AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wighay, and What to Do Next
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started afterwards. Not started yet? Then keep it like that, whether the car sits — Wighay or Papplewick. Normally that is emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Wighay — so leave your key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Wherever in Nottinghamshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
Wighay forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Just now, bottle still in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Possibly you are at the Tesco, perhaps at the Texaco, perhaps somewhere else around Wighay.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — and so don't get back in. Get the staff to lend a hand rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away is emptied right at the pump.
At home around Wighay with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. Driveways near Knightsbridge Gardens get it as much as any other street.
The upshot: no driving since makes this almost equal to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains put, however long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it in Wighay or Linby. Night-time clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Wighay: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon your motor was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Maybe heading to Nottingham, under 10 miles away, or just down Wighay Road.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has taken the AdBlue up. Through the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next step — then switch everything off. Exit at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M1, under 3 miles from Wighay. It will not have cleared, so there's no point restarting to check. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had this vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Nottinghamshire.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or unrun — and one extra step. The owner frequently needs to approve any work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Hucknall, or beside Man with Dog? Leave your car off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Wighay
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of Hucknall National Church of England Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's driveway out in Hazelgrove.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to the motor. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Starting the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
Assume it got in, and don't turn the key. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats draining one after it has been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
What each AdBlue drain around Wighay has in common
No matter the situation, one start applies. Three things come when we arrive — on a forecourt, a drive, a road by Site of Linby Colliery 1873 - 1988 or the car park at Horse and Groom: the liquid, the quantity, and if it has been started. Answers shape the job; the quote comes by phone whilst no one has set off yet.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our technicians make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel before we leave. When it's spotted soon, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy as you wait pays.
About Wighay, for a moment
Wighay is a suburban area in Nottinghamshire, situated approximately 7 miles north of Nottingham city centre. Wighay sits at an elevation of around 99 metres, in a gently undulating landscape characteristic of the East Midlands. Wighay is surrounded by nearby places such as Linby, Hucknall, and Beauvale, and its population is approximately 1846 residents. Wighay is predominantly composed of semi-detached housing, reflecting the typical residential development of the region.
AdBlue drains around Wighay, and across Nottinghamshire too
Being a residential suburb, Wighay shares its vans with the surrounding places — Beauvale, Hucknall — all the way across NG postcodes. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts NG15 8.
Parked heading to Dob Park, or bang in the heart of Wighay, your vehicle remains put — there is no need to move it at all. The drain happens on the spot. Tricky to pin down? Close to Church of Saint Michael or a border? Asking beats guessing, and so phone.
The one-line version
Engine never started: ring, and leave it alone. Started already? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever case, across Wighay and Nottinghamshire, on 0333 366 0103.