AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Gross Green: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the motor has been run since it got in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Gross Green itself or out in Ladbroke. Usually this means draining and properly rinsing it right there in Gross Green — so leave your key and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. When your motor has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch the vehicle off. A larger job, yes, but the identical first move.
Wherever around Warwickshire it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
Gross Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
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. It might be the Esso, or perhaps the Fuel Farm, or another forecourt in Gross Green.
The point: of all places to find out, this is the best. Nothing has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays just inside the tank.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs freeing. Three things: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the pump.
At home around Gross Green with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Drives near Chapple Hyam Avenue get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car has not been driven since, it is close to the forecourt case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent any early-morning move by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. Out in Bishops Itchington or here around Gross Green, the draining is done on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Gross Green?
A short way after filling up, the engine began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Maybe it was on Plough Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Coventry, under 15 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Distance decides how far it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then switch your motor off. Gross Green sits under 3 miles from the M40; there, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Call, saying what distance your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only had the car for days. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Anywhere you happen to be around Warwickshire, every driver can slip up.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with an added step. The owner often needs to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and fleet contracts.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stuck near St Michael's Church or outside Leamington Spa until someone answers, the vehicle remains turned off throughout.
Gross Green: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think so. A faint ammonia-like smell hangs near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A hurried top-up by the gates of Bishops Itchington Primary School, or a call to a friend in Knightcote: both fit.
The point: the motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed around the outside. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, turning on the vehicle would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: assume it got in, and keep your engine off. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats draining one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you noticed.
The common ground in each Gross Green AdBlue drain
The work begins identically, whatever your situation. Anywhere your vehicle is — Butchers Arms's car park, a street by The Community Centre, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks about the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has been run. Answers set the work; the price follows by phone whilst no one has left yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last come the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. Where your motor has not run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Our engineers start it last. Our check that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers go. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is caught early, long-term damage is very uncommon. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Gross Green itself
Gross Green is a small locality in Warwickshire, situated inland at an elevation of around 115 metres. Gross Green lies approximately 13.7 miles south of Coventry and 74.2 miles northwest of London, near the villages of Bishops Itchington and Harbury. Gross Green is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, reflecting the typical residential development patterns of the West Midlands region. Gross Green remains a relatively small community with a population of around 979 residents.
AdBlue drains around Gross Green, and across Warwickshire too
Deppers Bridge and Harbury have the identical teams as Gross Green, a small village, along with other places throughout CV postcodes. Quickest of all: a CV47 2 postcode to show where you stand.
Stopped en route to Yellow Land, or bang in the heart of Gross Green, the vehicle remains where it is — there is no need to move it at all. Draining happens right there. Tricky to explain? Close to Nemo Raceway or a border? Checking is better than guessing, and so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Where it hasn't run, phone then keep it off. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Warwickshire and within Gross Green — after you stop, switch off then ring, if it's run.