Overton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on one detail: whether the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Overton itself or out in Erbistock. Normally this means draining and properly flushing it on the spot in Overton — so leave your key and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over once safe, then switch everything off. Stage one remains unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Compare your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever across Wrexham you are.
At the petrol pump in Overton: AdBlue in a diesel
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. Whether Esso, Texaco or somewhere else in Overton, the situation is identical.
In short: no better spot to be to discover it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand pushing it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear gets emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
At home in Overton with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. Drives near Dark Lane get it as much as any other street.
The upshot: no miles since makes this almost equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — or someone might drive it off first thing — then phone us. Little Overton or Overton: wherever your drive is, that's where it gets drained. Late-night drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Overton?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe heading for Wrexham, under 10 miles away, or simply along Willow Street.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a longer trip, after the filter and pipework have had it. Each restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Services further along are too far: from the M53, under 25 miles out of Overton, take the next junction. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Phone, and say how far your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only had the car for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Wherever you are around Wrexham, every driver could slip up.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts too — run or unrun — and one extra stage. Plenty of rental and company contracts need the owner's sign-off before work.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Keep the vehicle switched off as the reply comes, even if you are parked at Ruabon or close to Saint Mary the Virgin.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Overton?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery, or on a friend's drive in Overton Bridge.
The upshot: the engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed on the filler. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: behave as if it got in, and don't start your engine. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
What every AdBlue drain in Overton has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, The White Horse Inn's car park or a road beside Overton Village Hall — the van reaches your car, and three answers come next: what fluid, which amount, and whether it ran. Those answers determine the work, and you get the quote on the phone, before anybody sets off.
Then the tank is drained and the system purged thoroughly, which matters 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 come the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Where the motor hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
Our engineers start the engine at the end. Our engineers make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel before we go. When it's noticed soon, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Payment is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Overton
Overton is a village situated on the riverside in Wrexham county, with a relatively low elevation of 71 metres. Overton lies close to the nearby settlements of Little Overton, Argoed, and Lightwood Green, and is approximately 5.9 miles from the city of Wrexham. Overton has a population of around 912 people, predominantly living in detached housing. Overton is located in a rural area, with the nearest major city being Wrexham and London being around 155.9 miles away.
AdBlue drains about Overton and across Wrexham
Overton is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Argoed and Lightwood Green among them, across the LL postcode area. Telling us your LL13 0 postcode pins you fastest of all.
No moving is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Overton or in a layby en route to Groves Plantation, and so keep it where it is. The van drains it where it stands. Ring and check rather than guess if you are by Our Lady and Welsh Martyrs, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine never started: ring, and leave it alone. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Wrexham and within Overton — after you pull over, turn off and phone, if it has run.