What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in St Georges
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? This single point settles nearly everything about what comes next. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Priorslee, St Georges — don't start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine still off. Across St Georges, that is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. When your motor has run, pull in safely first, then switch the vehicle off. Step one remains the same, even if the job grows.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, anywhere across Shropshire. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a St Georges forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. It could be the Sainsbury's, or the Asda, or a different forecourt around St Georges.
Put simply: no better place to be to discover it. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up just to move away from the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets drained where it is at the petrol pump.
St Georges, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. It takes place on drives just off The Grove Estate as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your car hasn't moved since, it is second to the pump case. At the bottom of that tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so no one drives your vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, ring. In Snedshill or here in St Georges, the drain happens at your driveway. Night-time empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
St Georges: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Anywhere on George Street or on the road towards Wolverhampton — under 15 miles away.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue through by now. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Stop safely — that's the first step — then turn everything off. On the M54, under a mile from St Georges, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Shropshire.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies too — run or not — and one extra step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Oakengates, or beside Snedshill? Keep the car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, St Georges?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Look familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St George's Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Ketley Bank.
The upshot: the engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed around the outside. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, turning on your car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave your engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in St Georges has in common
No matter the situation, a single opening applies. Wherever the vehicle stands — The Turf Family Pub's car park, a street by St George, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and asks for the fluid, the amount, plus whether your engine has been run. Answers set the job; the price follows by phone while nobody has left yet.
Then the tank is cleared 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, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Last, our engineers fire it up. Before our engineers go, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Lasting damage is very rare when it's caught soon, and the entire job is done where the car is. Payment comes on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About St Georges and where it is
St Georges is a suburban area in Shropshire, situated inland at an elevation of 171 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. St Georges is located near several other suburban areas, including Snedshill, Hollinswood, and Oakengates, and is approximately 14.9 miles from Wolverhampton. St Georges has a population of around 5406 residents, and is positioned in the West Midlands region, about 127.7 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across Shropshire, St Georges included
Over TF postcodes, the teams serving St Georges — a residential suburb — reach nearby places as well, Hollinswood and Oakengates included. Fastest of all: a TF2 9 postcode for where you stand.
Parked heading to Grove Park, or bang in the heart of St Georges, the car stays where it is — there is no need to move it at all. We drain the vehicle where it stands. Awkward to pin down? By St Peter or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep it off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around St Georges and anywhere in Shropshire on 0333 366 0103.