Highbury Vale: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started since. Wherever your car is — Bestwood, Highbury Vale — never start an engine that has not run yet. Normally this is emptying and properly flushing it on the spot in Highbury Vale — and so leave your key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. It is a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Nottinghamshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Highbury Vale forecourt
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. Maybe you're at the JET, possibly at the Tesco, maybe somewhere else around Highbury Vale.
Put simply: no better place to be to discover it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to free up the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is drained where it is at the pump.
At home around Highbury Vale with AdBlue in your diesel tank
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 once more at the cap. Driveways near Kersall Drive see it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle has not moved since, it's nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. 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 move by keeping the keys in the house, then ring us. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that is around Highbury Vale or out in Old Basford. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Highbury Vale: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond filling up, your engine began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Maybe driving for Nottingham, under 5 miles away, or simply down Brooklyn Road.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. It's been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. More miles, more restarts: further it travels.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the first job — then switch it off. On the M1, under 3 miles from Highbury Vale, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Phone us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just driven this car for days. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Nottinghamshire.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, only with one added step. Plenty of hire and company agreements need the owner's approval before repairs.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Hanging on for a reply in the car park at Bulwell, or near Our Lady of Perpetual Succour? Keep your car off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Highbury Vale
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway out in Rise Park.
The point: your engine isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't start it. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clean tank checked is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain around Highbury Vale shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, drive, Oakleigh Social Club's car park or a road beside Highbury Vale Community Centre — the van reaches your car, and three questions follow: what fluid, which amount, and if it ran. Those answers determine the work, and you get our quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
Emptying the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Firing it up comes at the end. We make sure it runs correctly on new diesel before we go. If it's caught early, the car very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Payment comes that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Highbury Vale
Highbury Vale is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Nottingham, situated near the River Leen and close to the city centre. Highbury Vale sits at an elevation of 56 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation in the area. Highbury Vale is bordered by nearby places such as Old Basford, Bulwell Forest, and Cinderhill, and is home to a population of approximately 9421 residents. Highbury Vale is also within easy reach of Nottingham, being just 3 miles from the city centre.
Highbury Vale and Nottinghamshire: AdBlue drains across the area
As a residential suburb, Highbury Vale shares its vans with the nearby places — Cinderhill, Bulwell Forest — all the way through NG postcodes. Quickest of all: a NG6 9 postcode to show where you stand.
Central Highbury Vale or a lay-by towards Bulwell Forest Recreation Ground: wherever it is, the vehicle never needs to shift an inch for us. The drain is done on the spot. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Mellish Sports Centre or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Keep it off and ring. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Nottinghamshire and within Highbury Vale — once you stop, switch off and phone, if it has run.