What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kidsgrove
One thing matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has run since. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is in Kidsgrove itself or out in Hardings Wood. Call 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. In Kidsgrove, that is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then turn everything off. Stage one stays unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Below: the situations our engineers see, wherever across Staffordshire. Pick yours.
On a Kidsgrove forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Whether Tesco, Shell or anywhere else around Kidsgrove, the case is the same.
In short: there is no better spot to be to spot it. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue stays just in the tank.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Have the staff to help rolling it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us right there. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
At home in Kidsgrove with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the drive. It occurs on drives just off Liverpool Road as regularly as anywhere.
The point: no miles since leaves it nearly equal to finding it at the pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in your tank and stays. One night parked alters none of that.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. We drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is around Kidsgrove or out in Dove Bank. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Kidsgrove: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way after topping up, your motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Somewhere along Heathcote Street or on the road to Stoke-on-Trent — under 10 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that's the first job — then turn it off. Kidsgrove sits under 5 miles from the M6; on it, pull off at the first junction rather than pressing on to the services. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it go? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a motor you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is just next to the diesel cap — news to you. Anyone, anywhere in Staffordshire, might do the same.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies here — run or unrun — and one further stage. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Settling it before we arrives is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stuck in the car park outside the nearest station, or by St. John the Evangelist, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Kidsgrove
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Which cap came off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. A hurried stop by the gates of St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary, or a call to a friend in Whitehill: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to your motor. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: assume it went in, and leave your engine off. Phone with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once the motor has been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Kidsgrove has in common
Each situation gets the same opening to the work. Three questions come when we reach the car — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street beside Kidsgrove Library or the car park outside The Queens Head: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. Those answers determine the work, and you hear the price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Then comes your filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. If the motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the engine comes at the end. We make sure it runs properly on new diesel before we go. When it is caught soon, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Paying comes on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Kidsgrove, briefly
Kidsgrove is a town in Staffordshire, situated on the River Trent and near the Caldon Canal, with Dove Bank and Clough Hall to the east. Kidsgrove has a mix of semi-detached housing and other residential areas, and is located about 5 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent. Kidsgrove sits at an elevation of around 137 metres, in a region of Staffordshire known for its industrial heritage. Kidsgrove is also close to other nearby places such as Woodshutts.
Kidsgrove and Staffordshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Kidsgrove is a riverside town, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Clough Hall and Woodshutts among them, across the ST postcode area. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning ST7 1.
No towing is required, whether parked centrally in Kidsgrove or on a lay-by en route to Kid's Wood, so leave it where it is. Our technicians drain it where it sits. Assuming doesn't help near Kidsgrove Town Council, close to a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Kidsgrove and anywhere in Staffordshire on 0333 366 0103.