Clayhanger: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has been started afterwards. Wherever the vehicle is — Walsall Wood, Clayhanger — never start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where the car sits around Clayhanger. Stop the moment you safely can then switch off, if it has been run. It's a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in West Midlands it happened.
On a Clayhanger forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Perhaps you are at the the nearest petrol station, perhaps at the Esso, possibly somewhere else in Clayhanger.
The point: of all places to find out, this is the best. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue stays just inside that tank.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the pump wants clearing. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then save the bottle. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the pump.
Clayhanger, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning you. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it was only by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Homes just off Larkspur Way get caught out as much as everywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not moved since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and stays there, however long the night.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. Brownhills or Clayhanger: wherever your drive sits, that is where it gets cleared. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Clayhanger: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long the engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Northfields Way, say, or the way towards Lichfield — a run of under 10 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then turn your engine off. On the M6 Toll, under 3 miles from Clayhanger, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far did it gone? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It's a car you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right next to the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Wherever you happen to be in West Midlands, any motorist can be caught.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under many rental and fleet agreements.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside Bloxwich, or beside Clayhanger Methodist Church? Leave your car off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Clayhanger?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. A slight ammonia smell lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Brownhills West.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler never touch your motor at all. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Clayhanger AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever your car stands — The Swan's car park, a street by Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, a drive, a filling station — the van gets there and asks for the fluid, the amount, plus whether your motor has turned over. Those replies determine this work, and you get our quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Where the engine has not run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The final step is firing it up. Before our technicians leave, it's tested to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. If it's spotted early, the car very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Clayhanger and where it is
Clayhanger is a village situated on the riverside in the West Midlands, with an elevation of 141 metres and a population of around 1884 residents. Clayhanger has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most predominant. Clayhanger is located near several other villages, including Brownhills, Catshill, and Shire Oak, and is approximately 5.7 miles from the city of Lichfield. Clayhanger is also within commuting distance to larger cities, being around 110 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Clayhanger, and across West Midlands too
Clayhanger is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Catshill and Shire Oak among them, across the WS postcode area. Giving us a WS8 7 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Central Clayhanger or a lay-by near Clayhanger Community Woodland: either way it is, the car never needs to shift at all for us. Wherever it stands, that is where it is drained. Awkward to pin down? By Pit Mound or a border? Asking beats guessing, so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Where it hasn't started, ring and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Clayhanger and anywhere across West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.