AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Bristnall Fields: How It Happens and How to Stop It
AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then set this page aside a moment, keep your ignition and engine off, and ring 0333 366 0103. Around Bristnall Fields, catching it before the engine turns normally means draining and a thorough flush where it stands. If you are reading before it has happened, the remainder of this page is about why it happens and how to make sure it does not.
Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel car
Not one fluid but two: that's what many newer diesels around Bristnall Fields and Brandhall carry, with diesel feeding the engine. AdBlue goes to the exhaust, where it is sprayed into the gas to fresh it, and it lives in a tank of its own.
There's a filler for every tank. On a lot of vehicles the two sit side by side under the same flap; on others the AdBlue filler is in the boot or under the bonnet. The diesel side is filled at the pump all the time. Rarely topped up, AdBlue usually goes in out of a bottle, poured by someone who must stop and think which cap it needs. The mistake lives in that gap.
How does AdBlue in the diesel tank occur in Bristnall Fields?
It is seldom carelessness. Three things tend to line up.
On a drive off Pound Road before work, or in the car park at The Plough heading home: that's where the rushed top-up takes place. Why the rush? As AdBlue gets low the car warns you, and once it is empty, limp mode follows.
The old car's cap is where your hand goes — yet a hire car, a new vehicle or a company car puts the fillers somewhere else. That's a second thing: an unfamiliar motor.
And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, so nothing stops the pour after it has started. It takes seconds, whether out in Hilltop or bang in the centre of Bristnall Fields.
How to tell the AdBlue filler from the diesel one
Look at these first, at a forecourt in Bristnall Fields or a driveway over in Titford. A few seconds, no more.
- The cap. The AdBlue cap is frequently blue, or marked "AdBlue". The diesel cap usually isn't. Read it rather than going by position.
- Plenty of motors give AdBlue the smaller neck of the two.
- The flap. Look inside your fuel flap for a label. Many cars say there which fuel goes where.
- Can't find it next to the diesel filler? Then look below the bonnet or inside the boot — the handbook says where.
- Collecting a hire or company car, perhaps at the car park at Langley Green? Check with whoever drove it last before you set off, rather than when the light comes on.
Keeping AdBlue out of your diesel tank when you top up
A routine for the day the light comes on, wherever across West Midlands that is.
- Turn off once parked — flat ground, motor stopped, and not rushed beside Meadow Road on the verge.
- Say "AdBlue" out loud as you unscrew the cap, once finding the AdBlue filler and read it. Daft, yes, yet it does the trick.
- If both sit under one flap, check the diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — and leave the vehicle on.
- Tip slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty.
- Close the cap and check a second time. Make sure the diesel cap was never opened. Only then start the car.
Find during the second or third step that AdBlue went into the wrong tank? That is where you stop. Stage five stays off limits.
AdBlue in your diesel tank already, in Bristnall Fields?
Don't start your engine: that's where the short order of things begins. Don't switch the ignition on; on many diesels that alone runs the fuel pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where the fuel is drawn from — so don't top up with diesel to dilute it.
The attendants at Murco, Esso or another forecourt will normally lend a hand pushing the car away if you ask. Your own driveway in Bristnall Fields is the place it stays.
Stop as soon as it is safe then switch off, if the engine has already run. Bristnall Fields sits under a mile from the M5; on it, take the first exit. Distance matters — a quick hop across Bristnall Fields is a smaller job than driving under 5 miles towards Birmingham — so tell us about how far it went.
Bristnall Fields: what happens when our technicians turn up
Wherever your car came to rest, whether by Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School, near The Salvation Army - Oldbury or on your own drive, our van comes to it. Both the work and the price depend on three answers — which fluid, what quantity, and if it has run — so our engineers ask. That price is given over the phone, before any van leaves.
Draining that tank comes next, then a full flush of the system. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't wash out on its own — which is why that matters more here than with petrol. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. We do not leave until it has been started and is running smoothly.
Unrun cars mostly mean a half-hour job after arrival. The equipment is fine on a live forecourt, and hushed enough for a driveway late at night. Nothing upfront; you settle up that day. Afterwards, the VAT invoice and the report from the engineer are handed to you for your insurer. Misfuelling cover is part of plenty of insurance policies — and so use the wait to look at yours.
About Bristnall Fields and where it is
Bristnall Fields is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Birmingham, near the riverside and surrounded by other residential neighbourhoods such as Hilltop and Causeway Green. Bristnall Fields sits at an elevation of 193 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Bristnall Fields is situated approximately 4.4 miles from Birmingham city centre, making it a convenient location for commuters. Bristnall Fields has a population of around 6518 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains round Bristnall Fields, and West Midlands beyond
Bristnall Fields is a residential suburb, and our vans that cover it also work the places near it, Causeway Green and Langley Green among them, across the B postcode area. A postcode starting B68 8 gets our van to you fastest.
No need to shift the vehicle. A drive, a lay-by on the way to Black Country Millennium Forest, a side street close to Collaborans Fountain: we drain the car where it stands. If you are near a border, or somewhere hard to explain like the back of Jugbury Hill (Barnford Hill), ring and ask instead of assuming.
Bristnall Fields motorists: the short version
Pour nothing till you've read the cap. If AdBlue has gone in your diesel tank anyway, leave the vehicle off then phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel drains it where it stands, anywhere in West Midlands.