--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Little Bromwich: Explained canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/little-bromwich-west-midlands/ location: Little Bromwich county: West Midlands latitude: 52.476110 longitude: -1.838730 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-04 --- # AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Little Bromwich: Why It Happens and How to Prevent It If AdBlue is already in your diesel tank, stop reading for a moment: leave the engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103. A drain and a thorough flush, done right where your car sits in Little Bromwich, is normally all it needs if caught before your engine runs. If you are reading before it has happened, the rest of this page is about why it occurs and how to make sure it does not. ## Two fillers, two tanks: AdBlue in a diesel motor Many modern diesels in Alum Rock, as well as Little Bromwich, carry on two liquids; your motor takes just your diesel. The exhaust, not the engine, is where AdBlue goes: sprayed into the fumes to clean it, from its own tank. Each tank has its own filler. Under one flap, side by side: that is the arrangement on a lot of cars. On others, AdBlue's filler is under the bonnet or in the boot instead. Diesel gets filled at each filling station visit, week in, week out. The AdBlue side is topped up far less regularly, normally from a bottle, and normally by someone who has to stop and think where it goes. It is in that gap that the error happens. ## Little Bromwich: how AdBlue in your diesel tank occurs It is hardly ever carelessness. Three things tend to line up. On a driveway off Yardley Green Road before work, or in the car park at The Custard House on the way home: that's where the rushed top-up takes place. What is the reason for the rush? As AdBlue runs low your car warns you, and once it is empty, limp mode kicks in. The old car's cap is where your hand goes — yet a rental car, a new vehicle or a company car keeps the fillers somewhere else. That's a second factor: a new vehicle. And the bottle fits. A bottle with a spout goes into a diesel filler as easily as an AdBlue one, and so nothing stops the tip after it has started. Whether it happens in Bordesley Green East or the middle of Little Bromwich, it's the same few seconds. ## Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel? Be it a Little Bromwich forecourt or a drive over in Yardley Fields, take a few seconds on these before any is poured in. - Read the cap rather than going by where it sits: AdBlue caps are regularly blue or marked "AdBlue", and diesel ones usually are not. - On plenty of vehicles, the size tells: AdBlue gets the smaller filler neck. - The flap. Look inside your fuel flap for a label. Plenty of cars say there which fuel goes where. - Can't see it beside your diesel filler? In that case check below the bonnet or in the boot — the owner's manual says which. - Whoever had it before will know. Ask as you pick up a hire car or company car — from Adderley Park's car park, say — rather than once the warning comes on. ## How to top up without AdBlue in the diesel tank The day the light goes on, anywhere around West Midlands, use this routine. - Switch off once parked — flat ground, engine off, and not in a rush by Blakeland Street on the verge. - Daft as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" aloud while you unscrew the cap works — once you have located the filler and read the cap. - If both sit under one flap, check your diesel cap is still closed before you lift the bottle — then leave the car on. - Pour slowly, using the bottle's own spout. Stop when it is full or when the bottle is empty. - Close the cap, then check again — making sure the diesel filler stayed closed throughout. After that, start your car. Discover at the second or third stage that AdBlue went into the wrong tank? That's where you stop. Don't go on to stage five. ## Already put AdBlue in the diesel tank in Little Bromwich? The short order of things, beginning with no starting the motor. The fuel pump starts on many diesels the moment your ignition is switched on — so leave it off. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel — it sinks to the bottom of your tank, where your fuel is drawn from — so do not top up with diesel to thin it. Ask the attendants to help push the car clear of the pump if you are on a forecourt — the Texaco, the Gulf or somewhere else. On your own drive in Little Bromwich? Then the car stays where it is. Already started? Pull over once it's safe, then switch off. Little Bromwich lies under 3 miles from the M6; on it, take the next junction. Distance counts — a quick hop across Little Bromwich makes a smaller job than driving under 3 miles towards Birmingham — so say about how far it went. ## When our technicians arrive in Little Bromwich, what takes place? Wherever the car has stopped, be it outside Bordesley Green Primary School, beside Masjid Noor-Us-Sunnah or at home, our van travels to it. Which fluid was put in, the amount, and whether it ran: we ask because those replies decide the work and quote. On the phone call itself, you are told the quote — ahead of dispatch. The system is then flushed thoroughly, once that tank is cleared. Unlike petrol, AdBlue leaves crystals and attacks some fuel-system metals, and neither clears away unaided. That is why it matters more. Testing is last: before that, clean diesel goes in, and your filter is cleaned or replaced if necessary. Then we start the car and check it runs smoothly before we go. Using pumps fine on a busy forecourt and quiet enough for use outside a house at night, most jobs where the engine hasn't run need roughly half an hour once our engineers are there. The insurer usually wants the engineer's report and your VAT invoice, and both are yours once this job is done. Payment is on the day, with no deposit. Before we get there, have a look at your insurance documents; many include cover for misfuelling. ## About Little Bromwich itself Little Bromwich is a suburban area located near the city of Birmingham, sitting at an elevation of 134 metres in the West Midlands region of England. Little Bromwich is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing stock, reflecting the area's historical development as a residential neighbourhood. Little Bromwich is situated close to nearby places such as Bordesley Green East, Bordesley Green, and Saltley, and is approximately 2.7 miles from Birmingham city centre. Little Bromwich has a population of around 14489 people, making it a sizable suburban community. ## Little Bromwich and West Midlands: AdBlue drains across the area Little Bromwich is a residential suburb, and the vans that cover it also work the towns around it, Bordesley Green and Saltley among them, across the B postcode area. A postcode starting B9 5 gets the van to you fastest. The car doesn't need to shift. Our technicians drain it where it is — a side street near Al-Hijrah Library, a lay-by on the way to Digby Park, a driveway. Awkward to pin down, like the back of Al-Hijrah Mosque? By a county line? Asking is better than assuming, and so ring. ## The short version for Little Bromwich motorists First, the cap; after that, the pour. Even so AdBlue in your diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will empty it where it stands, wherever across West Midlands: switch the car off then phone 0333 366 0103.