--- title: What Now? AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Leyfields canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/leyfields-staffordshire/ location: Leyfields county: Staffordshire latitude: 52.646890 longitude: -1.713220 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-06 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Leyfields: What Now? One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has been started afterwards. Not started so far? Then leave it that way, wherever the car is — Leyfields or Gillway. Usually that is emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Leyfields — so leave your key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. When the motor has been run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch the vehicle off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same. Match your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever in Staffordshire you are. ## At the petrol pump in Leyfields: AdBlue in a diesel Only now, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Anywhere around Leyfields, then — BP, Sainsbury's, or somewhere else nearby. In short: no better spot to be to spot it. No pump has pulled it in, so the AdBlue stays only inside the tank. Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. Phone us from the forecourt once your car is in a bay — the attendants will help push it — then keep the receipt. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Leyfields For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. It occurs on driveways just off Madox Close as regularly as anywhere. In short: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost as good as finding out at the pump. At the floor of the tank is where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference. Your move: keys indoors, so nobody drives the car anywhere at breakfast. Then, phone. We drain it on your drive, whether that is in Leyfields or out in Coton Green. Our pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Leyfields? 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. Maybe heading to Lichfield, under 10 miles away, or simply down Willoughby Road. What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and pipework have had it. It travels further with every extra mile covered and every restart. Pull in safely — that's the first job — then turn it off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M42, under 5 miles from Leyfields. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to check. Let us hear the mileage driven when you ring. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Wherever you are across Staffordshire, any driver can slip up. Meaning? Whichever case above applies too — run or not — and one extra stage. Work on the vehicle often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements. Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Stuck near The Fitness Hub or at Tamworth until the firm replies, your vehicle remains turned off throughout. ## Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Leyfields? At times the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Coton Green Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in The Leys. The point: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either. What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not start the vehicle. Phone and give the details: we'd sooner find a clean tank than empty one after the engine has run. ## Each AdBlue drain around Leyfields shares these stages Whatever the case, one opening applies. Anywhere the car stands — The Coton Arms's car park, a street beside St Francis C of E Leyfields and Coton Green, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, and whether the engine has been run. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in after the fuel filter has been cleaned or changed, and your car is then checked. Where your motor has not been started, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases. Starting the engine comes last. We confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel before we go. Our engineers do the entire job where your car is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been caught soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over. ## About Leyfields and where it is Leyfields is a locality in Staffordshire, situated inland at an elevation of 71 metres, approximately 5.4 miles from the city of Lichfield. Leyfields is characterized by its semi-detached housing and is located near other nearby places such as Coton Green, Coton Farm, and Coton. Leyfields has a population of around 2591 residents and is about 103.6 miles from London. ## AdBlue drains round Leyfields and across Staffordshire Coton Farm and Coton get the identical vans as Leyfields, a small village, plus further towns throughout B postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode beginning B79 8. Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Wigginton Park or in a car park in the middle of Leyfields, it doesn't need to shift. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets drained. Awkward to pin down? Close to The Coton Centre or a border? Asking beats guessing, so phone. ## Your situation, summed up Unstarted? Keep the car off then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Leyfields and anywhere around Staffordshire on 0333 366 0103.