What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hill and Cakemore
One thing matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your engine has been started since. Not run yet? Then leave it that way, wherever your vehicle is — Hill and Cakemore or Hurst Green. Leave your motor and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Hill and Cakemore. When the engine has been run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then turn the car off. It is a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Further down: the cases we meet, anywhere across West Midlands. Choose yours.
On a Hill and Cakemore forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Anywhere in Hill and Cakemore, then — Sainsbury's, Texaco, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Hill and Cakemore
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Just off Olive Lane is not different from anywhere.
In short: if your car has not moved since, it's almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and stays put, no matter how long the night.
Next: stop any early-morning move by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that is around Hill and Cakemore or out in Coombeswood. Our equipment runs quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Hill and Cakemore: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Maybe heading for Birmingham, under 10 miles away, or simply along St Loye's Close.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Past the filter, along the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then switch your engine off. Hill and Cakemore lies under a mile from the M5; on it, pull off at the first junction rather than pressing on to the services. No test restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Roughly what distance did it go? Tell us when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout West Midlands, nobody is safe from it.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it's run. The owner often has to approve any work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, since settling it beforehand cuts time. Stranded by Jamia Mosque Blackheath or at Rowley Regis until someone replies, the vehicle remains switched off throughout.
Hill and Cakemore: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of Olive Hill Primary Academy, or a call to a friend in Short Cross: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to your engine. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clean tank looked at is a better outcome than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in every Hill and Cakemore AdBlue drain
The job opens the same way, whatever the situation. Anywhere your vehicle is — Victoria's car park, a road beside Long Lane Library, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus whether your motor has been run. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told our price, and those answers shape the job too.
Emptying your tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, however long you wait. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter has been cleaned or replaced, and your car is finally tested. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The final step is starting it. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it's running smoothly, and then we go. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is noticed early, lasting damage is very unusual. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Hill and Cakemore
Hill and Cakemore is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the River Rea and close to the city of Birmingham. Hill and Cakemore has a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities, with nearby places including Coombeswood, Blackheath, and Haden Cross. Hill and Cakemore sits at an elevation of around 193 metres, with the area being approximately 5.7 miles from Birmingham city centre.
Hill and Cakemore and West Midlands: AdBlue drains across the area
As a residential suburb, Hill and Cakemore has the same vans as the surrounding places — Haden Cross, Blackheath — right through B postcodes. Your location comes quickest from a postcode that starts B62 8.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Coombs Wood cricket ground or in a car park in the middle of Hill and Cakemore, it doesn't need to move. Draining happens right there. Tricky to pin down? By Bethel Church or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, and so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Hill and Cakemore and anywhere in West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.