--- title: What Now? AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Elmesthorpe canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/elmesthorpe-leicestershire/ location: Elmesthorpe county: Leicestershire latitude: 52.564390 longitude: -1.324250 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-24 --- # What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Elmesthorpe One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has run afterwards. Not run so far? Then keep it like that, whether the vehicle is — Elmesthorpe or Stoney Stanton. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine still off. In Elmesthorpe, that is generally drained and cleaned on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a bigger job, yet stage one does not change. Anywhere across Leicestershire it happened, one of the cases below matches yours. ## On a Elmesthorpe forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel You're 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. Perhaps you're at the Cedar Motors Filling Station, maybe at the D Tallis, possibly somewhere else in Elmesthorpe. Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue stays just in your tank. Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the car sits in a bay — the attendants will help roll it — and save the receipt. Can't move it beside the pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, so we can drain the car where it is. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Elmesthorpe The warning light had been on for days. 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. Just off Station Road is no different from any other place. What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the bottom of your tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference. Your move: the keys indoors, and so no one drives your car anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. Earl Shilton or Elmesthorpe: wherever your driveway sits, that's where it is drained. Late-night drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Elmesthorpe? Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the top-up. It might have been heading to Leicester, under 10 miles away, or just down Clickers Way. The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further. Next: find a sensible spot, stop, and switch your engine off. Service stations farther on are too far: on the M69, under 3 miles out of Elmesthorpe, take the first junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you went. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank You've only had this car a week. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Leicestershire. Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it's run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car. Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Leave the car off while the answer comes, even if you are waiting at Hinckley or close to St Mary's. ## Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Elmesthorpe? Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. A faint ammonia whiff lingers near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A hurried stop by the gates of Newlands Community Primary School, or a call to a friend in Potters Marston: both fit. The point: the motor is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. If there is AdBlue in that tank, turning on your car will pull it in, and it would not tell you which either. What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed. ## The common ground in every Elmesthorpe AdBlue drain The job opens the same way, whichever your case. Anywhere the car stands — The Lord Nelson's car park, a road beside Elmesthorpe Village Hall, a driveway, a forecourt — the van arrives and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has turned over. Those answers decide this work, and you hear our quote on the phone, before anybody sets off. Then your tank is drained and the system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel goes in once your filter has been flushed or changed, and your car is finally tested. Where your motor has not been started, allow roughly half an hour on site, in most cases. The final step is firing it up. Our test that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians leave. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been caught early. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy while you wait is worthwhile. ## About Elmesthorpe itself Elmesthorpe is a small village in Leicestershire, situated approximately 9 miles southwest of Leicester. Elmesthorpe sits at an elevation of around 108 metres, in a rural area surrounded by nearby villages such as Earl Shilton and Barwell. Elmesthorpe has a population of around 1078 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Elmesthorpe is located about 89 miles northwest of London, in the East Midlands region. ## AdBlue drains in Elmesthorpe, and across Leicestershire too Elmesthorpe is a rural village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Barwell and Stapleton among them, across the LE postcode area. Telling us a LE9 7 postcode pins you quickest of all. Centre of Elmesthorpe or a layby towards Barwell Common: wherever it sits, the car never needs to move at all for us. The van drains it where it stands. Assuming doesn't help beside Red Hall Top, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and ask. ## In one line: your situation Not run yet: keep it off then ring. Run by now: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Elmesthorpe or anywhere in Leicestershire.