AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Great Bridge: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your engine has run since it was put in. Anywhere your car stands — Ocker Hill, Great Bridge — don't start a motor that hasn't run yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine both off. Across Great Bridge, such a case is generally drained and flushed on the spot. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then switch it off. It's a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Match what happened to a situation from the ones below, wherever around West Midlands you happen to be.
On a Great Bridge forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you opened was not the correct one. It might be the Asda, or the Applegreen, or another forecourt around Great Bridge.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Just the tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken it in.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to free up the pump. Get the staff to help rolling it into a bay, save the bottle, then phone us right there. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Great Bridge drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just at the bin that the cap got a second look. It occurs on driveways just off Gough Drive as often as anywhere.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: stop an early drive by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether in Great Bridge or Toll End. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Great Bridge?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Jonah Drive, perhaps, or the way towards Wolverhampton — a run of under 10 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Past the filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. It travels further with every mile covered and each restart.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then turn your motor off. Service stations further along are too far: from the M5, under 3 miles out of Great Bridge, take the first junction. No trial starts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Let us hear the mileage covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is just next to your diesel inlet — news to you. Any driver, anywhere across West Midlands, could do the same.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, only with one added step. Many hire and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off before work.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Leave the vehicle off while the reply arrives, whether you are parked outside Dudley Port or near Blue Plaque: Joseph Davies VC.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Great Bridge?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of Great Bridge Primary School, or a call to a friend in Golds Hill: both fits.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet never touch your engine at all. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Turning on your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't crank it. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank checked counts as a better result than an already-run one emptied.
Great Bridge: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The job begins the same way, whichever the case. Our technicians come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Lounge Bar & Resturant or a side street close to Roman Lions, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has been run. Answers set the job; the quote follows on the call while nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Next is your filter — flushed, or replaced where necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Where the engine hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. Our test that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers head off. If it's noticed quickly, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Check your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Great Bridge itself
Great Bridge is a locality situated on the lakeside in the West Midlands, with an elevation of 131 metres and a population of around 5394 residents. Great Bridge is located near several other places, including Toll End, Horseley Heath, and New Town, and is approximately 5.5 miles from Wolverhampton. Great Bridge has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most predominant. Great Bridge is also relatively far from London, at a distance of 107.7 miles.
AdBlue drains across West Midlands, Great Bridge included
Great Bridge is a small village, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Horseley Heath and New Town among them, across the DY postcode area. A postcode starting DY4 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, be it parked centrally in Great Bridge or in a layby heading to Great Bridge Roundabout, so keep it where it is. Where it stands, that is where it gets emptied. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to The Centre @ Great Bridge (St Luke's) or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Motor not started: phone, and leave it alone. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout West Midlands and within Great Bridge — after you pull over, switch off then phone, if it has run.