AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bransford: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the engine has been run since it got in. Not started so far? Then keep the car that way, wherever the vehicle sits — Bransford or Cotheridge. Leave the motor and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Bransford. Pull over the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. A bigger job, yes, but the identical first move.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, wherever around Worcestershire you happen to be.
On a Bransford forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened was not the right one. It could be the Gulf, or perhaps the JET, or a different station in Bransford.
In short: no better place to be to discover it. Just the tank holds AdBlue; not one component beyond it has drawn any in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Bransford, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the drive. It happens on drives just off Old Bank Close as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is close to the pump case. At the floor of that tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so no one drives your car anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. We drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Bransford or out in Howsen. Night-time empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Bransford with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond topping up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Possibly it was on Suckley Road, maybe on the way out towards Worcester, under 5 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. More driving, more restarts: further it travels.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next job — then turn it off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M5, under 5 miles from Bransford. No trial starts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Call us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week back, it was unknown to you. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits right next to your diesel. Wherever you happen to be across Worcestershire, every driver can slip up.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before we turn up is faster, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Leave it off while the answer comes, whether you're waiting outside Malvern Link or near St John the Baptist.
Bransford: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. A slight ammonia-like whiff lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. A hurried top-up by the gates of Leigh and Bransford Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Smith End Green: both fit.
In short: a spill round the filler leaves your motor unharmed. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Next: assume it got in, and leave the motor off. Ring and give what you saw: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after your motor has been run.
What each AdBlue drain around Bransford has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Bear and Ragged Staff or a side street near St Eadburga, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether the engine has run. Those replies settle the work, and you get the quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
Then your tank is emptied 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 doesn't rinse out on its own. Finally come your filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. If your engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is starting the car. Our engineers check it runs properly on clean diesel before leaving. Lasting damage is very rare if it's spotted early, and the whole job is done where the car is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Bransford, for a moment
Bransford is a small village in Worcestershire, situated on the banks of the River Teme at an elevation of around 37 metres. Bransford lies close to the city of Worcester, approximately 3.6 miles to the south, and is surrounded by other nearby places such as Howsen and Broadmore Green. Bransford has a population of around 527 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Bransford is located about 103.5 miles west of London, in the West Midlands region.
AdBlue drains in Bransford, and across Worcestershire too
Over WR postcodes, the vans serving Bransford — a village — work surrounding places too, Broadmore Green and Leigh among them. Telling us your WR6 5 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Parked heading to Bransford Golf Club, or bang in the heart of Bransford, the car remains put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Our technicians drain it where it is. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Cotheridge Court or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your situation, in one line
Where it hasn't run, ring and keep it that way. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Bransford or wherever across Worcestershire.