AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Priors Marston, and What to Do Next
One thing matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has been started afterwards. Out in Lower Catesby or right around Priors Marston, an unstarted motor should stay that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine both off. In Priors Marston, that is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Pull over the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has already run. A larger job, yes, but the same opening move.
Wherever around Warwickshire it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a Priors Marston forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Maybe you are at the Texaco, perhaps at the Murco, maybe somewhere else around Priors Marston.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just in the tank.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to free up the pump. Get the attendants to lend a hand rolling it into a space, save the receipt, then ring us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away gets emptied where it is at the pump.
Priors Marston, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it's just by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Right off Holly Bush Lane is not less likely from any other place.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and stays put, however long it waits.
Put your keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone may take it away at breakfast — then call us. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether in Priors Marston or Hellidon. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Priors Marston?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Shuckburgh Road, say, or the way towards Coventry — a trip of under 25 miles.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. Past your filter, through the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Pull in safely — that is the next job — then turn it off. Exit at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M40, under 10 miles from Priors Marston. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the mileage covered as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've had this vehicle barely a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is just by the diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Warwickshire.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Long Buckby, or beside St. Leonards? Leave your engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Priors Marston?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at The Priors School, or on a friend's drive in Chapel Green.
The upshot: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed on the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by starting the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave the motor off. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it's been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain around Priors Marston shares these steps
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Forecourt, drive, The Hollybush's car park or a street by War Memorial — the van comes to your vehicle, and three questions follow: what liquid, which amount, and if it ran. Over the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those replies decide the job too.
Draining that tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more important after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Where your motor hasn't been started, expect about half an hour on site, in most jobs.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Our engineers make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel before we go. If it's caught soon, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Priors Marston, briefly
Priors Marston is a small village in Warwickshire, situated in the West Midlands region of England, with a population of around 624 people. Priors Marston sits at an elevation of approximately 150 metres, surrounded by rolling countryside and nearby villages such as Hellidon and Marston Doles. Priors Marston is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Priors Marston is located about 16 miles from Coventry and some 69 miles northwest of London.
AdBlue drains in Priors Marston, and across Warwickshire too
Throughout CV postcodes, the vans covering Priors Marston — a rural village — reach surrounding places as well, Marston Doles and Priors Hardwick among them. Quickest of all: a CV47 7 postcode to show your location.
No moving is required, whether parked centrally in Priors Marston or in a layby heading to The Priors Sports Club, so keep it put. Our van drains it where it stands. Assuming won't help beside St Mary, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
Your scenario, summed up
If it hasn't run, phone then keep it that way. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Priors Marston or wherever in Warwickshire.