AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hunt End: What Now?
Everything turns on a single detail: if your engine has been run after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Over in Callow Hill or here around Hunt End, an unstarted motor should stay that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor still off. In Hunt End, such a case is generally drained and cleaned on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Further down: the cases we see, wherever around Worcestershire. Pick yours.
At the pump around Hunt End: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It could be the Gulf, or the Tesco, or another station in Hunt End.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. Only your tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has taken any in.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. A few jobs: a push into a bay with the attendants assisting, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear is cleared right at the petrol pump.
Hunt End, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had passed with the dash light on. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened on the drive. Just off Weavers Close is no less likely from any other place.
The upshot: no driving since leaves this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. On the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Hunt End or out in Dagtail End. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Hunt End?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your motor was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe it was on Brookfield Close, maybe on the way out towards Worcester, under 15 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a longer run, once the filter and pipework have it. More driving, more restarts: further it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. On the M42, under 10 miles from Hunt End, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Anywhere you are in Worcestershire, any driver could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. The owner frequently needs to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, since sorting it beforehand saves time. Leave the vehicle off as the reply arrives, even if you're parked outside Redditch or close to Crabbs Cross Methodist Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Hunt End?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think it did. A faint ammonia-like smell lingers near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Crabbs Cross Academy, or on a friend's drive in Oakenshaw.
The upshot: the motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue spilled on the outside. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
Do this: act as though it got in, and don't start your engine. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clear tank checked is a better outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Hunt End: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation gets the same opening to the job. Wherever the car stands — Red Lion's car park, a road by St Peter, a drive, a forecourt — our van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the amount, and if your motor has turned over. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the work.
Then that tank is drained and your system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Then is the filter — cleaned, or swapped where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the car. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. Before we head off, it's tested to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it's noticed soon, permanent damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Many policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Hunt End and where it is
Hunt End is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Worcestershire, with a mix of detached housing and a population of around 2165 residents. Hunt End lies approximately 12.8 miles from Worcester and 94 miles from London, placing it in a relatively rural setting. Hunt End is near other local places such as Dagtail End, Crabbs Cross, and Walkwood, and its elevation of 120 metres gives it a gentle outlook over the surrounding countryside. Hunt End remains a quiet residential community with a strong sense of local identity.
Hunt End and Worcestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Hunt End is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Crabbs Cross and Walkwood among them, across the B postcode area. A postcode starting B97 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Oakenshaw Spinney, or bang in the heart of Hunt End, your car stays where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. The van drains it in place. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you are close to St Matthias & St George, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Engine not started: phone, and leave it switched off. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Worcestershire and within Hunt End — after you pull over, turn off then phone, if it has run.