AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Queens Row, and What to Do Next
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? That one question decides nearly everything about what comes next. Over in Teeton or here in Queens Row, an unstarted engine should remain that way. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where the vehicle sits around Queens Row. Already started? Stop when safe, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Wherever around Northamptonshire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
Queens Row forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: stood by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the right one. It might be the MURCO, or the BP, or another forecourt around Queens Row.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Only that tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn it in.
Next: resist the temptation to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Can't move the vehicle by the pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
At home around Queens Row with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the drive — and it was just at the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Drives close to Bakers Lane get it as much as anywhere.
The point: no miles since makes it nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. On the bottom of the tank is where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Put the keys in the house overnight — or a person may take it off first thing — and phone us. Out in Spratton or here in Queens Row, the drain happens at your driveway. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Queens Row?
A short way beyond filling up, your motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Maybe it was on Sandhills, possibly on the way out towards Milton Keynes, under 25 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Every restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Next: find a safe place, stop, then switch the engine off. Queens Row sits under 10 miles from the M1; on it, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the distance driven when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just driven this car a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just next to your diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Northamptonshire.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and company contracts need the owner's sign-off before work.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Keep the vehicle switched off while the reply comes, whether you are waiting outside Long Buckby or near Spratton Sports & Social Club.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Queens Row?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Spratton Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Holdenby.
In short: a spill round your filler leaves your motor no harm. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Turning on the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone then tell us what you noticed.
The common ground in each Queens Row AdBlue drain
Each case gets the same opening to the work. We come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Kings Head or a side street close to Spratton Village Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if your motor has run. Those answers settle this work, and you get the quote on the phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits form and some metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter has been flushed or changed, and your car is then checked. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we turn up.
The final step is starting it. Our engineers confirm it runs properly on clean diesel before we leave. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the car 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 is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Queens Row and where it is
Queens Row is a locality in Northamptonshire, situated in the East Midlands region of England, with an elevation of around 131 metres. Queens Row lies approximately 66.6 miles northwest of London and 21.3 miles southeast of Milton Keynes, near the villages of Spratton, Little Creaton, and Creaton. Queens Row has a population of around 1288 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing.
AdBlue drains around Queens Row, and across Northamptonshire too
As a small village, Queens Row shares its vans with the surrounding places — Creaton, Little Creaton — all the way across NN postcodes. A postcode starting NN6 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, whether parked centrally in Queens Row or in a layby heading to Creaton Dog Walking Park, so keep it where it is. Draining happens on the spot. Assuming doesn't help beside St Andrew's Church, close to a border or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and ask.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Queens Row and anywhere across Northamptonshire on 0333 366 0103.