and the entire job is done where the car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Edgmond and where it is
Edgmond is a village in Shropshire, situated inland at an elevation of 81 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Edgmond lies approximately 17.5 miles from Wolverhampton and 130.4 miles from London, placing it in a rural setting with nearby places including Longford and Edgmond Marsh. Edgmond has a population of around 1067 residents, who live in a community surrounded by countryside. Edgmond's location in the West Midlands region makes it accessible to nearby cities and towns.
AdBlue drains around Edgmond, and across Shropshire too
Edgmond Marsh and Summerhill have the identical vans as Edgmond, a rural village, plus further towns throughout TF postcodes. Telling us a TF10 8 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No moving is required, be it parked centrally in Edgmond or on a lay-by heading to Chetwynd Deer Park, and so leave it where it is. The van empties it in place. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to St Peter and St Paul's Roman Catholic Church or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Unstarted? Keep it that way then phone. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Shropshire and in Edgmond — once you stop, switch off and ring, if it's run.