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Ayresome what happens when you put adblue in your diesel tank

Ayresome what happens when you put adblue in your diesel tank? AdBlue is water-based and sinks in a diesel tank. Do not start the engine — it has to be drained out. Call 01293 248666 — the technician covering TS1 and TS5 comes to the vehicle. Call-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999.

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We come to the vehicle

Wrong Fuel Middlesbrough is mobile. There is no workshop and no waiting list: the extraction pump, the waste container and the fresh fuel travel to wherever the car is standing, anywhere across TS1 and TS3 to TS8. One number, 01293 248666, answered by someone who knows which roads round Middlesbrough are slow at this hour.

SearchAyresome what happens when you put adblue in your diesel tank
WhereAyresome, TS1 and TS5
Council areaMiddlesbrough
RoadsA66
What it isAdBlue in diesel
CostCall-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999, quoted in full before we travel
Time on siteAbout an hour
Phone01293 248666
Map of the council areas and postcode districts Wrong Fuel Middlesbrough coversMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandTS1 — Middlesbrough Town Centre, Gresham, University, AbingdonTS1TS3 — Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North OrmesbyTS3TS4 — Grove Hill, LonglandsTS4TS5 — Acklam, LinthorpeTS5TS6 — Eston, Grangetown, Normanby, TeesvilleTS7 — Marton, Nunthorpe, OrmesbyTS7TS8 — Coulby Newham, Marton, Hemlington, StaintonTS8
Shaded: the council areas we cover. Dots: the postcode districts inside them. Boundaries: ONS, Open Government Licence v3.0; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

Why misfuelling happens in Ayresome

Ayresome sits across the TS1 and TS5 postcode districts and the A66, with Middlesbrough town centre, Linthorpe, Newport and Cannon Park next door. The pattern here is the first fill of an unfamiliar car — a hire vehicle, a courtesy car after a repair, or a van the driver does not normally take out.

The Parkway pattern repeats every weekday evening: a driver pulls off, fills quickly because the queue is moving, and rejoins at speed. The forecourts there serve passing traffic rather than regulars, which is exactly the setting that produces misfuels.

The mechanical reason petrol-in-diesel dominates is nozzle geometry: an unleaded nozzle drops straight into a diesel filler neck, while a diesel nozzle is usually too wide for a petrol one. It is hardware, not carelessness.

When it happens: Weekday evening peak on the Parkway, plus hospital and university traffic on Marton Road and a steady private-hire load.

Ayresome what happens when you put adblue in your diesel tank: what to do

Water-based, sinks to the pickup, has to come out.

The pump that pays for the mistake

A modern diesel high-pressure pump is machined to extremely fine tolerances and relies on the diesel itself to stay lubricated. Petrol is a solvent, so it removes that protection. The pump keeps turning, wears, and sends particles toward the injectors. Every part of that chain begins with the ignition.

Step by step

  1. The single rule Leave the engine off. Everything else on this list is secondary to that one instruction.
  2. Do not reposition the car Pushing it into a bay feels considerate but it disturbs the fuel. Stay put unless you are in danger.
  3. If it is dangerous, get out On a verge or live road, everybody out on the side away from traffic and behind the barrier. Then call.
  4. Call 01293 248666, day or night Answered around the clock. Describe the vehicle and what happened; the full price is confirmed on that call.
  5. The fix, where you stand Drain, flush, refill, prime and run-up, carried out at the roadside or on the forecourt.
  6. Finished properly The waste is taken away by a registered carrier with the transfer note, and you get an invoice.

Read the reviews before you ring

There are 2,190 of them on Trustpilot, averaging 4.8 out of 5. Look for the words that keep recurring: prompt, reassuring, explained everything.

Look for the criticism too. It centres on what the job costs, which is why the ranges are printed here — £89 to £199 to come out, £199 to £1,999 to drain — and the exact sum is settled on the call.

Questions we get asked

Do I need to stay with the vehicle?

Usually yes, so we can hand it back to you running. If you cannot stay, say so on the call and we will work out how to do it.

What if it is not safe to drain where I am?

Then we tell you that on the phone rather than after arriving. Being told honestly costs nothing; being told on arrival costs a call-out.

Do you cover all of TS1 and TS3 to TS8?

Yes, from one rota — so being at one edge of the area rather than the other changes the arrival window, not the price.

What if I have already driven it?

Still call. Most vehicles driven a short distance are recoverable. Tell us how far you got, because it changes the kit we bring.

Who you are dealing with

Wrong Fuel Middlesbrough is a service by Forecourt Assistance. Forecourt Assistance is a trading name of Fuel Fixer Ltd, company no 08520551, a company of Fuel Fixer International. Registered at Fairway House, Portland Road, East Grinstead, RH19 4ET. Fuel Fixer International is owned by Stockbridge Capital Holdings.

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Background reading: Misfuelling — Wikipedia.

Last updated · Reviewed by Rambo S, Wrong Fuel Expert