AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lane Green, and What to Do Next
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your motor has run afterwards. Not started yet? Then keep it that way, wherever your vehicle is — Lane Green or Codsall. Leave your engine and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Lane Green. Already started? Stop once you safely can, then switch it off. It's a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Staffordshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Lane Green forecourt
Just now, nozzle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. It might be the Esso, or the BP, or a different station around Lane Green.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs clearing. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Lane Green, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Bought a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. Driveways close to Pendeford Mill Lane get it as much as any other street.
The point: zero miles since makes this nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, whether around Lane Green or Bilbrook. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Lane Green?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way beyond the fill. Perhaps it was on Lane Green Road, possibly on the way out towards Wolverhampton, under 5 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Pull in safely — that is the next job — then switch it off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M54, under 3 miles from Lane Green. It will not have cleared, so there is no point restarting to check. About how far did it go? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just had the car for days. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or stores it elsewhere. Anyone, wherever around Staffordshire, could make it.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts here — run or unrun — and one further stage. The owner frequently has to approve the work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us second, because settling it beforehand saves time. Keep the vehicle off while the reply comes, whether you are waiting outside Bilbrook or close to Church of the Holy Cross.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Lane Green?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think it did. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Palmers Cross, or rushing outside Lane Green First School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no damage to your motor. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
What each AdBlue drain around Lane Green has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Woodman or a side street close to Codsall Leisure Centre, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the engine has run. Answers set the work; the price comes by phone while no one has left yet.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of it rinses out unaided. Clean diesel goes in once the filter has been flushed or replaced, and the car is then checked. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
Starting the engine comes at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running correctly, and then we leave. We do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very rare when it has been noticed early. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your documents as you wait pays.
About Lane Green
Lane Green is a suburban area in Staffordshire, situated near the River Penk and close to the city of Wolverhampton. Lane Green has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most common, and its riverside setting provides a pleasant environment for residents. Lane Green is located about 3.5 miles from Wolverhampton and is near other local places such as Bilbrook and Gunstone.
AdBlue drains round Lane Green and across Staffordshire
Lane Green is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Dam Mill and Gunstone among them, across the WV postcode area. Telling us your WV8 1 postcode finds you quickest of all.
No towing is needed, whether parked centrally in Lane Green or on a lay-by en route to Joey's Lane Playing Fields, so keep it put. The van empties it where it stands. Ring and check rather than guess when you are close to St Christophers, near a border, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
Your situation, in one line
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Staffordshire and within Lane Green — once you pull over, switch off and ring, if it's run.