What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in The Crescent
Everything turns on one fact: if the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Wherever your car is — Sketchley Old Village, The Crescent — never start an engine that has not been started yet. Normally that is emptying and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around The Crescent — so keep the key and motor off then call 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, but the same opening step.
Anywhere across Leicestershire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
The Crescent forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Somewhere in The Crescent, then — Tesco, Esso, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it can be. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Three jobs: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
At home around The Crescent with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just by the bin that the cap got your eye. It takes place on driveways just off Brunel Road as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your car hasn't been driven since, it's close to the pump case. On the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Next: keys in the house, so no one takes the car anywhere first thing. After that, phone. Hinckley or The Crescent: whichever your drive sits, that's where it gets cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in The Crescent?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. George Street, perhaps, or the way to Coventry — a run of under 15 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. Mileage decides how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Stop safely — that is the next step — then turn everything off. On the M69, under 3 miles from The Crescent, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point starting it again to find out. Phone, and say how far your car went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a motor you have had for a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. Across Leicestershire, no one is safe from it.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, which depend on if it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Keep the vehicle switched off as the reply comes, even if you are parked outside Hinckley or close to Cineworld.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in The Crescent?
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think so. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Burbage.
Put simply: spillage near your filler leaves the motor no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Turning on your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would draw it in.
Do this: act as though it got in, and never start your engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than emptying one after it has been run — so phone and tell us what you noticed.
The Crescent: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every situation has the same start to the work. Forecourt, driveway, Elbow Room's car park or a street beside TK Maxx — the van reaches your vehicle, and three answers follow: which liquid, what quantity, and whether it ran. Replies shape the work; the price follows by phone while no one has left yet.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Fresh diesel goes in after your filter has been cleaned or changed, and your car is then checked. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Our technicians fire it up last. Our engineers check it runs smoothly on clean diesel before we go. We do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been spotted early. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while we travel is worthwhile.
About The Crescent, for a moment
The Crescent is a locality situated on the riverside in Leicestershire, with an elevation of around 115 metres. The Crescent lies near several nearby places, including Hinckley, Sketchley, and Hollycroft, and is approximately 10.7 miles from Coventry. The Crescent is characterised by a high proportion of flat housing, and its population is around 4351 residents. The Crescent is also relatively close to London, at a distance of 88.8 miles.
AdBlue drains across Leicestershire, The Crescent included
Sketchley and Hollycroft get the identical vans as The Crescent, a small village, plus other places throughout LE postcodes. Telling us a LE10 0 postcode finds you fastest of all.
No towing is needed, whether parked centrally in The Crescent or on a layby en route to Argents Mead, so keep it where it is. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it stands. Phone and check rather than guess if you're close to Hinckley Salvation Army, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your situation
Engine not started: phone, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around The Crescent and anywhere across Leicestershire on 0333 366 0103.