AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Walcote: What Now?
All of that turns on one fact: if the motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is in Walcote itself or out in Cotesbach. Normally this is emptying and properly flushing it on the spot around Walcote — so leave your key and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. When the motor has been run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch the car off. It's a larger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, wherever around Leicestershire you are.
At the pump around Walcote: AdBlue in a diesel
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. Perhaps you are at the Gulf, possibly at the Esso, perhaps somewhere else around Walcote.
The point: of every spot to notice, this is the best. No pump has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits only inside your tank.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the pump needs freeing. Three things: a push into a bay with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place.
Walcote, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit 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. Just off The Nook is not different from anywhere.
The point: no miles since makes it almost as good to spotting it at the pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and stays. One night parked alters none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Out in Misterton or right here in Walcote, the draining happens on your driveway. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Walcote: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the fill. It might have been heading for Leicester, under 15 miles away, or simply along Lutterworth Road.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, and turn your engine off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M1, under 3 miles from Walcote. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying what distance your vehicle was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this car barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is just next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Wherever you are in Leicestershire, every driver can be caught.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or not — plus one extra stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Stuck by Walcote Memorial Hall or outside Rugby till someone answers, the vehicle remains switched off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Walcote
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think so. Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Look familiar? A rushed stop by the gates of John Wycliffe Primary School, or a visit to a friend in South Kilworth: either fit.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never reach the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Do this: act as though it did, and never start the engine. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone and tell us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain in Walcote has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, The Black Horse's car park or a road by St Leonard — the van reaches the car, and three questions come next: what fluid, what quantity, and whether it ran. On the phone, before anything else, you hear the quote, and those answers shape the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally come the filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a check of the car. Never started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. Before our engineers go, it is tested to confirm it runs properly on new diesel. Our engineers do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been noticed quickly. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents as we travel is worthwhile.
About Walcote
Walcote is a small village in Leicestershire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of around 121 metres. Walcote lies near the larger towns of Lutterworth and Misterton, and is within commuting distance of Leicester, which is approximately 13 miles away. Walcote has a population of around 505 people and is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock. Walcote is also relatively close to London, being about 79 miles northwest of the capital.
Walcote and Leicestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Lutterworth and Kimcote get the same teams as Walcote, a village, plus other towns over LE postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts LE17 4.
Stopped en route to Thornborough Spinney, or bang in the heart of Walcote, the car remains put — there is no need to move it at all. Where it sits, that's where it is emptied. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Sir Frank Whittle Memorial or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
If it has not run, phone then leave it off. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Leicestershire and in Walcote — once you pull over, turn off then ring, if it's run.