AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Galley Common, and What to Do Next
All of it hinges on one detail: if the motor has started after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not run yet? Then leave the car like that, whether your vehicle is — Galley Common or Ansley Common. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine both off. Across Galley Common, that is generally drained and cleaned where it stands. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. Step one remains unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Warwickshire it happened.
Galley Common forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
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. Somewhere around Galley Common, then — the nearest petrol station, Texaco, or somewhere else nearby.
In short: there is no better place exists to spot it. Still inside the tank, and no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — so don't get back in. A few things: a push into a space with the staff assisting, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is fine if it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Galley Common, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it was only at the bin that the cap caught a second look. Driveways near St Peter's Drive see it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop an early-morning move by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. Robinsons End or Galley Common: whichever your drive is, that is where it gets drained. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Galley Common with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way beyond the top-up. Somewhere on Chesterton Drive or else heading to Coventry — under 10 miles away.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Your move: pull up somewhere safe, then switch your motor off. Galley Common sits under 5 miles from the M6; on it, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Phone, saying how far your vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere across Warwickshire, could do the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Settling it before we turn up is quicker, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for an answer in the car park outside Bermuda Park, or beside St Peters? Leave the car off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Galley Common
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. A slight ammonia smell hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A hurried top-up by the gates of Galley Common Infant School, or a visit to a friend in Stockingford: both fit.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't reach the motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. Any AdBlue in your tank will be sucked in by turning on the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Do this: act as if it got in, and never start your engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a better outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Every AdBlue drain in Galley Common shares these stages
Whatever the case, one opening is used. Wherever the car stands — The Plough Inn's car park, a road by Haunchwood Mural, a drive, a forecourt — our van gets there and asks for the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has been run. Those answers determine the work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in once the filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians turn up.
The last step is starting the engine. With clean diesel in, it runs while we confirm it is running correctly, and then we leave. Lasting damage is very rare if it is noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Galley Common, briefly
Galley Common is a suburban area in Warwickshire, situated near the lakes and wooded countryside of the West Midlands region. Galley Common sits at an elevation of around 120 metres, with views across the surrounding landscape. Galley Common is located near several smaller communities, including Robinsons End, Plough Hill, and Whittleford, and is approximately 8 miles from the city of Coventry. Galley Common has a population of around 3343 people, predominantly living in detached housing.
Galley Common and Warwickshire: AdBlue drains across the area
As a residential suburb, Galley Common has the same vans as the surrounding places — Whittleford, Plough Hill — all the way through CV postcodes. Fastest of all: a CV10 9 postcode to show where you stand.
No towing is needed, be it parked in the centre of Galley Common or on a layby heading to King's Wood, and so keep it where it is. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it is. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to Golden Budda Statue or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Motor never started: ring, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Galley Common and anywhere around Warwickshire on 0333 366 0103.