AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cofton Hackett, and What to Do Next
Has your motor run since the AdBlue got in? That one question decides almost everything about what comes next. Not started so far? Then keep it like that, whether your vehicle is — Cofton Hackett or Lickey Hills. Normally that is draining and thoroughly cleaning it right there in Cofton Hackett — and so leave the ignition and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute you safely can then switch off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, yet the same opening step.
Wherever across Worcestershire it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Cofton Hackett forecourt
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you took off was not the right one. Anywhere around Cofton Hackett, then — Harvest Energy, Esso, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Three things: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. Stuck by the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Cofton Hackett
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Picked up a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, too late. It takes place on drives just off Cofton Church Lane as regularly as anywhere.
The point: zero driving since makes this nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops low inside that tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
Your move: the keys indoors, so no one takes the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. Then, phone. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Cofton Hackett or out in Kendal End. Our pumping kit works quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Cofton Hackett?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Perhaps it was on Skylark Street, perhaps on the way out towards Birmingham, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger trip, after the filter and pipework have had it. It goes deeper with each extra mile driven and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Cofton Hackett lies under 3 miles from the M42; on it, come off at the first junction instead of pushing on to the services. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just had this vehicle for days. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Worcestershire, no one is safe from it.
In short: one extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stranded in the car park at Barnt Green, or by Cofton Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Cofton Hackett
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. What cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. A hurried stop by the gates of St Andrew's CofE First School, or a call to a friend in Lickey: both fit.
Put simply: spillage round your filler leaves the motor unharmed. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it got in, and don't start the key. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Cofton Hackett AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever your car is — The Barnt Green Inn's car park, a street by St Michael And All Angels, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and asks about the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the job.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally are your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our technicians fire it up last. Our engineers confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel before we go. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it's noticed soon, lasting damage is very unusual. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Cofton Hackett and where it is
Cofton Hackett is a small hamlet in Worcestershire, situated inland at an elevation of 169 metres, approximately 8 miles southwest of Birmingham. Cofton Hackett lies near the settlements of Kendal End, Rednal, and Barnt Green, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Cofton Hackett is a residential community with a population of around 818 people, located within commuting distance of Birmingham and about 99 miles northwest of London.
AdBlue drains in Cofton Hackett, and across Worcestershire too
Rednal and Barnt Green get the identical teams as Cofton Hackett, a rural hamlet, along with further towns over B postcodes. Fastest of all: a B45 8 postcode to show where you stand.
No towing is needed, whether stopped centrally in Cofton Hackett or in a lay-by heading to Lickey Coppice Green, and so keep it where it is. We drain the vehicle where it sits. Tricky to pin down? Close to Cofton Village Hall or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, and so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Motor never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Run already: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Cofton Hackett or anywhere in Worcestershire.