What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Haughton
Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? This one question decides almost everything about what comes next. Not run yet? Then keep the car that way, wherever the car is — Haughton or Allimore Green. Leave your motor and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Haughton. Where your engine has run, pull in safely first, then turn it off. A bigger job, then, but the same first move.
Anywhere around Staffordshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
At the petrol pump around Haughton: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It could be the BP, or perhaps the Esso, or another station in Haughton.
The point: of every spot to find out, this is the best. Just that tank has AdBlue; no component past it has taken it in.
Do this: stay out of the car, even if the queue needs clearing. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle is in a space — the attendants will help roll it — then save the receipt. If it can't be moved, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Haughton drive?
Days had gone by with the dash light on. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it was just by the bin that the cap got a second look. Driveways close to Newport Road get it as much as anywhere.
The point: zero driving since leaves it nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: prevent any early-morning move by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether in Haughton or Brazenhill. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Haughton?
A mile or two beyond topping up, the motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Anywhere on Brazenhill Lane or else heading towards Wolverhampton — under 15 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next step — then switch everything off. On the M6, under 3 miles from Haughton, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only driven the vehicle for days. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. Any driver, wherever around Staffordshire, could make it.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or not — and one further step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we get there than after. If you're stuck in the car park outside Stafford, or by Haughton War Memorial, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Haughton?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Long Compton.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to the engine. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the vehicle will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: assume it went in, then keep your engine off. Ring with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than drain one once the engine has been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Haughton shares these steps
The job opens the same way, whatever the situation. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Bell or a side street near Haughton Village Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has been run. Answers shape the job; the quote comes by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your car. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment we turn up.
The final step is starting the engine. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before we leave. Our engineers do the whole job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very uncommon when it has been caught quickly. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover is built into plenty of policies.
About Haughton, for a moment
Haughton is a small village in Staffordshire, situated inland at an elevation of 107 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Haughton lies approximately 13.9 miles from Wolverhampton and 124.5 miles from London, placing it in a rural setting near to Brazenhill, Shut Heath, and Whitecross. Haughton has a population of around 903 residents, who live in a quiet village environment. Haughton's location in the West Midlands region provides easy access to nearby cities and towns.
AdBlue drains across Staffordshire, Haughton included
Over ST postcodes, the teams covering Haughton — a rural village — reach surrounding towns as well, Shut Heath and Whitecross included. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode beginning ST18 9.
No towing is needed, be it stopped in the centre of Haughton or in a layby heading to Jim Jarvis Memorial Playing Field, and so keep it where it is. The drain happens on the spot. Tricky to explain? Close to St Giles Church or a border? Asking beats assuming, so ring.
In one line: your situation
If it has not started, ring and leave it off. Run already: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Haughton or wherever across Staffordshire.