Westhorp: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has been started since. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Westhorp itself or out in Hinton. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. In Westhorp, that is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Where your engine has run, pull in safely first, then turn it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Match your case to one of the ones below, anywhere across Northamptonshire you happen to be.
At the petrol pump in Westhorp: AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Be it Texaco, another forecourt nearby or somewhere else in Westhorp, the situation is the same.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. Still in your tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to free up the pump. A few things: a push into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Westhorp
Days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it's just at the bin that the cap caught a second look. It occurs on drives just off Bell Lane as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is close to the pump case. At the floor of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. In Byfield or right here around Westhorp, the draining happens on your drive. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Westhorp: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Greenwood Close, say, or the route to Coventry — a trip of under 25 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn 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: deeper it travels.
Next: pick a safe place, stop, then turn your motor off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M40, under 10 miles from Westhorp. It will not have cleared, so there's no point starting it again to check. Phone us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had this car barely a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or stores it elsewhere. Any driver, anywhere in Northamptonshire, might do it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Any work on your car frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers turn up than after. Stranded by Byfield Memorial Cross or at Banbury till someone replies, the car remains turned off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Westhorp?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think so. A faint ammonia-like smell hangs around 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 Byfield School, or on a friend's drive in Aston le Walls.
The point: the motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Starting your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Assume it was put in, and never turn the key. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
Each AdBlue drain in Westhorp shares these steps
The job begins identically, whichever your case. Filling station, driveway, The Cross Tree's car park or a road beside Byfield Village Hall — our van comes to your vehicle, and three questions come next: which liquid, what amount, and whether it ran. Answers set the job; the quote comes by phone whilst no one has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that's why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next comes the filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your car. Where your motor has not run, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
The final step is starting it. We check it runs correctly on fresh diesel before leaving. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it is noticed soon, long-term damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover is built into many policies.
About Westhorp, for a moment
Westhorp is a suburban area in Northamptonshire, situated inland at an elevation of around 154 metres. Westhorp lies approximately 19.5 miles from Coventry and 66.5 miles from London, with nearby places including Byfield, Church End, and West Farndon. Westhorp has a population of around 999 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing.
Westhorp and Northamptonshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a residential suburb, Westhorp has the same vans as the surrounding towns — West Farndon, Church End — right through NN postcodes. A postcode starting NN11 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped en route to School Bench, or right in the centre of Westhorp, your car remains put — there's no need to move it at all. Draining is done right there. Assuming won't help beside Byfield Bowls Club, close to a county line or anywhere hard to describe; ring and check.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way and phone. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Westhorp or anywhere across Northamptonshire.