AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Foxford: What Now?
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has run since. Not run yet? Then keep the car that way, whether the vehicle is — Foxford or Hall Green. Usually this means emptying and thoroughly flushing it right there around Foxford — and so leave your ignition and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. When your motor has run, stop safely first, then switch the vehicle off. Step one remains unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Below: the cases we see, wherever around West Midlands. Pick the one that fits.
On a Foxford forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Whether Texaco, Tesco or anywhere else around Foxford, the situation is identical.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it can be. Only your tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn any in.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the pump needs freeing. Get the staff to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear gets emptied right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Foxford drive?
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the driveway — and it's just by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Houses just off Grange Road are hit as often as anywhere else.
Meaning? As long as the car has not moved since, it's close to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and stays put, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Out in Aldermans Green or here in Foxford, the draining happens at your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Foxford?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. It might have been heading to Coventry, under 5 miles away, or just along Shirlett Close.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. Distance sets how far it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels further with every mile driven and each restart.
Stop safely — that's the first job — then switch everything off. Foxford lies under a mile from the M6; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on to the services. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to check. Call, saying what distance your car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits just next to the diesel. Any driver, wherever in West Midlands, could make it.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Any work on your car often needs the owner's approval under rental or company terms.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Stranded by St. Thomas or outside Coventry Arena till the firm replies, the car remains turned off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Foxford
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. Which cap was taken off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels less than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Woodshires Green, or rushing outside Grangehurst Primary School on the school run.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet never reach your motor at all. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave the motor off. Phone with what you saw: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your engine has run.
Foxford: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Three things come when our engineers arrive — on a forecourt, a driveway, a street by Union Place Baptist Church or the car park at The Longford Engine: the liquid, the amount, and if it has run. Those replies decide the work, and you get our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, however long it sits. Fresh diesel is put in after the filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is finally checked. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment we turn up.
The last step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while we check it's running correctly, and then we leave. When it is spotted early, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Payment is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Foxford, briefly
Foxford is a suburban area located on the riverside in the West Midlands, with an elevation of around 92 metres. Foxford sits approximately 3.3 miles from Coventry and is surrounded by nearby places such as Aldermans Green, Longford, and Hawkesbury. Foxford has a population of around 5324 people and is predominantly composed of terraced housing. Foxford is also situated about 87 miles northwest of London.
Foxford and West Midlands: AdBlue drains across the area
Foxford is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Longford and Hawkesbury among them, across the CV postcode area. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning CV6 6.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Wimpy Park or in a car park in the middle of Foxford, it doesn't need to shift. Draining is done on the spot. Awkward to explain? Close to Capitol Gym or a border? Asking beats guessing, and so ring.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Foxford and anywhere in West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.