What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Giggetty
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? That single point decides nearly everything else from here. Anywhere your vehicle is — Ounsdale, Giggetty — never run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Leave your engine and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Giggetty. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical first step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Staffordshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Giggetty forecourt
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you opened was not the correct one. Maybe you are at the Texaco, perhaps at the Morrisons, possibly somewhere else around Giggetty.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Get the staff to help rolling it into a space, save the bottle, then phone us right there. Can't move the car by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, and so we can drain it in place.
Giggetty, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the driveway — and it was just at the bin that the cap got a second look. Just off Giggetty Lane is not less likely from any other place.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: keys in the house, so no one drives the car off first thing. Then, phone. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that is around Giggetty or out in Wombourne. Our pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Giggetty?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Brickbridge Lane, perhaps, or the way towards Wolverhampton — a trip of under 5 miles.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Distance decides how far it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then switch the engine off. On the M54, under 10 miles from Giggetty, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About how far did it gone? Tell us when you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days ago, it was new to you. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Staffordshire.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added step. Work on the vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers get there than after. Stuck by Church of the Venerable Bede or outside Coseley till someone replies, your vehicle remains switched off throughout.
Giggetty: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. A slight ammonia whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. A rushed top-up by the gates of St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, or a call to a friend in The Bratch: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your engine. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Giggetty AdBlue drain
No matter the case, a single start applies. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Waggon and Horses's car park, a road beside Wombourne Methodist Church, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the amount, plus if the engine has been run. Your price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies shape the job.
Then the tank is cleared 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, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Where the motor hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Starting the car comes last. With new diesel in, it runs while we check it's running correctly, and then we leave. If it's spotted soon, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Giggetty itself
Giggetty is a suburban area in Staffordshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 81 metres, with Wolverhampton approximately 5 miles to the north. Giggetty lies within the West Midlands region, about 113 miles northwest of London, and is near other local places such as Wombourne and Blakeley. Giggetty has a population of around 6088 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Giggetty is also close to Brickbridge, reflecting its position within a network of local communities.
Giggetty and Staffordshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Blakeley and Brickbridge get the same teams as Giggetty, a residential suburb, plus other places over WV postcodes. A postcode starting WV5 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Giggetty or a lay-by near Black Country Millennium Forest: wherever it is, the car doesn't need to move an inch for the drain. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it is. Assuming won't help beside Wombourne Leisure Centre, close to a county line or somewhere hard to describe; phone and ask.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Keep it off and ring. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Staffordshire and in Giggetty — after you stop, turn off then ring, if it's run.