AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Weedon Bec, and What to Do Next
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has run afterwards. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Weedon Bec itself or out in Stowehill. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine both off. Across Weedon Bec, that is generally drained and cleaned on the spot. Stop the moment you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match what happened to one of the list below, anywhere across Northamptonshire you are.
On a Weedon Bec forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle still in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Whether Shell, Power or anywhere else around Weedon Bec, the situation is the same.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Nothing has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up just to free up the pump. Ask the staff to help you push the car into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Weedon Bec drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, too late. Right off New Street is no different from any other place.
The point: no driving since leaves this almost equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and remains there, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it gets emptied, be it around Weedon Bec or Lower Weedon. Night-time clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Weedon Bec: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe it was on Bridge Street, possibly on the way out towards Milton Keynes, under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the injection pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then switch the engine off. Weedon Bec lies under 3 miles from the M1; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Roughly what distance had it go? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had the vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Northamptonshire, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Work on the vehicle often requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Long Buckby, or near United Reformed Church? Leave your car off throughout.
Weedon Bec: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Weedon Bec Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Flore.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Firing up the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Weedon Bec has in common
The job opens identically, whatever the case. Three questions are asked when we reach your car — at a forecourt, a drive, a road beside Saint Peter & Saint Paul or the car park outside Plume of Feathers: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those replies shape the job too.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Clean diesel goes in once your filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is then checked. Where the motor has not been started, allow roughly half an hour on site, in most cases.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. Before our engineers leave, it is checked to make sure it runs correctly on new diesel. Long-term damage is very rare if it's noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Weedon Bec
Weedon Bec is a village in Northamptonshire, situated on the River Nene at an elevation of 84 metres. Weedon Bec has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are predominant, and it is located near several other settlements including Lower Weedon, Road Weedon, and Upper Weedon. Weedon Bec is within commuting distance of major cities, with Milton Keynes approximately 19 miles away and London around 64 miles to the south. Weedon Bec has a population of around 1404 people, according to recent estimates.
Weedon Bec and Northamptonshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over NN postcodes, the teams serving Weedon Bec — a village — work nearby places as well, Road Weedon and Upper Weedon included. Fastest of all: a NN7 4 postcode to show your location.
Stopped heading to Jubilee Field, or right in the centre of Weedon Bec, your car remains put — there is no need to shift it at all. The drain happens on the spot. Tricky to pin down? Close to Weedon Bec Military Ordnance Depot or a border? Asking beats assuming, so phone.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Run by now: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Weedon Bec or anywhere across Northamptonshire.