AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mickleton: What Now?
Has your motor run since the AdBlue went in? This one point settles nearly everything else from here. Not started yet? Then keep it like that, whether your vehicle sits — Mickleton or Hunts Grave. Leave your engine and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Mickleton. When the motor has run, pull in safely first, then turn the car off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Compare your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever in Gloucestershire you are.
Mickleton forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're 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. Perhaps you're at the the nearest petrol station, perhaps at the Willersey Garage, maybe somewhere else around Mickleton.
In short: there is no better place to be to spot it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away is emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Mickleton drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Right off Mill Lane is not different from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: stop an early drive by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. In Hidcote Bartrim or right here in Mickleton, the draining happens at your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Mickleton?
A short way after filling up, your motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Possibly it was on Milking Pail Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Worcester, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a bigger run, once your filter and pipework have it. It travels deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Next: find a sensible spot, pull in, then turn the motor off. Mickleton sits under 15 miles from the M40; there, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the distance covered when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the vehicle barely a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Gloucestershire.
The point: just as above, split by if it ran, but with an added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Leave the vehicle off while the reply arrives, whether you're waiting outside Honeybourne or near Mickleton Methodist Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Mickleton?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Mickleton Primary School, or a call to a friend in Aston Subedge: both fit.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler never touch the engine at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Starting the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Next: assume it went in, and keep the motor off. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Mickleton shares these steps
The job opens identically, whichever your situation. We come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Kings Arms Inn or a side street close to Joseph Webb Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if your motor has been run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies set the work.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals build up and some metals corrode, and none of that washes away unaided. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers get there.
Firing it up comes last. We make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we go. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is caught soon, permanent damage is very rare. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Mickleton itself
Mickleton is a small village in Gloucestershire, situated in the South West region of England, with a population of around 694 people. Mickleton sits inland, approximately 76 metres above sea level, and is located near several smaller settlements, including Hidcote Bartrim and Lower Clopton. Mickleton is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is within commuting distance of nearby cities, including Worcester, which is about 20 miles away. Mickleton remains a quiet, rural community with a strong sense of local identity.
AdBlue drains in Mickleton, and across Gloucestershire too
Throughout GL postcodes, the teams covering Mickleton — a rural village — reach surrounding towns too, Hidcote Boyce and Lower Clopton among them. A postcode starting GL55 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Play Field or in a car park in the middle of Mickleton, it doesn't need to shift. The drain is done right there. Guessing doesn't help near St Lawrence, close to a border or somewhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle off then phone. Run by now: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Mickleton or anywhere across Gloucestershire.