AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Waresley, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it went in. Not started yet? Then keep the car that way, wherever the car is — Waresley or Crossway Green. Normally this means draining and properly rinsing it on the spot around Waresley — and so leave the key and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Below: the situations our technicians meet, anywhere across Worcestershire. Pick yours.
At the pump in Waresley: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you took off was not the right one. It might be the Esso, or perhaps the Tesco, or another forecourt in Waresley.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: resist the temptation to start it just to move away from the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Waresley
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it was only by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Just off Old Worcester Road is not different from any other place.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Hartlebury or Waresley: wherever your drive is, that is where it is cleared. Night-time drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Waresley?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Manor Lane, perhaps, or the route towards Worcester — a trip of under 10 miles.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. Through the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, then turn your motor off. Service stations further on are too far: on the M5, under 10 miles out of Waresley, use the first junction. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the distance covered when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue cap was right next to the diesel. Any driver, anywhere in Worcestershire, might do it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Many rental and company contracts require the owner's sign-off for work.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside Hartlebury, or near Hartlebury Parish Hall? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Waresley: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Hartlebury CofE Primary School, or a call to a friend in Norchard: either fit.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no damage to your engine. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by starting the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it did, and never start the engine. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain in Waresley has in common
Each situation gets the same opening to the work. Wherever your car stands — The Tap House's car park, a road beside St. James, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, plus whether your motor has turned over. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies shape the job.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in once the filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is then tested. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Finally, our engineers fire it up. Before our engineers go, it's tested to confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel. When it is caught quickly, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Payment comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into plenty of policies.
About Waresley itself
Waresley is a small village in Worcestershire, situated inland at an elevation of 86 metres, approximately 9 miles from Worcester. Waresley lies near the villages of Hartlebury, Chadwick, and Charlton, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Waresley is a relatively small community, with a population of around 728 residents, and is located about 106 miles west of London.
Waresley and Worcestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Waresley is a rural village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Chadwick and Charlton among them, across the DY postcode area. Telling us your DY11 7 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Centre of Waresley or a layby near Chilbrook Coppice: either way it is, your vehicle never needs to move an inch for the drain. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it sits. Guessing doesn't help near St Mary's Church, close to a county line or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle off then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Waresley and anywhere in Worcestershire on 0333 366 0103.