Gorstey Ley: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the motor has run since it was put in. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Creswell Green, Gorstey Ley — don't run a motor that has not run yet. Normally this is draining and properly cleaning it on the spot in Gorstey Ley — and so keep your key and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Further down: the situations our engineers see, wherever across Staffordshire. Choose the one that fits.
Gorstey Ley forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Whether Esso, Morrisons or anywhere else in Gorstey Ley, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Still inside your tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs freeing. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets emptied right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Gorstey Ley drive?
For days the dashboard had been warning you. Bought a bottle, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. It occurs on driveways just off Church Road as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the floor of the tank is where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so nobody drives your car off first thing. After that, phone. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's around Gorstey Ley or out in Burntwood. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Gorstey Ley?
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Maybe driving for Lichfield, under 5 miles away, or simply down Scholars Gate.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue up. Through your filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Gorstey Ley lies under 3 miles from the M6 Toll; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. It will not have cleared, so there's no point restarting to check. About how far had it go? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Staffordshire.
The upshot: just as above, split by if it ran, but with an added stage. Any work on your car often needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or company terms.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it early saves time. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Lichfield City, or near Burntwood Methodist Church? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Gorstey Ley?
At times the fair 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 can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of Fulfen Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's drive out in Woodhouses.
Meaning? Spills around the filler never reach your motor at all. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up the vehicle would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and don't start the key. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one once it has been run — so phone and tell us what you noticed.
Gorstey Ley: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The job opens the same way, whichever your case. Forecourt, driveway, White Swan's car park or a street by Christ Church — our van reaches your car, and three answers follow: which fluid, what quantity, and whether it has run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers set the work.
Draining your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, no matter how long it sits. Then comes the filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes last. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before we leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is caught quickly, long-term damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Gorstey Ley itself
Gorstey Ley is a suburban area located near Lichfield in Staffordshire, sitting at an elevation of 136 metres in the English Midlands. Gorstey Ley is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock and is situated close to nearby places such as Burntwood and Burntwood Green. Gorstey Ley has a population of approximately 4749 residents and is around 3.3 miles from the city of Lichfield. Gorstey Ley is also within commuting distance of larger cities, being around 110.7 miles from London.
AdBlue drains round Gorstey Ley and across Staffordshire
Gorstey Ley is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Burntwood Green and Boney Hay among them, across the WS postcode area. Your location comes quickest from a postcode beginning WS7 9.
No moving is needed, whether parked in the centre of Gorstey Ley or in a lay-by heading to Burntwood Park, and so keep it where it is. Our technicians drain the car where it sits. Phone and ask rather than guess when you're by Hammerwich House, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Gorstey Ley and anywhere around Staffordshire on 0333 366 0103.