AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Stoke Heath, and What to Do Next
One thing counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has run afterwards. Wherever the car is — Sutton, Stoke Heath — don't start a motor that hasn't run yet. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. In Stoke Heath, such a case is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Stop the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. A larger job, yes, yet the identical opening step.
Further down: the situations our technicians see, anywhere in Shropshire. Pick yours.
Stoke Heath forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Possibly you are at the Shell, perhaps at the Morrisons, maybe somewhere else in Stoke Heath.
In short: there is no better place to be to spot it. Still inside your tank, and no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Three things: a shove into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Can't move the car beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Stoke Heath drive?
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Houses just off Warrant Road are caught out as often as everywhere else.
In short: if the car has not moved since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue settles low in that tank and waits. A night parked changes none of that.
Next: stop any early drive by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. We drain it on your drive, whether that's around Stoke Heath or out in Buntingsdale Estate. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Stoke Heath: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading to Stoke-on-Trent, under 25 miles away, or simply down Chester Road.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through your filter, along the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. It goes deeper with every extra mile driven and every restart.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then switch the motor off. On the M6, under 15 miles from Stoke Heath, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Phone, saying what distance your car went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. Any driver, wherever in Shropshire, might make the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for a reply in the car park outside Prees, or beside Maurice Chandler Sports Centre? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Stoke Heath?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Lostford, or rushing outside Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery at the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in your tank would be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it went in, and never turn your key. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than an already-run one emptied.
The common ground in every Stoke Heath AdBlue drain
The work begins identically, whichever the situation. Anywhere the car is — the pub in the village's car park, a road beside Ranger's Community Centre, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and we ask about the liquid, the amount, and whether your engine has been run. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers set the work.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. Next is the filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians turn up.
Firing it up comes at the end. We confirm it runs correctly on clean diesel before we go. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been noticed soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as we travel pays.
About Stoke Heath itself
Stoke Heath is a small village in Shropshire, situated inland at an elevation of 83 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Stoke Heath lies near the Buntingsdale Estate and the villages of Rosehill and Ternhill, and is approximately 17.7 miles from Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke Heath has a population of around 708 residents, and is located in the West Midlands region, about 138.6 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Stoke Heath, and across Shropshire too
As a rural village, Stoke Heath shares its vans with the nearby towns — Ternhill, Rosehill — right across TF postcodes. Telling us a TF9 2 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Central Stoke Heath or a lay-by towards The Boggs: either way it is, your vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for the drain. Our engineers drain the car where it stands. Tricky to pin down? By Moretoin Castle or a border? Checking is better than assuming, and so ring.
Your situation, in one line
Where it hasn't started, ring then keep it off. Run already: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Stoke Heath or wherever across Shropshire.