What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lower Faintree
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it was put in. Over in Wrickton or right around Lower Faintree, an unrun engine should remain unrun. Normally this means draining and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot in Lower Faintree — and so leave the key and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. Where your engine has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch it off. It is a larger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere across Shropshire you are.
At the petrol pump around Lower Faintree: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Maybe you're at the the nearest petrol station, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, perhaps somewhere else around Lower Faintree.
Put simply: no better spot to be to discover it. Just that tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken any in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue wants freeing. Three things: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Lower Faintree
On the dash, a warning had shown all week. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Homes just off B4364 get caught out as much as everywhere else.
In short: if the car has not moved since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the pump. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue drops low inside your tank and stays. One night standing changes none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it is drained, be it around Lower Faintree or Neenton. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Lower Faintree?
A mile or two after filling up, the motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Anywhere on Beaconhill Lane or else on the road towards Wolverhampton — under 25 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. Distance decides how deep it goes: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then switch your motor off. On the M54, under 15 miles from Lower Faintree, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Let us know the distance covered when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a motor you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Anywhere you are across Shropshire, any driver could slip up.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it's run. The owner often needs to approve the work, under many rental and company contracts.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers turn up than after. Keep the car off as the reply comes, even if you're waiting outside Ludlow or near All Saints.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Lower Faintree
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think so. A slight ammonia-like smell lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Brown Clee CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Defford.
Put simply: spillage near the filler leaves your motor unharmed. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Firing up your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Next: act as though it went in, then keep your engine off. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than draining one once it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
What every AdBlue drain around Lower Faintree has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Our engineers come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at the pub in the village or a side street near St Giles, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and whether your motor has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you hear the price, and those answers decide the work too.
Emptying the tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, however long it sits. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where your engine hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before we head off. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is spotted early, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Lower Faintree, briefly
Lower Faintree is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Shropshire, with a mix of detached housing and rural landscapes. Lower Faintree sits at an elevation of 221 metres, surrounded by nearby places such as Neenton, Oldfield, and Chetton. Lower Faintree is located near the city of Wolverhampton, approximately 17.4 miles away, and is part of the wider West Midlands region. Lower Faintree has a population of around 579 residents, living in a predominantly rural setting.
Lower Faintree and Shropshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Oldfield and Chetton get the identical vans as Lower Faintree, a rural hamlet, plus further places throughout WV postcodes. A postcode starting WV16 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Lower Coppice, or bang in the centre of Lower Faintree, your vehicle remains put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets drained. Tricky to pin down? By St John the Baptist or a border? Asking beats assuming, and so ring.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle off then ring. Started already? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, across Lower Faintree and Shropshire, on 0333 366 0103.