AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Old Woodstock, and What to Do Next
Has the motor run since the AdBlue got in? That single question decides almost everything else from here. Over in Bladon or right in Old Woodstock, an unrun engine must stay unrun. Leave the motor and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Old Woodstock. Where the engine has run, pull in safely straight away, then turn the car off. A larger job, then, yet the identical opening move.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, wherever across Oxfordshire. Choose the one that fits.
On a Old Woodstock forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. Somewhere in Old Woodstock, then — Gulf, Shell, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Still in the tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no reason to start it — and so don't get back in. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it cannot be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Old Woodstock drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the drive. Driveways near Rosamund Drive get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car has not moved since, it's close to the forecourt case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. In Woodstock or right here around Old Woodstock, the drain is done at your driveway. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Old Woodstock?
A mile or two after filling up, your engine began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Possibly it was on Vermont Drive, possibly on the way out towards Oxford, under 10 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue through already. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. On the M40, under 10 miles from Old Woodstock, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. About what distance had it go? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you are across Oxfordshire, any driver could be caught.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on if it's run. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside Combe, or beside Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Old Woodstock?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think it did. A faint ammonia smell lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Woodstock Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Wootton.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't reach the engine at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Assume it went in, and never turn your key. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it has been run — so phone and tell us what you noticed.
The common ground in each Old Woodstock AdBlue drain
The work begins the same way, whatever your case. We come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Star Inn or a side street close to Woodstock Library, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether your engine has run. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts much more here than with petrol. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while we make sure it's running properly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it's spotted 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, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Old Woodstock
Old Woodstock is a suburban area situated on the outskirts of Oxford, near the town of Woodstock in Oxfordshire. Old Woodstock lies adjacent to a lake and is approximately 100 metres above sea level, with a mix of semi-detached housing and other residential properties. Old Woodstock is located near several other small communities, including Hensington and East End, and is within commuting distance of London. Old Woodstock has a population of around 1105 people and is close to the city of Oxford, which is about 8 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Oxfordshire, Old Woodstock included
Old Woodstock is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Hensington and East End among them, across the OX postcode area. Quickest of all: a OX20 1 postcode to show your location.
Centre of Old Woodstock or a lay-by towards Icehouse Clump: wherever it is, the car never needs to shift at all for us. Our technicians drain the car where it is. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Oxfordshire Museum or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car off and phone. Started by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever case, across Old Woodstock and Oxfordshire, on 0333 366 0103.