AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lower Quinton, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it got in. Not run yet? Then keep it like that, whether the vehicle sits — Lower Quinton or Admington. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush plus a drain, done just where the car stands in Lower Quinton. Pull over the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Below: the situations we meet, wherever in Warwickshire. Choose the one that fits.
At the pump around Lower Quinton: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Whether the nearest petrol station, Welford on Avon Petrol Station or anywhere else in Lower Quinton, the situation is the same.
In short: there is no better place to be to discover it. No pump has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits just in that tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Lower Quinton drive?
For days the dashboard had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. It takes place on drives just off St. Swithin's Drive as frequently as anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since leaves this nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent an early drive by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. Out in Upper Quinton or right here in Lower Quinton, the draining happens at your drive. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Lower Quinton: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Goose Lane, perhaps, or the way to Worcester — a trip of under 25 miles.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a longer run, after the filter and pipework have it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, then turn your motor off. Service stations further along are too far: from the M40, under 15 miles out of Lower Quinton, use the next junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying how far your car went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week back, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Warwickshire, no one is immune.
The point: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with an added stage. Many hire and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians arrive than after. Stuck near Quinton & Admington Village Hall or outside Honeybourne until the firm answers, your vehicle remains turned off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Lower Quinton
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. It might have been at a friend's drive in Long Marston, or in a rush outside Quinton Primary School at the school run.
The point: your motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and never start the engine. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
Every AdBlue drain around Lower Quinton shares these stages
Every case has the same start to the work. Anywhere the car stands — The College Arms's car park, a street beside St Swithin, a drive, a filling station — our van arrives and asks about the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has turned over. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told our price, and those answers shape the job too.
Then your tank is drained and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a check of your car. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is starting the engine. Before our technicians leave, it is tested to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it's noticed soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Lower Quinton, briefly
Lower Quinton is a village in south Warwickshire, situated in a rural area near the Worcestershire border. Lower Quinton has a population of around 1090 people and is characterised by semi-detached housing. Lower Quinton sits at an elevation of 58 metres, close to nearby villages such as Upper Quinton and Lower Clopton. Lower Quinton is located approximately 20.9 miles from Worcester and 80.9 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Lower Quinton and across Warwickshire
Meon Vale and Lower Clopton get the identical teams as Lower Quinton, a rural village, plus further towns throughout CV postcodes. Fastest of all: a CV37 8 postcode for where you stand.
Stopped heading to Pool Hay Coppice, or bang in the centre of Lower Quinton, your vehicle stays where it is — there is no need to shift it anywhere. The drain is done on the spot. Assuming won't help beside Meon Vale Village Hall, on a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and check.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Lower Quinton or wherever in Warwickshire.