Do I need new fluid afterwards?
Do i need new fluid afterwards — yes, a full refill with certified ISO 22241 fluid. That is included in the quote you are given on the phone.
Call 01293 248666 Call-out from £89
Do i need new fluid afterwards — the context
Draining an AdBlue tank is not draining a fuel tank. The tank holds a heater element, a level sender and usually an in-tank strainer, and it is plumbed to a metering pump rather than to a high-pressure fuel pump. The fluid recovered is a controlled waste stream. What matters far more than the drain itself is what went in: water-based contamination usually ends at the drain and flush, hydrocarbon contamination usually does not.
An AdBlue tank drain removes contaminated or off-specification fluid from the SCR tank before it reaches the pump and the injector. It is a mobile job in most cases — call 01293 248666 for a quote before a technician travels.
| Topic | AdBlue tank drain |
|---|---|
| Severity | Likely recoverable Usually resolved by a drain and flush, with a fluid-quality check afterwards. |
| Typical cost | Call-out £89 to £199 · drain £199 to £1,999 |
| Time on site | About 75 minutes |
| Helpline | 01293 248666 |
It is worth separating SCR from the DPF before acting on any advice. Both sit in the exhaust, both light a warning lamp, and the standard advice for one — a long run at motorway speed — does nothing at all for the other.
The call-out is £89 to £199. An AdBlue tank drain and flush is quoted on the phone before a technician travels. If the SCR system needs component replacement — dosing injector, pump, tank or catalyst — that is separate, and you will be told before any work starts. If this is a job we cannot fix at the roadside, we will tell you that on the phone rather than after we arrive.
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What customers say
4.8 out of 5 from 2,190 Trustpilot reviews. What reviewers mention most is that the technician stayed calm and professional with a driver who was embarrassed and stressed, and that somebody arrived when they said they would.
The most common criticism is price. People do not expect a wrong-fluid job to cost what it costs, and that is a fair complaint to publish rather than bury. The answer is the Call-out from £89, a quote given on the phone before a technician travels, and being told when a job cannot be done at the roadside rather than after somebody has arrived and charged for the visit.
Who you are dealing with
Work booked through AdBlue in Fuel is carried out by Fuel Fixer Ltd, company no 08520551, registered at Fairway House, Portland Road, East Grinstead, RH19 4ET, trading as Forecourt Assistance and part of Fuel Fixer International, which is owned by Stockbridge Capital Holdings.
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Across the Fuel Fixer network
These are sister brands of the same company, not unrelated sites. Forecourt Assistance keeps the canonical list at forecourtassist.co.uk/network.