AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mowmacre Hill, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on a single fact: if your motor has been run after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Wherever your vehicle is — Rushey Mead, Mowmacre Hill — never start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where your car sits in Mowmacre Hill. Pull over the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. Step one stays the same, even if the work is bigger.
Compare what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere in Leicestershire you happen to be.
On a Mowmacre Hill forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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. It could be the BP, or perhaps the Shell, or a different forecourt around Mowmacre Hill.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and start it to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
Mowmacre Hill, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. It takes place on drives just off Birstow Crescent as regularly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your car hasn't been driven since, it's second to the forecourt case. At the bottom of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Beaumont Leys or Mowmacre Hill: whichever your driveway is, that is where it gets drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Mowmacre Hill: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after filling up, the engine started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Hadrian Road, perhaps, or the route towards Leicester — a run of under 3 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Distance decides how far it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: further it travels.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, and turn the motor off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M1, under 5 miles from Mowmacre Hill. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Ring us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Leicestershire, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Hanging on for an answer in the car park outside Leicester, or near The Tudor Centre? Keep the car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Mowmacre Hill?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think so. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of Mowmacre Hill Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's driveway over in Thurcaston.
Put simply: a spill round your filler leaves your engine unharmed. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Take it that it got in, and don't start your key. Phone with what you saw: we'd sooner confirm a clean tank than empty one after your engine has been run.
The common ground in every Mowmacre Hill AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whichever the situation. Forecourt, driveway, The Tom Hoskins's car park or a street beside Stocking Farm Community & Healthy Living Centre — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: what liquid, what quantity, and whether it ran. On the phone, before anything else, you are told the price, and those replies shape the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is finally checked. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians get there.
Last, our engineers fire it up. Before our engineers head off, it's checked to confirm it runs properly on clean diesel. Lasting damage is very rare if it is spotted soon, and the entire job is done where the car is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Mowmacre Hill
Mowmacre Hill is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Leicester, sitting at an elevation of 94 metres in the East Midlands region of England. Mowmacre Hill is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, with nearby places including Beaumont Leys, Birstall, and Belgrave. Mowmacre Hill is situated approximately 2.4 miles from Leicester city centre, making it a convenient residential location. Mowmacre Hill has a population of around 6537 people, according to estimates.
Mowmacre Hill and Leicestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Mowmacre Hill is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Birstall and Belgrave among them, across the LE postcode area. A postcode starting LE4 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Mowmacre Hill or a lay-by towards Mowmacre Sports Ground: either way it is, your vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for us. Where it sits, that is where it is emptied. Tricky to pin down? Close to St Luke's Church or a county line? Asking beats guessing, and so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Leave the car that way and ring. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Leicestershire and within Mowmacre Hill — once you pull over, turn off then ring, if it has run.