Scraptoft: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your engine has run since. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle like that, whether the car sits — Scraptoft or Humberstone Garden. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine both off. Across Scraptoft, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Already started? Stop once you safely can, then turn it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Anywhere across Leicestershire it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
Scraptoft forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are 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. Possibly you're at the Tesco, possibly at the Shell, possibly somewhere else in Scraptoft.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. Still in the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Scraptoft, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. Bought a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. Homes just off Scraptoft Rise are caught out as often as anywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Next: stop any early move by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. Thurnby Lodge or Scraptoft: whichever your drive sits, that is where it gets emptied. Our pumping kit works quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Scraptoft?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Maybe it was on Covert Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Leicester, under 5 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. Distance decides how far it goes: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then switch it off. On the M1, under 10 miles from Scraptoft, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to find out. Call, saying how far the vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a motor you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right next to your diesel cap — news to you. Anyone, wherever in Leicestershire, might do the same.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner often has to approve the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. Keep it switched off as the answer comes, whether you are waiting outside Leicester or close to All Saints.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Scraptoft?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? It might have been on a friend's driveway in Bushby, or in a rush outside Scraptoft Valley Primary School on the school run.
In short: a spill near the filler leaves the engine unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: act as though it got in, and don't start your motor. Phone and give what you saw: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after your motor has run.
What every AdBlue drain around Scraptoft has in common
No matter the situation, a single start is used. Forecourt, drive, The White House's car park or a road beside Scraptoft Village Hall — the van comes to your vehicle, and three questions follow: what fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers set the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, because crystals form and some metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. Clean diesel goes in once the filter is flushed or changed, and the car is then tested. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers get there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our test that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our engineers go. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it is noticed soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Paying is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your documents while we travel pays.
About Scraptoft
Scraptoft is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Leicester, situated near the River Soar in Leicestershire. Scraptoft sits at an elevation of 118 metres, with a mix of semi-detached housing and other residential properties. Scraptoft is close to nearby places such as Thurnby Lodge and Nether Hall, and is approximately 3.7 miles from Leicester city centre. Scraptoft has a population of around 5289 people, making it a small but established community.
AdBlue drains around Scraptoft, and across Leicestershire too
Nether Hall and Thurnby have the identical teams as Scraptoft, a residential suburb, along with further places over LE postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode beginning LE7 9.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Scraptoft Golf Club or in a car park in the middle of Scraptoft, it does not need to shift. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it sits. Ring and check rather than guess when you are by Netherhall Library, near a border, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Where it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Scraptoft and anywhere across Leicestershire on 0333 366 0103.