AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mickleover, and What to Do Next
One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has been started since. Out in Hillcross or right in Mickleover, an unstarted motor should stay that way. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Mickleover. Already run? Stop once safe, then turn it off. Step one remains the same, even if the job grows.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, anywhere around Derbyshire you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Mickleover forecourt
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Somewhere around Mickleover, then — BP, Gulf, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Still inside the tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear gets cleared right at the petrol pump.
Mickleover, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Driveways close to Warner Street get it as much as anywhere.
The point: no driving since makes this almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and waits. One night parked changes none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Mickleover or out in Littleover. The equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Mickleover?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the top-up. It might have been heading for Derby, under 5 miles away, or just down Hilton Close.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a longer trip, after the fuel filter and pipework have had it. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, then turn your motor off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the M1, under 10 miles out of Mickleover, use the first junction. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Roughly what distance did it gone? Say so as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever around Derbyshire, could make it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Any work on your car frequently requires the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Peartree, or near Mickleover Methodist Church? Keep your engine off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Mickleover
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? A hurried top-up by the gates of Mickleover Primary School, or a call to a friend in Radbourne: both fits.
Put simply: a spill round your filler leaves the motor unharmed. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and don't start your motor. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Mickleover: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same opening to the job. Wherever your car is — The Hole in the Wall's car park, a street beside Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, a driveway, a forecourt — our van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, plus if your motor has been run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers set 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, so it does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel is put in once your filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is finally checked. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians arrive.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. Before we go, it's checked to be sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's noticed early, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Mickleover, for a moment
Mickleover is a suburban area situated near the River Derwent in Derbyshire, with Mickleover being close to the city of Derby and having a mix of semi-detached housing and other residential properties. Mickleover sits at an elevation of around 106 metres, with Mickleover being part of the larger Derby urban area. Mickleover is located near other suburban areas such as Littleover and Mackworth Estate, with Mickleover having a population of approximately 5675 residents.
AdBlue drains around Mickleover, and across Derbyshire too
Mackworth Estate and Burnaston get the same teams as Mickleover, a residential suburb, along with further places over DE postcodes. The whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts DE3 9.
No towing is required, be it stopped centrally in Mickleover or in a lay-by en route to Memorial garden, so leave it where it is. The van empties it in place. Assuming doesn't help near Mickleover Model Railway Group, close to a border or somewhere hard to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
If it has not run, ring then leave it off. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Derbyshire and in Mickleover — after you pull over, switch off and ring, if it's run.