What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bowling Green
One thing counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started since. Out in Darby End or right in Bowling Green, an unstarted engine must remain that way. Leave the engine and your ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Bowling Green. Already run? Stop when safe, then switch it off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the work grows.
Below: the situations we see, anywhere across West Midlands. Choose yours.
At the pump in Bowling Green: AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Anywhere around Bowling Green, then — Tesco, BP, or anywhere else nearby.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Only that tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has drawn any in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear is drained where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Bowling Green
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Right off Bodmin Road is no different from any other place.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: the keys in the house, so nobody takes your vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, phone. Out in Dudley Wood or here in Bowling Green, the drain is done on your driveway. Our equipment runs quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Bowling Green?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the fill. Maybe it was on Cradley Road, possibly on the way out towards Birmingham, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue in. Through the filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that is the first job — then turn everything off. On the M5, under 3 miles from Bowling Green, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right by the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Anyone, wherever around West Midlands, could make it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner often needs to approve the work, under plenty of rental and company contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. Stranded near Dudley Wood Neighbourhood Learning Centre & Library Link or outside Cradley Heath until the firm answers, the vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Bowling Green
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A hurried stop by the gates of Netherbrook Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Mushroom Green: both fit.
In short: spillage near your filler does your engine unharmed. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it got in, and never start the key. Ring with what you saw: we would rather find a clean tank than empty one after the motor has run.
The common ground in each Bowling Green AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whichever your situation. Three things come once we arrive — on a forecourt, a drive, a street beside Salvation Army or the car park at The Golden Cross: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. Replies shape the work; the price follows by phone while nobody has set off yet.
Then your tank is drained and the system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Then comes your filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The last step is firing it up. Before we head off, it's checked to make sure it runs smoothly on new diesel. Lasting damage is very rare when it is spotted soon, and the whole job is done where your car is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Bowling Green, briefly
Bowling Green is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the River Tame and close to the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Bowling Green has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most common, and its population is around 7341 residents. Bowling Green is located near other local places such as Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath, and Primrose Hill, and is about 7.5 miles from Birmingham city centre.
AdBlue drains around Bowling Green, and across West Midlands too
Throughout DY postcodes, the teams serving Bowling Green — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places too, Cradley Heath and Primrose Hill among them. Fastest of all: a DY2 9 postcode for where you stand.
Central Bowling Green or a lay-by towards Dudley Wood Playing Fields: wherever it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to move at all for us. Our technicians drain the car where it stands. Assuming doesn't help near Rhythmic's Dance Centre, close to a county line or somewhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
In one line: your situation
If it hasn't started, ring then leave it that way. Run by now? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever it is, across Bowling Green and West Midlands, on 0333 366 0103.