AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Daw End, and What to Do Next
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This single point settles nearly everything else from here. Wherever the car stands — Shelfield, Daw End — don't start a motor that has not been started yet. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor still off. Across Daw End, such a case is typically emptied and cleaned where it stands. When the motor has run, stop safely first, then turn the vehicle off. It is a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Anywhere in West Midlands it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Daw End forecourt
Just now, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Whether Shelfield Service Station, Esso or anywhere else around Daw End, the case is identical.
The upshot: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits only inside your tank.
Do this: stay out of the car, even if the queue wants freeing. Ring us from the forecourt once the car is in a space — the attendants will help roll it — then save the receipt. Emptying it there at the pump is fine when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Daw End
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it was only by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Homes just off Daw End are caught out as much as everywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. On the floor of your tank is where AdBlue waits, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so nobody takes the vehicle anywhere first thing. Then, phone. Your drive is where it is drained, be it in Daw End or Rushall. Night-time drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Daw End: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way after topping up, the motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Winterley Lane, say, or the way towards Wolverhampton — a run of under 10 miles.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through the filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, and switch your motor off. Daw End sits under 3 miles from the M6; on it, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance driven as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had this vehicle hardly a week. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits right beside the diesel. Anyone, wherever in West Midlands, could do it.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added step. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off before work.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Walsall, or beside Rushall Olympic Football Club? Keep your car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Daw End?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. The gates of Radleys Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Heath End.
The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting your car will suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and don't start the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Daw End AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Boathouse or a side street close to Manor Farm, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and whether the motor has been run. On the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those answers shape the job too.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally are the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. If your engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Last, our engineers start it. Our test that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our engineers leave. Our engineers do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been caught soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy while we travel is worthwhile.
About Daw End
Daw End is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated on the riverside with nearby settlements including Rushall and Stubbers Green. Daw End has a population of around 1954 people and is characterized by semi-detached housing. Daw End is located approximately 7.6 miles from Wolverhampton and 108.3 miles from London, at an elevation of around 150 metres. Daw End forms part of the wider residential area surrounding Wolverhampton.
Daw End and West Midlands: AdBlue drains across the area
Daw End is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Stubbers Green and Coal Pool among them, across the WS postcode area. A postcode starting WS4 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked heading to Daw End Railway Cutting & Linley Wood Black Country Geosite, or bang in the heart of Daw End, the vehicle remains put — there's no need to shift it at all. Wherever it sits, that is where it gets emptied. Ring and ask instead of guessing when you are by Rushall Community Centre, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
In one line: your situation
Motor never started: ring, leaving it switched off. Run already: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Daw End or anywhere across West Midlands.