AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sutton Hill, and What to Do Next
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 got in. Not started yet? Then keep it like that, wherever the vehicle sits — Sutton Hill or Halesfield. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, done right where your car stands around Sutton Hill. When the engine has been run, stop safely straight away, then turn it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Shropshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Sutton Hill forecourt
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Perhaps you're at the JET, perhaps at the Esso, perhaps somewhere else around Sutton Hill.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn any in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the pump is fine if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Sutton Hill, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit all week. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, too late. Drives near Stonedale get it as much as anywhere.
In short: if the car has not moved since, it's almost equal to spotting it at the pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside that tank and waits. A night parked alters nothing.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it around Sutton Hill or Blists Hill. Night-time empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Sutton Hill?
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. Anywhere on Maythorne Close or heading to Wolverhampton — under 15 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it too on a bigger trip, after your filter and lines have it. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, and switch the motor off. Services further along can wait: from the M54, under 5 miles out of Sutton Hill, use the next junction. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying how far your vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've just had this vehicle for days. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Wherever you are around Shropshire, every driver can slip up.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it early saves time. Stuck by Sutton Hill Community Centre or at Telford Central till someone replies, the vehicle stays switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Sutton Hill?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. A rushed stop by the gates of Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Brockton: both fits.
Put simply: spillage round the filler does your engine no harm. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: act as though it got in, and don't start your engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one after it has been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
Sutton Hill: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same start to the job. Wherever your vehicle stands — Madebrook House's car park, a street beside Sutton Hill Church, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the amount, and if the engine has been run. Replies set the job; the quote comes by phone while nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals form and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
We start the car at the end. Before we go, it's tested to be sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been caught early. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Sutton Hill, briefly
Sutton Hill is a suburban area in Shropshire, situated near the River Severn at an elevation of 121 metres. Sutton Hill lies approximately 13 miles west of Wolverhampton and is close to nearby places such as Blists Hill and Madeley. Sutton Hill has a population of around 4526 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Sutton Hill is also relatively distant from London, at a distance of 125 miles.
Sutton Hill and Shropshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout TF postcodes, the vans covering Sutton Hill — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, Madeley and Tweedale included. The location comes quickest from a postcode beginning TF7 4.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Sutton Wood or in a car park in the middle of Sutton Hill, it does not need to shift. Draining is done right there. Guessing doesn't help beside St Michaels Church, close to a border or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, and leave it alone. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Shropshire and within Sutton Hill — once you pull over, switch off and phone, if it has run.