AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lower Weedon, and What to Do Next
All of that hinges on a single fact: if the motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Lower Weedon itself or out in Stowehill. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. Across Lower Weedon, that is generally emptied and flushed where it stands. Pull over the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. It is a larger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Anywhere across Northamptonshire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
Lower Weedon forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Just now, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Possibly you are at the Shell, possibly at the Power, possibly somewhere else around Lower Weedon.
In short: no better place exists to spot it. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. Three things: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed away is drained where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Lower Weedon drive?
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It takes place on driveways just off New Croft as frequently as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't moved since, it's second to the pump case. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside the tank and waits. One night parked changes none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Lower Weedon or out in Weedon Bec. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Lower Weedon?
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. Maybe heading for Milton Keynes, under 25 miles away, or simply down St Martyns Way.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. It goes deeper with each extra mile driven and each restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next step — then turn it off. Services further on are too far: from the M1, under 3 miles out of Lower Weedon, take the next junction. It won't have cleared, so there is no point restarting to check. Phone, and say what distance your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've just had this car for days. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one warned you the AdBlue cap was right beside the diesel. Anywhere you are around Northamptonshire, every driver can be caught.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with an added step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside Long Buckby, or near Weedon Bec Village Hall? Leave the engine off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Lower Weedon
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. A faint ammonia-like smell hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Maybe at a friend's drive in Dodford, or in a rush outside Weedon Bec Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your motor. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't fire it up. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one once it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in Lower Weedon shares these steps
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Our engineers come to your car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Plume of Feathers or a side street close to United Reformed Church, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and whether the motor has run. The price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the work.
Then your tank is drained and your system flushed 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 does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in after your filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. Not started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting it comes at the end. Before our engineers leave, it's tested to be sure it runs smoothly on new diesel. Lasting damage is very rare if it's spotted soon, and the entire job is done where the car 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. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Lower Weedon
Lower Weedon is a suburban area in Northamptonshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of around 95 metres. Lower Weedon lies near the larger town of Weedon Bec and is part of a group of settlements that include Upper Weedon and Road Weedon. Lower Weedon has a population of approximately 1714 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Lower Weedon is located near Milton Keynes, about 18.9 miles away, and is around 64.3 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Lower Weedon, and across Northamptonshire too
Being a residential suburb, Lower Weedon shares its vans with the surrounding places — Road Weedon, Upper Weedon — right through NN postcodes. Telling us your NN7 4 postcode pins you fastest of all.
No towing is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Lower Weedon or on a lay-by heading to Jubilee Field, so leave it put. The drain is done on the spot. Guessing won't help beside Weedon Bec Military Ordnance Depot, close to a border or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Run already: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Lower Weedon or wherever across Northamptonshire.