AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Fenny Compton, and What to Do Next
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? That single point settles nearly everything about what comes next. Out in Little Dassett or right around Fenny Compton, an unrun motor should stay unrun. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. In Fenny Compton, that is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then switch everything off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Below: the cases we see, anywhere in Warwickshire. Pick yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Fenny Compton forecourt
Just at this point, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Perhaps you are at the the nearest petrol station, maybe at the Esso, possibly somewhere else around Fenny Compton.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Still in your tank, and nothing drawn through: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants freeing. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — and save the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away gets drained where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Fenny Compton
On your dash, a reminder had been lit for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the drive. Right off High Street is no different from anywhere.
The upshot: no miles since makes this almost as good to finding it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. We drain it on your drive, whether that is around Fenny Compton or out in Burton Dassett. Night-time drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road in Fenny Compton with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the top-up. Maybe heading for Coventry, under 25 miles away, or just down Mill Lane.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more restarts: further it goes.
Next: find a sensible spot, pull in, then turn your motor off. Service stations further along are too far: from the M40, under 3 miles out of Fenny Compton, take the first junction. It won't have cleared, and so there is no point starting it again to check. Roughly what distance did it go? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was right beside the diesel. Any driver, wherever across Warwickshire, could make it.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, only with one added stage. Many hire and fleet agreements require the owner's approval for repairs.
Do this: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, since sorting it early saves time. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Banbury, or near Fenny Compton Village Hall? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Fenny Compton: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. What cap came off, you cannot recall; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of The Dassett CofE Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Knightcote.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no damage to your engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Starting your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a better outcome than a run one drained.
What each AdBlue drain around Fenny Compton has in common
No matter the case, one start is used. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Merrie Lion or a side street near St Peter & St Clare, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and if the motor has been run. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told the price, and those answers shape the job too.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits build up and some metals corrode, and none of that washes away unaided. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? Then roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Our technicians fire it up last. Before our engineers go, it's tested to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. We do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon when it has been spotted quickly. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Fenny Compton, briefly
Fenny Compton is a small village in Warwickshire, situated in the West Midlands region of England, with a population of around 552 people. Fenny Compton sits at an elevation of 116 metres, approximately 17 miles from Coventry and 70 miles from London. Fenny Compton is characterised by its semi-detached housing and rural setting, near to neighbouring villages such as Burton Dassett and Avon Dassett. Fenny Compton remains a quiet, residential community with a strong sense of local identity.
AdBlue drains about Fenny Compton and across Warwickshire
Fenny Compton is a rural village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Avon Dassett and Northend among them, across the CV postcode area. A postcode starting CV47 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped en route to Harbage's Covert, or right in the centre of Fenny Compton, the car stays where it is — there is no need to move it anywhere. We drain the vehicle where it is. Awkward to explain? By All Saints or a county line? Checking beats guessing, so phone.
In one line: your situation
Engine not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Started by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, in Fenny Compton and Warwickshire, on 0333 366 0103.