What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Little Dawley
Everything turns on a single detail: whether the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Over in Dawley or right in Little Dawley, an unrun motor should stay unrun. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out just where the vehicle sits in Little Dawley. Stop the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. It is a bigger job, yet step one does not change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Shropshire it happened.
At the petrol pump around Little Dawley: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you took off was not the right one. Anywhere around Little Dawley, then — Esso, Shell, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. Still inside your tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to free up the pump. Get the attendants to help pushing it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away is drained where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Little Dawley
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the drive. Houses just off Holly Road are hit as often as anywhere else.
The upshot: no miles since leaves it nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. On the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — or a person may take it away first thing — and phone us. Lightmoor or Little Dawley: wherever your drive is, that is where it gets emptied. The equipment runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Little Dawley?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Perhaps it was on South View Road, perhaps on the way out towards Wolverhampton, under 15 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn your engine off. On the M54, under 3 miles from Little Dawley, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. About what distance had it go? Say so when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Anywhere you are around Shropshire, any driver can be caught.
The upshot: just as above, split by if it ran, only with an added step. Many hire and fleet contracts require the owner's approval for work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we get there than after. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Telford Central, or near War Memorial? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Little Dawley?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; a hazy recollection of which cap. Look familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Aqueduct Primary Academy, or on a friend's drive in Woodside.
The upshot: your motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start the motor. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
Each AdBlue drain around Little Dawley shares these steps
Each case has the same opening to the job. Anywhere your vehicle is — The Unicorn's car park, a road beside Holy Trinity Church, a drive, a filling station — the van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and if the engine has turned over. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers shape the job.
Then the tank is drained and the system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next comes your filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where your engine has not run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Before our engineers leave, it is tested to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. Permanent damage is very unusual if it is caught soon, and the whole job is done where the car is. Payment is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes built into plenty of policies.
About Little Dawley
Little Dawley is a suburban area in Shropshire, situated inland at an elevation of around 153 metres. Little Dawley lies approximately 14.9 miles from Wolverhampton and 127 miles from London, placing it within the wider West Midlands region. Little Dawley is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock and is near other local places such as Lightmoor and Aqueduct.
AdBlue drains about Little Dawley and across Shropshire
Throughout TF postcodes, the vans covering Little Dawley — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places as well, Aqueduct and Doseley included. Fastest of all: a TF4 3 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to War Memorial or in a car park in the middle of Little Dawley, it does not need to move. Our technicians drain it where it sits. Ring and ask rather than guess when you're by Dawley Town Hall, on a border, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Unstarted? Leave it that way then phone. Run already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, in Little Dawley and Shropshire, on 0333 366 0103.