Selston: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it was put in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Selston itself or out in Commonside. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. In Selston, that is typically emptied and flushed on the spot. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Anywhere around Nottinghamshire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Selston forecourt
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Be it Gulf, another forecourt nearby or anywhere else around Selston, the situation is identical.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits only inside the tank.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Three things: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear is emptied where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Selston
For days the dash had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Drives near Chapel Street see it as much as any other street.
The upshot: zero miles since makes it almost equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Selston or Rosemaryhill. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Selston: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond topping up, your motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on Portland Road, perhaps on the way out towards Nottingham, under 15 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. Mileage sets how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and every injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Selston lies under a mile from the M1; there, come off at the first junction rather than pressing on for the services. No test starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Phone, saying how far the vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right by the diesel inlet — news to you. Anyone, anywhere in Nottinghamshire, might make the same.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on if it's run. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians arrive than after. If you're stuck in the car park outside Kirkby in Ashfield, or by Selston Church of Christ, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Selston
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think it did. A slight ammonia whiff lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Selston Common, or rushing by Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no damage to your motor. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in your tank, turning on the car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: assume it got in, and leave the motor off. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked counts as a better result than an already-run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain in Selston has in common
Every situation has the same start to the work. Forecourt, driveway, Dogs Paws's car park or a road beside Selston Leisure Centre — our van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: which liquid, what amount, and if it has run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers set the job.
Then that tank is emptied and your system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel is put in once your filter has been flushed or replaced, and the car is then tested. If the engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it is running correctly, and then we head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been spotted quickly. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Selston
Selston is a village in Nottinghamshire, situated in the East Midlands region of England, with an elevation of around 154 metres. Selston lies approximately 10 miles north of Nottingham and 119 miles north of London, surrounded by nearby places such as Rosemaryhill and Annesley Lane End. Selston has a population of around 2858 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Selston is characterized by its inland setting, with the village being a part of the wider Nottinghamshire countryside.
AdBlue drains in Selston, and across Nottinghamshire too
Throughout NG postcodes, the teams serving Selston — a rural village — work nearby places too, Annesley Lane End and Skegness among them. A postcode starting NG16 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Selston or a lay-by near The Hills: either way it sits, the car never needs to move at all for us. Our engineers drain the car where it is. Ring and ask rather than guess when you're close to Tin Hat Centre, on a border, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, and leave it switched off. Started by now? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever it is, in Selston and Nottinghamshire, on 0333 366 0103.