What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Brickfields
One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the motor has run since. Not run yet? Then keep the car like that, wherever the car sits — Brickfields or Blackpole. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, done just where the car sits in Brickfields. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. It's a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Compare what happened to a situation from the ones below, anywhere across Worcestershire you are.
On a Brickfields forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the filler you opened wasn't the correct one. Somewhere in Brickfields, then — Sainsbury's, BP, or anywhere else close by.
Put simply: there is no better place to be to spot it. Just that tank has AdBlue; no part past it has taken it in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the pump wants clearing. Ring us from the forecourt after the car is in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and keep the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear is cleared where it is at the pump.
Brickfields, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. Just off Acacia Close is not less likely from any other place.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it is second to the forecourt case. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside that tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. In Tolladine or here around Brickfields, the draining is done at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Brickfields with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Brickfields Road, say, or the way to Worcester — a run of under 3 miles.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it as well on a longer run, once your filter and pipework have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, and turn your engine off. Service stations farther on are too far: on the M5, under 3 miles out of Brickfields, use the first junction. No test starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. About what distance had it go? Say so when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a car you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Wherever you happen to be in Worcestershire, every motorist could be caught.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it's run. Plenty of hire and company contracts require the owner's approval before work.
Sorting it before the van turn up is quicker, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Keep it switched off while the answer comes, even if you're parked outside Worcester Shrub Hill or near KGV Hub.
Brickfields: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Ronkswood, or in a rush outside Carnforth School at the school run.
The point: the engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Take it that it got in, and never start your engine. Ring and give what you saw: we would sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your motor has been run.
The common ground in each Brickfields AdBlue drain
The work begins the same way, whatever your situation. Filling station, drive, The New Chequers's car park or a road by St Barnabas — our van reaches the vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, which quantity, and if it has run. Replies shape the work; the quote follows on the call while no one has set off yet.
Emptying the tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more important after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Finally are the fuel filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the car. Where the motor has not been started, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Firing it up comes at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while we make sure it is running properly, and then we go. We do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very uncommon if it has been noticed soon. Payment comes on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Brickfields, briefly
Brickfields is a suburban area located near the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England, with a population of around 8463 people. Brickfields sits at an elevation of approximately 50 metres, close to the nearby places of Tolladine, Astwood, and Rainbow Hill. Brickfields is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, reflecting the typical residential architecture of the West Midlands region. Brickfields is situated about 1.3 miles from Worcester city centre, making it a convenient residential location.
AdBlue drains about Brickfields and across Worcestershire
Astwood and Rainbow Hill get the same vans as Brickfields, a residential suburb, along with other towns throughout WR postcodes. Telling us your WR4 9 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to King George's Field or in a car park in the middle of Brickfields, it does not need to shift. Our technicians drain the car where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Marks & Spencer or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
In one line: your situation
Engine never started: ring, leaving it alone. Run by now: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Brickfields or wherever in Worcestershire.