What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Rashwood
Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? This single question settles almost everything about what comes next. Anywhere your car is — Henbrook, Rashwood — don't start an engine that hasn't run yet. Leave the engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Rashwood. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a bigger job, yet step one does not change.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere across Worcestershire you are.
Rashwood forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, nozzle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It could be the Esso, or perhaps the another forecourt nearby, or a different station around Rashwood.
The point: of all places to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
What to do: do not get back in and start the car to clear the pump. Three things: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear is drained right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Rashwood
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the drive. Homes just off Worcester Road are caught out as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: no miles since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue settles low in your tank and waits. A night parked alters none of that.
Keep your keys indoors tonight — otherwise someone might take it off at breakfast — then call us. Wychbold or Rashwood: whichever your driveway is, that's where it gets drained. The equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Rashwood: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way beyond filling up, the motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Rashwood Interchange, say, or the way to Worcester — a run of under 10 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It travels deeper with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch everything off. Service stations farther along can wait: from the M5, under a mile out of Rashwood, take the first junction. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to check. Phone us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit next to each other here — not like your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Worcestershire.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or not — and one extra stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because settling it beforehand cuts time. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Droitwich Spa, or near Chateau Impney Hotel? Leave your car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Rashwood?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Wychbold First and Nursery School, or on a friend's drive in Droitwich Spa.
The point: your motor is not hurt by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. Any AdBlue in that tank would be sucked in by firing up your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Rashwood has in common
Every case gets the same opening to the job. Wherever your vehicle is — Robin Hood Inn's car park, a road by St Mary de Wyche, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and asks for the fluid, the quantity, and whether your motor has been run. Replies set the job; the quote comes by phone whilst no one has set off yet.
Emptying the tank comes next, then a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, however long it sits. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians get there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our technicians head off. If it's caught soon, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover is built into plenty of policies.
About Rashwood
Rashwood is a small locality in Worcestershire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 66 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Rashwood lies approximately 7.5 miles from Worcester and 100.7 miles from London, making it a relatively rural area with nearby places including Wychbold, Hill End, and Astwood. Rashwood has a population of around 555 people, who reside in the area's detached homes. Rashwood is characterized by its peaceful riverside setting, which offers a tranquil atmosphere for its residents.
AdBlue drains around Rashwood, and across Worcestershire too
Hill End and Astwood get the same vans as Rashwood, a small village, along with further places over WR postcodes. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts WR9 0.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to the green space at the edge of the village or in a car park in the middle of Rashwood, it doesn't need to move. We drain the car where it stands. Guessing won't help beside St Augustine's, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep it off and ring. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Worcestershire and in Rashwood — after you pull over, turn off then ring, if it has run.