Wigston Harcourt: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it was put in. Not started so far? Then keep the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle sits — Wigston Harcourt or South Wigston. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out just where your vehicle sits in Wigston Harcourt. Stop the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. Step one stays the same, even if the work is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Leicestershire it happened.
At the pump in Wigston Harcourt: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Possibly you're at the Esso, maybe at the JET, maybe somewhere else around Wigston Harcourt.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. Still in the tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up just to free up the pump. Have the attendants to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us from there. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Wigston Harcourt drive?
Days had passed with the warning light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the drive. Driveways near Broughton Field see it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. At the bottom of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: stop any early drive by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. Kilby Bridge or Wigston Harcourt: whichever your driveway sits, that is where it is emptied. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Wigston Harcourt?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading for Leicester, under 5 miles away, or just along Guthlaxton Way.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue through already. The injection pump and each injector see it as well on a longer trip, after the filter and pipework have it. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then turn the motor off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M1, under 5 miles from Wigston Harcourt. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Call, and say what distance your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just had the car for days. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be in Leicestershire, any driver can be caught.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it has run. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, since sorting it beforehand saves time. Leave the car switched off while the reply comes, even if you're parked outside South Wigston or close to Step In.
Wigston Harcourt: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think it did. Which cap came off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of Thythorn Field Community Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Kilby.
Meaning? Drips around the filler don't reach the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave the motor off. Checking a tank that proves clean is better than draining one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
Every AdBlue drain in Wigston Harcourt shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions are asked when we arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a street by Wigston Magna Methodist Church or the car park outside Horse & Trumpet: the fluid, the amount, and if it has been started. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies set the job.
Then the tank is cleared and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is finally checked. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is firing it up. We check it runs properly on new diesel before we leave. Long-term damage is very unusual when it is spotted quickly, and the whole job is done where your car is. 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 arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Wigston Harcourt itself
Wigston Harcourt is a suburban area in Leicestershire, situated approximately 4.3 miles south-east of Leicester. Wigston Harcourt sits at an elevation of around 88 metres, in a gently sloping landscape of the East Midlands. Wigston Harcourt is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its development as a residential area. Wigston Harcourt is close to nearby places such as Kilby Bridge, Wigston Magna, and Wigston.
AdBlue drains about Wigston Harcourt and across Leicestershire
Wigston Harcourt is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Wigston Magna and Wigston among them, across the LE postcode area. A postcode starting LE18 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, be it parked in the centre of Wigston Harcourt or on a layby en route to Beer Garden, and so leave it put. Draining is done on the spot. Guessing doesn't help near Little Hill Church, on a border or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
In one line: your scenario
Where it has not run, phone then keep it that way. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Leicestershire and within Wigston Harcourt — once you stop, switch off and ring, if it's run.