AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Four Oaks Park, and What to Do Next
All of that turns on one detail: if the engine has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is in Four Oaks Park itself or out in Moor Hall. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where your vehicle stands around Four Oaks Park. Already run? Pull over once safe, then switch it off. It's a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, anywhere across West Midlands you happen to be.
Four Oaks Park forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Be it Texaco, Esso or anywhere else in Four Oaks Park, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still inside the tank, with nothing pulled through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the pump wants clearing. Three things: a push into a space with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. Can't move the car by the pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt sensible, so it can be drained where it is.
At home around Four Oaks Park with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the dash light on. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the drive — and it's only at the recycling that the cap got your eye. It occurs on drives just off Lichfield Road as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the bottom of the tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Next: stop an early-morning drive by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. We drain it on your drive, whether that is in Four Oaks Park or out in Doe Bank. Our pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
On the road in Four Oaks Park with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, drove away, and soon your motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe it was on Tamworth Road, perhaps on the way out towards Birmingham, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue in. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more restarts: further it goes.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, then switch your motor off. Four Oaks Park lies under 3 miles from the M6 Toll; there, come off at the first junction rather than pressing on to the services. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call, and say what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, the car was new to you. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. Any driver, wherever in West Midlands, could do it.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or unrun — and one extra step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Leave the car switched off as the answer arrives, whether you are waiting at Sutton Coldfield or close to Francis Brett Young 1884-1954.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Four Oaks Park?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in Ladywood.
Put simply: spillage round your filler does the engine unharmed. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. Firing up your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would draw it in.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn the key. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one drained.
Four Oaks Park: what every AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the situation, one start applies. Forecourt, driveway, Royal Hotel's car park or a street beside Holy Trinity Catholic Church — our van comes to your car, and three questions come next: what fluid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the job.
Then the tank is emptied and the system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Then is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where the motor hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running correctly, and then we leave. If it is caught early, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into plenty of policies.
About Four Oaks Park, for a moment
Four Oaks Park is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the River Tame and close to the city of Birmingham. Four Oaks Park has a mix of housing types, but is predominantly characterised by detached homes, and is located near other local areas such as Doe Bank and Tudor Hill. Four Oaks Park sits at an elevation of around 145 metres, and is about 7 miles from Birmingham city centre. Four Oaks Park is also part of the wider Royal Sutton Coldfield area, with its population of around 4036 residents.
AdBlue drains in Four Oaks Park, and across West Midlands too
As a residential suburb, Four Oaks Park shares its vans with the nearby towns — Royal Sutton Coldfield, Tudor Hill — all the way across B postcodes. Telling us a B74 2 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No moving is required, whether parked centrally in Four Oaks Park or in a lay-by en route to Trinity Park, so leave it put. Where it stands, that is where it is drained. Awkward to pin down? Close to Blue Plaque: Sir William Wilson 1640-1710 or a border? Checking beats guessing, so ring.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine never started: phone, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Four Oaks Park and anywhere across West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.