What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Weobley
One thing matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the motor has been started since. Out in Haven or here in Weobley, an unstarted engine should stay unrun. Normally that is draining and thoroughly flushing it right there around Weobley — and so leave the ignition and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over once you safely can, then turn everything off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical first move.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Herefordshire it happened.
At the petrol pump in Weobley: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. Perhaps you're at the the nearest petrol station, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else around Weobley.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Still in that tank, and no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. A few jobs: a push into a bay with the attendants helping, the receipt saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
At home around Weobley with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on 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 a second time at the cap. It happens on drives just off Portland Street as often as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops low inside your tank and waits. A night standing changes none of that.
Next: the keys in the house, so no one takes the car off at breakfast. Then, phone. Weobley Marsh or Weobley: whichever your drive is, that is where it is cleared. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road around Weobley with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Broad Street or on the road to Hereford — under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. It's been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Next: pick a sensible spot, stop, and switch the motor off. Leave by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M50, under 25 miles from Weobley. It will not have cleared, so there's no sense starting it again to find out. Call, saying how far your vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've just had the car for days. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever across Herefordshire, might do it.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it's run. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. If you're stranded in the car park outside Leominster, or by Weobley Museum & Local History Centre, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Weobley: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. A faint ammonia-like whiff lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Weobley Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Headland.
The upshot: your engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue splashed on the filler. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in your tank would be drawn in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Your move: act as if it got in, and don't start the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Weobley shares these steps
The job opens identically, whatever the situation. Our engineers come to your car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Ye Olde Salutation Inn or a side street close to Weobley Castle, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the engine has been run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those answers decide the job too.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Then comes your filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The final step is firing it up. We confirm it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we go. Permanent damage is very rare when it is caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Weobley itself
Weobley is a rural village in Herefordshire, situated approximately 9.7 miles from the city of Hereford. Weobley sits at an elevation of around 106 metres, in a predominantly agricultural area of the West Midlands. Weobley has a mix of old and new housing, with detached homes being the most common type, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Weobley Marsh and Ledgemoor.
AdBlue drains around Weobley, and across Herefordshire too
Over HR postcodes, the teams covering Weobley — a rural village — work nearby towns as well, Ledgemoor and Fields Place among them. Fastest of all: a HR4 8 postcode to show your location.
Parked heading to Garnstone Park, or bang in the centre of Weobley, the vehicle stays where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. The van empties it in place. Tricky to explain? Close to Weobley Methodist Church or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Herefordshire and within Weobley — after you stop, turn off and ring, if it has run.