What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sneyd Green
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has been run since it was put in. Anywhere your car is — Cobridge, Sneyd Green — don't start a motor that hasn't run yet. Usually this is draining and properly cleaning it right there in Sneyd Green — and so leave the ignition and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then switch it off. It's a bigger job, yet step one does not change.
Match your case to one of the ones below, wherever across Staffordshire you happen to be.
Sneyd Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Whether Texaco, Esso or somewhere else around Sneyd Green, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Only the tank has AdBlue; no part beyond it has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and start it to clear the petrol pump. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the pump.
At home around Sneyd Green with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the dash light on. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it was just at the recycling that the cap got your eye. Right off Kingston Avenue is no different from anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since leaves it almost equal to spotting it at the petrol 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-morning move by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Sneyd Green or out in Birches Head. The pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Sneyd Green?
Topped up, pulled away, and before long the engine was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Maybe it was on Milton Road, perhaps on the way out towards Stoke-on-Trent, under 3 miles away.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and lines have had it. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
Your move: pull up anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M6, under 10 miles from Sneyd Green. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Roughly what distance did it go? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You've just had the vehicle a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue inlet was right beside the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Staffordshire.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or unrun — plus one extra step. Any work on the car often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company terms.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, because settling it beforehand cuts time. Stuck by Wesley Hall Church or outside Longport till someone replies, your car remains turned off the whole time.
Sneyd Green: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. A faint ammonia smell lingers around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Holden Lane Academy, or on a friend's drive in Milton.
Put simply: spillage near the filler does your engine no harm. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it was put in, and never start your engine. Phone with what you saw: we'd rather find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after your motor has run.
Sneyd Green: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same opening to the job. Wherever the car is — Sneyd Arms's car park, a street beside Sneyd Green Community Centre, a drive, a forecourt — our van arrives and we ask about the fluid, the amount, plus if your engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the work.
Then your tank is emptied and your system flushed 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. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where the engine hasn't run, expect about half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our engineers check it runs correctly on new diesel before we leave. Permanent damage is very rare when it's noticed quickly, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover is included in many policies.
About Sneyd Green itself
Sneyd Green is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, sitting at an elevation of 186 metres. Sneyd Green is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, with the area being close to nearby places such as Birches Head and Smallthorne. Sneyd Green is situated approximately 1.4 miles from Stoke-on-Trent city centre, making it a convenient residential location. Sneyd Green has a population of around 7980 residents, according to approximate estimates.
Sneyd Green and Staffordshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Smallthorne and Northwood get the identical vans as Sneyd Green, a residential suburb, plus other towns over ST postcodes. Telling us your ST1 6 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Centre of Sneyd Green or a lay-by near Birches Head Road Recreation Ground: wherever it is, your car doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. Where it stands, that is where it is cleared. Phone and check rather than guess when you are close to St Andrew, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Keep it that way and phone. Run already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, across Sneyd Green and Staffordshire, on 0333 366 0103.