AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Jackfield, and What to Do Next
Has your engine run since the AdBlue was put in? This single question decides nearly everything else from here. Out in Blists Hill or right around Jackfield, an unrun engine must stay that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine both off. Across Jackfield, that is generally emptied and cleaned on the spot. When your motor has run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Anywhere in Shropshire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Jackfield forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Maybe you're at the the nearest petrol station, perhaps at the Esso, maybe somewhere else around Jackfield.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Three things: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed away is drained where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Jackfield drive?
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle from the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it's just at the bin that the cap caught a second look. Driveways close to St Mary's Close get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car has not moved since, it's second to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Your move: the keys in the house, so nobody takes your vehicle off first thing. Then, phone. Your drive is where it gets emptied, be it around Jackfield or Ironbridge. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Jackfield?
Filled up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. It might have been driving to Wolverhampton, under 15 miles away, or simply down Milburgh Coppice.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn your motor off. Service stations farther along are too far: on the M54, under 5 miles out of Jackfield, use the next junction. It won't have cleared, and so there is no point restarting to check. Call, and say what distance your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, the car was new to you. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue cap sits right beside your diesel. Anywhere you happen to be across Shropshire, every driver could slip up.
The upshot: just as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added step. Any work on the car often requires the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because settling it beforehand cuts time. If you're stuck in the car park at Telford Central, or by Original Free Bridge, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Jackfield: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Broseley CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Coalport.
In short: spillage near the filler does your motor no harm. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Turning on the car won't 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 fire it up. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Jackfield AdBlue drain
Every case has the same opening to the job. Wherever the vehicle stands — The Black Swan's car park, a road beside Jackfield Tile Museum, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks about the fluid, the quantity, plus if your motor has been run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and neither washes away unaided. Next is your filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers turn up.
Last, we start it. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running smoothly, and then we leave. If it is caught early, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Jackfield itself
Jackfield is a suburban area in Shropshire, situated on the banks of the River Severn at an elevation of 94 metres. Jackfield lies near the historic Ironbridge Gorge, close to other local communities such as Madeleywood and Broseley. Jackfield has a population of around 936 people, with a predominance of detached housing. Jackfield is located 14.6 miles from Wolverhampton and 125.9 miles from London.
AdBlue drains round Jackfield and across Shropshire
Jackfield is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Madeleywood and Broseley among them, across the TF postcode area. Giving us a TF8 7 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Parked en route to Barnets Leasow Mound, or right in the heart of Jackfield, your car remains where it is — there's no need to move it anywhere. Our van empties it where it stands. Tricky to explain? By Jackfield Village Hall or a border? Checking beats assuming, and so phone.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Keep it off then ring. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Shropshire and in Jackfield — once you pull over, switch off then ring, if it has run.