AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kings Sutton, and What to Do Next
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the engine has been started afterwards. Out in East Adderbury or here around Kings Sutton, an unrun engine should stay unrun. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where the car sits around Kings Sutton. When your motor has run, pull in safely first, then turn it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Northamptonshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Kings Sutton forecourt
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the Esso, or perhaps the Sainsbury's, or another station around Kings Sutton.
The point: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will help push it — and save the receipt. Draining it there at the pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Kings Sutton
On your dash, a reminder had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Driveways close to Bulls Lane see it as much as any other street.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. At the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: stop any early-morning move by keeping your keys indoors, then phone us. Astrop or Kings Sutton: wherever your driveway sits, that is where it gets cleared. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Kings Sutton?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Perhaps it was on Banbury Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Oxford, under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Distance sets how far it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then turn your engine off. Service stations farther on can wait: on the M40, under a mile out of Kings Sutton, use the first junction. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Phone, and say how far your car was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a car you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. Throughout Northamptonshire, nobody is immune.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies here — run or not — plus one further stage. The owner frequently needs to approve any work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Stranded by Baptist Church or at the nearest station till the firm replies, your car remains switched off throughout.
Kings Sutton: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? It might have been at a friend's drive in Twyford, or rushing by Kings Sutton Primary Academy on the school run.
The point: your engine is not hurt by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it went in, and never start the key. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Kings Sutton: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Butchers Arms's car park, a street by St Peter & St Paul, a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, plus if your motor has turned over. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies shape the work.
Emptying that tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, however long you wait. Finally are your filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment we get there.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. Before our engineers go, it's checked to be sure it runs properly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's caught quickly, lasting damage is very rare. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Kings Sutton
Kings Sutton is a village in Northamptonshire, situated on the banks of the River Cherwell at an elevation of around 93 metres. Kings Sutton lies within the East Midlands region, approximately 18.7 miles from Oxford and 60.6 miles from London. Kings Sutton has a mix of housing types, with semi-detached homes being predominant, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Astrop and Upper Astrop.
AdBlue drains across Northamptonshire, Kings Sutton included
As a village, Kings Sutton shares its vans with the surrounding places — Walton Grounds, Upper Astrop — all the way through OX postcodes. A postcode starting OX17 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, whether stopped centrally in Kings Sutton or in a layby en route to Cobbler's Pits Spinney, so keep it where it is. Our van empties it where it stands. Awkward to pin down? By Millenium Memorial Hall or a county line? Asking beats assuming, so phone.
Your situation, in one line
Not run yet: keep it off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Kings Sutton and anywhere in Northamptonshire on 0333 366 0103.