What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blakebrook
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the motor has run since it was put in. Not run yet? Then leave it like that, whether the vehicle is — Blakebrook or Sutton Farm. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where your vehicle stands in Blakebrook. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Below: the cases we see, anywhere around Worcestershire. Choose the one that fits.
On a Blakebrook forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. It could be the Esso, or the Sainsbury's, or another forecourt in Blakebrook.
The point: of all places to find out, this is the best. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays only in the tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Three things: a shove into a bay with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Emptying it right at the pump is possible if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Blakebrook with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it was only by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Driveways close to Quayle Court get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and stays there, however long it waits.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. In Kidderminster or here in Blakebrook, the draining happens at your driveway. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Blakebrook: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving for Worcester, under 15 miles away, or just down Woodfield Crescent.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. Distance decides how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. It goes deeper with every mile covered and every restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the next step — then switch everything off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M5, under 10 miles from Blakebrook. It won't have cleared, and so there is no point restarting to find out. About what distance did it gone? Tell us as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
A week ago, the car was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is right next to the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Anywhere you happen to be in Worcestershire, any driver can be caught.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or not — and one further stage. Work on your vehicle often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Stranded by Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses or at Kidderminster till the firm answers, your car remains switched off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Blakebrook
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of St John's CofE Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Aggborough.
Put simply: spillage round the filler leaves your motor unharmed. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in your tank would be pulled in by turning on the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it went in, and never start the key. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain in Blakebrook shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever the vehicle is — The Weary Traveller's car park, a road by St John the Baptist, a drive, a filling station — our van arrives and asks for the fluid, the quantity, and whether the engine has been run. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear the price, and those replies decide the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally are your filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a check of your car. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment we get there.
The final step is firing it up. Before our engineers head off, it is checked to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. We do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been caught soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Blakebrook and where it is
Blakebrook is a suburban area in Worcestershire, situated on the riverside at a relatively low elevation of around 50 metres. Blakebrook lies near the city of Worcester, approximately 13 miles away, and is also close to other nearby places such as Kidderminster and Foley Park. Blakebrook has a population of around 6426 people, predominantly living in terraced housing.
AdBlue drains across Worcestershire, Blakebrook included
Throughout DY postcodes, the teams covering Blakebrook — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, Foley Park and Summerhill among them. A postcode starting DY11 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, whether parked centrally in Blakebrook or on a lay-by heading to Brinton Park, so leave it where it is. Draining happens on the spot. Assuming doesn't help beside Mount Skipet, close to a border or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and check.
In one line: your scenario
If it hasn't started, ring then keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Blakebrook and anywhere across Worcestershire on 0333 366 0103.