What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Much Wenlock
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the motor has been started afterwards. Over in Callaughton or right in Much Wenlock, an unrun motor must remain unrun. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush after a drain, done just where your car sits in Much Wenlock. Already started? Stop once you safely can, then switch everything off. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the job grows.
Compare your case to one of the list below, anywhere across Shropshire you are.
At the pump around Much Wenlock: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the cap you took off wasn't the right one. Somewhere in Much Wenlock, then — Shell, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else close by.
In short: there is no better spot to be to discover it. Just the tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken it in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
At home in Much Wenlock with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Right off Back Lane is not different from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent any early drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Homer or Much Wenlock: wherever your driveway is, that is where it gets emptied. Late-night empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Much Wenlock?
Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe heading to Wolverhampton, under 25 miles away, or just down St Owen's Road.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the first job — then turn it off. Leave by the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M54, under 10 miles from Much Wenlock. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. About how far had it go? Say so as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue cap sits right next to your diesel. Wherever you are around Shropshire, any motorist can be caught.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Any work on the car often requires the owner's approval under hire or company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it early saves time. If you're stranded in the car park at Wellington (Shropshire), or by Primitive Methodist chapel, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Much Wenlock
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Much Wenlock Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Atterley.
The point: your motor is not hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn your engine. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Much Wenlock shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Anywhere the vehicle is — The Talbot's car park, a street beside Elizabeth II, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, plus if your engine has been run. Those answers settle the work, and you hear the price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Then your tank is emptied and the system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Finally are the filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the car. If your engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Lastly, we fire it up. Before our technicians go, it's tested to make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. When it is caught soon, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Much Wenlock itself
Much Wenlock is a small town situated on the River Severn in Shropshire, with a population of around 2156 people. Much Wenlock sits at an elevation of 160 metres, surrounded by rolling countryside and nearby villages such as Homer and Bourton Westwood. Much Wenlock has a predominance of detached housing and is located near to Wolverhampton, with London approximately 128 miles to the southeast. Much Wenlock remains a quiet riverside community with a strong sense of local identity.
AdBlue drains around Much Wenlock, and across Shropshire too
Being a riverside town, Much Wenlock shares its vans with the nearby towns — Wigwig, Bourton Westwood — right across TF postcodes. A postcode starting TF13 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped heading to Linden Field, or bang in the centre of Much Wenlock, the vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. The van empties it in place. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Much Wenlock Museum or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
In one line: your situation
If it hasn't run, ring and keep it that way. Started already? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, across Much Wenlock and Shropshire, on 0333 366 0103.