What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Leicester Grange
All of it turns on a single detail: whether your engine has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Over in Wolvey Heath or right around Leicester Grange, an unrun engine should remain unrun. Leave your motor and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Leicester Grange. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. It's a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever across Warwickshire you are.
Leicester Grange forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: standing by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you took off was not the correct one. Maybe you're at the Esso, possibly at the Tesco, maybe somewhere else in Leicester Grange.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still in the tank, and nothing pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: don't get back in and start the vehicle to clear the pump. Phone us from the forecourt after your car sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — then save the receipt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Leicester Grange
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Just off Hinckley Road is not different from any other place.
Put simply: if the car has not moved since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep the keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone may drive it off at breakfast — and phone us. Out in Sketchley Old Village or here around Leicester Grange, the draining happens at your drive. Night-time clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Leicester Grange?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. Stretton Baskerville Interchange, say, or the route to Coventry — a run of under 10 miles.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. Past the filter, along the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then switch your motor off. Leicester Grange sits under a mile from the M69; there, come off at the first junction rather than pressing on to the services. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the distance driven as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You have had this vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you are across Warwickshire, any motorist can slip up.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. If you're stuck in the car park outside Hinckley, or by Burbage Millenium Hall, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Leicester Grange: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. Which cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage, or on a friend's drive in Shelford.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler don't reach your motor at all. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: assume it got in, then keep the motor off. Phone and give the details: we would sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once the engine has been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Leicester Grange has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, Hinckley Knight's car park or a road beside Burbage Methodist Church — the van reaches your car, and three answers come next: which liquid, which quantity, and if it has run. The price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and none of it rinses out unaided. Last come the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians arrive.
Last, our technicians start the car. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running correctly, and then we go. When it is noticed early, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Leicester Grange
Leicester Grange is a locality in Warwickshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 113 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Leicester Grange is located near several nearby places, including Sketchley Old Village, Burbage, and Smockington, and is approximately 9.4 miles from Coventry. Leicester Grange has a population of around 518 people and is about 86.9 miles from London. Leicester Grange sits in a scenic area, with the River Anker flowing through the surrounding countryside.
AdBlue drains about Leicester Grange and across Warwickshire
Burbage and Smockington get the same teams as Leicester Grange, a small village, along with other towns over LE postcodes. A postcode starting LE10 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Ash-pole Spinney or in a car park in the middle of Leicester Grange, it doesn't need to shift. The drain happens right there. Assuming doesn't help near Burbage Library, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
Your situation, summed up
Where it hasn't run, phone then leave it off. Started already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, in Leicester Grange and Warwickshire, on 0333 366 0103.