AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Redhill, and What to Do Next
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has been started since. Not run yet? Then keep the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle sits — Redhill or Snedshill. Normally that means emptying and thoroughly rinsing it right there around Redhill — so keep your key and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Match what happened to one of the list below, wherever in Shropshire you are.
At the pump in Redhill: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Redhill, then — Shell, Asda, or somewhere else close by.
In short: no better spot exists to discover it. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
What to do: don't get back in and start the vehicle to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is possible when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Redhill
For days the dashboard had been warning you. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Driveways close to Woodhouse Lane see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't moved since, it's second to the forecourt case. On the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Keep the keys in the house overnight — or a person may take it off at breakfast — then phone us. In Priorslee or right here around Redhill, the drain happens at your drive. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Redhill?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Anywhere on Thomas Blakemore Way or on the road towards Wolverhampton — under 15 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a bigger trip, once the filter and pipework have it. It goes deeper with every mile covered and every restart.
Stop safely — that's the next job — then turn it off. Services farther along can wait: from the M54, under 3 miles out of Redhill, take the next junction. It will not have cleared, and so there's no sense starting it again to find out. Call, and say what distance the vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week back, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Shropshire.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or not — and one extra step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before we turn up is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stuck in the car park at Telford Central, or by St George, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Redhill
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; no clear memory of the cap. Look familiar? It might have been at a friend's drive in Hollinswood, or rushing outside Thomas Telford Primary Free School at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to your engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up your car would pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and never start the key. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain around Redhill has in common
The work begins the same way, whichever the case. Forecourt, driveway, the pub in the village's car park or a road by The Shropshire — our van reaches the car, and three answers follow: what fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. Those replies decide this work, and you get the quote by phone, before anyone heads out.
Then that tank is cleared and your system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Finally are the fuel filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your car. Where your engine hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Starting it comes at the end. With clean diesel in, it runs while we check it is running correctly, and then we leave. When it is caught soon, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Payment is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in many policies.
About Redhill
Redhill is a small locality in Shropshire, situated inland at an elevation of around 145 metres. Redhill lies approximately 13 miles from Wolverhampton and is part of the wider West Midlands region. Redhill is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is close to nearby places such as Priorslee and Stafford Park.
AdBlue drains around Redhill, and across Shropshire too
St Georges and Stafford Park have the same vans as Redhill, a small village, along with other towns throughout TF postcodes. Giving us your TF2 9 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Stopped heading to Telford Crematorium Gardens of Remembrance, or bang in the heart of Redhill, the car remains put — there is no need to move it at all. Our van empties it where it stands. Awkward to explain? Close to Old Mine Building Ruins or a border? Asking beats assuming, and so ring.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle off then ring. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Shropshire and within Redhill — once you stop, switch off and ring, if it's run.