AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Parkside: What Now?
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? This one point decides almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is in Parkside itself or out in Creswell. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. In Parkside, that is typically emptied and cleaned where it stands. Pull over the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. It is a larger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Below: the situations our engineers meet, wherever around Staffordshire. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Parkside forecourt
Just at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Anywhere around Parkside, then — Shell, Texaco, or anywhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Just that tank holds AdBlue; no part beyond it has taken any in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — and save the receipt. Can't move it by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt safe, and so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Parkside
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Houses just off Linksfield Grove are caught out as often as everywhere else.
Put simply: if the vehicle has not moved since, it's almost as good as finding out at the pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and stays. A night parked alters none of that.
Next: keys in the house, and so no one takes the vehicle off first thing. Then, phone. Out in Trinity Fields or right here around Parkside, the draining happens at your drive. The equipment runs quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Parkside: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Springvale Rise, perhaps, or the route to Stoke-on-Trent — a run of under 15 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into your fuel system. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger trip, once the fuel filter and pipework have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a safe place, stop, and turn your engine off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M6, under a mile from Parkside. No trial restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Call, saying what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Staffordshire, no one is immune.
The point: exactly as above, split by if it ran, but with an added stage. Many rental and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside Stafford, or near Holmcroft Youth & Community Centre? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Parkside: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's drive in Marston, or rushing outside Parkside Primary School at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to your engine. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be sucked in by turning on the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, then leave the motor off. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats draining one once it has been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
Parkside: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Staffordshire Bull or a side street close to The Cornerstone, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the engine has run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you hear our price, and those answers shape the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Then is your filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Where the motor has not run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Before our engineers head off, it's checked to make sure it runs correctly on new diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is caught quickly, permanent damage is very uncommon. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Parkside and where it is
Parkside is a suburban area in Staffordshire, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 88 metres. Parkside lies near the cities of Stoke-on-Trent and other nearby places such as Trinity Fields, Holmcroft, and Tillington. Parkside has a population of approximately 4392 residents and predominantly features detached housing. Parkside is located about 124.6 miles from London, making it a relatively distant suburb from the capital city.
AdBlue drains in Parkside, and across Staffordshire too
Parkside is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Holmcroft and Tillington among them, across the ST postcode area. Fastest of all: a ST16 1 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Parkside - Middle Park or in a car park in the middle of Parkside, it doesn't need to move. Our van drains it where it stands. Guessing doesn't help near North End Community Centre, on a county line or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Parkside and anywhere in Staffordshire on 0333 366 0103.