What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Meadow Well
One thing matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has run since. Not run yet? Then keep it like that, whether your car sits — Meadow Well or West Chirton. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine still off. In Meadow Well, such a case is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, then, but the identical first move.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Tyne and Wear it happened.
At the petrol pump in Meadow Well: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Maybe you are at the Esso, possibly at the another forecourt nearby, perhaps somewhere else around Meadow Well.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to discover it. Still in the tank, with nothing pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up just to move away from the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt once the vehicle is in a bay — the staff will help push it — then keep the bottle. Emptying it right at the pump is possible if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Meadow Well, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit all week. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, too late. Just off Clifton Gardens is not different from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car hasn't been driven since, it is second to the pump case. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops low in the tank and stays. One night parked alters none of that.
Keep your keys indoors tonight — otherwise a person may take it away at breakfast — then phone us. Out in Percy Main or right here around Meadow Well, the draining is done on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Meadow Well with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, pulled away, and soon the motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. It might have been driving to Newcastle upon Tyne, under 10 miles away, or simply down Braydon Drive.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Services farther along are too far: from the A194(M), under 5 miles out of Meadow Well, use the next junction. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Let us hear the mileage driven as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the vehicle barely a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is just by the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Anywhere you are across Tyne and Wear, every motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under plenty of hire and company agreements.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Brockley Whins, or near Street Art by the community? Keep the car off throughout.
Meadow Well: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Riverside Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Mill Dam.
The upshot: the motor is not harmed by some AdBlue splashed on the outside. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't start the car. Ring and give what you saw: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one once your engine has been run.
What each AdBlue drain around Meadow Well has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Anywhere your car is — The Pineapple's car park, a road by Riverside Centre, a drive, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask about the fluid, the quantity, plus if your engine has turned over. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and none of that washes out unaided. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter is flushed or changed, and your car is then checked. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we arrive.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. We check it runs properly on clean diesel before we leave. Our engineers do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been noticed early. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Check your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in many policies.
About Meadow Well, for a moment
Meadow Well is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, situated near the mouth of the River Tyne, with Newcastle upon Tyne approximately 6 miles to the west. Meadow Well has a relatively low elevation of 26 metres above sea level and is characterised by a high proportion of flat housing. Meadow Well is close to other nearby places such as Percy Main, East Howdon, and North Shields, and is around 248 miles north of London.
AdBlue drains across Tyne and Wear, Meadow Well included
Over NE postcodes, the teams covering Meadow Well — a coastal town — work nearby towns as well, East Howdon and North Shields among them. A postcode starting NE29 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to West End Park or in a car park in the middle of Meadow Well, it does not need to move. Where it sits, that's where it is drained. Assuming won't help near War Memorial, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Tyne and Wear and within Meadow Well — after you stop, switch off and phone, if it has run.