AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Radway Green: What Now?
Everything turns on a single detail: if your engine has started after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not run so far? Then keep it that way, wherever the vehicle is — Radway Green or Foxley. Normally that is draining and properly flushing it on the spot around Radway Green — so keep your key and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It is a larger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Wherever around Cheshire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
On a Radway Green forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Perhaps you're at the Shell, possibly at the Sainsbury's, perhaps somewhere else around Radway Green.
Put simply: no better place to be to spot it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. A few things: a push into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Radway Green
For days the dashboard had been warning you. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. Driveways near Crewe Road get it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it is nearly as good as 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.
Next: stop an early drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Out in Oakhanger or right here in Radway Green, the draining happens at your driveway. Our equipment runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
On the road in Radway Green with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and soon your engine was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up the dash. It might have been driving to Stoke-on-Trent, under 10 miles away, or simply along Butterton Lane.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. Through the filter, through the pipework, and — the further the mileage — on into the injection pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: further it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. Radway Green lies under a mile from the M6; on it, come off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Tell us hear the mileage covered as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. Anyone, wherever in Cheshire, might do it.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies here — run or not — plus one extra stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts require the owner's approval before work.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Keep the car off while the reply arrives, even if you are parked at Alsager or near Hassall Road Methodist Church.
Radway Green: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Cranberry Academy in a hurry, say, or someone's drive out in Barthomley.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to the motor. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be sucked in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not crank it. Phone with what you saw: we would sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after your motor has been run.
Radway Green: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each case has the same start to the job. We come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Plough Inn or a side street near St. Luke's Church, Oakhanger, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and if your engine has been run. Your price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. Fresh diesel goes in after the filter has been cleaned or changed, and your car is then checked. Where your motor has not run, expect roughly half an hour on site, in most jobs.
Our technicians start the car last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running correctly, and then we head off. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been spotted quickly. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Radway Green and where it is
Radway Green is a small locality in Cheshire, situated inland at an elevation of 82 metres, approximately 8 miles from Stoke-on-Trent. Radway Green is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its relatively affluent and rural nature. Radway Green is close to nearby places such as Oakhanger, Alsager, and Smiths Green, and is about 143.5 miles from London.
Radway Green and Cheshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over ST postcodes, the vans covering Radway Green — a small village — reach nearby places too, Alsager and Smiths Green among them. Fastest of all: a ST7 2 postcode for your location.
Centre of Radway Green or a layby towards Cranberry Moss LNR: either way it is, your vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for us. The drain happens right there. Phone and check rather than guess if you're by Christ Church Alsager, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle off and phone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Radway Green and anywhere around Cheshire on 0333 366 0103.