AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lower Wick, and What to Do Next
Has the motor run since the AdBlue got in? This one question decides nearly everything else from here. Wherever your car is — Upper Wick, Lower Wick — never run a motor that has not been started yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor still off. Across Lower Wick, such a case is generally drained and flushed where it stands. Pull over the minute you safely can and switch off, if it has already run. It is a larger job, though step one does not change.
Wherever around Worcestershire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
At the petrol pump in Lower Wick: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Anywhere around Lower Wick, then — Texaco, JET, or anywhere else close by.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. A few jobs: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear is drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Lower Wick drive?
On the dash, a reminder had shown all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Right off Malvern Road is not less likely from anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and remains there, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Lower Wick or Wick Episcopi. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Lower Wick: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your motor was running roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Somewhere on Canada Way or on the road towards Worcester — under 3 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Distance decides how deep it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then turn the engine off. Services further along can wait: on the M5, under 3 miles out of Lower Wick, use the next junction. It will not have cleared, so there is no point restarting to find out. Roughly what distance had it go? Tell us when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, it was new to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right next to the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Across Worcestershire, nobody is immune.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, which depend on whether it's run. Work on your vehicle often requires the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Leave it off while the reply comes, even if you are parked at Worcester Foregate Street or close to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Lower Wick?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? A rushed stop by the gates of Pitmaston Primary School, or a call to a friend in St Peter The Great: either fit.
The point: the motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed around the filler. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the car will suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the vehicle. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked is a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain in Lower Wick has in common
The job opens the same way, whichever the case. Three things are asked once our technicians arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a road by Bromwich Road Mission or the car park outside The Maple Leaf: the fluid, the amount, and if it has been started. Over the phone, before anything else, you hear the price, and those answers shape the work too.
Then the tank is cleared and the 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 doesn't rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter is cleaned or replaced, and the car is then tested. Where the motor has not run, allow roughly half an hour on site, in most cases.
Firing it up comes at the end. Before our technicians leave, it's checked to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it's spotted soon, long-term damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Lower Wick, briefly
Lower Wick is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Worcester, situated near the River Teme at an elevation of 19 metres. Lower Wick benefits from its proximity to the city centre, being only 1.4 miles away, and is surrounded by other nearby places such as Wick Episcopi and Powick Village. Lower Wick has a population of approximately 3181 residents and predominantly features detached housing.
Lower Wick and Worcestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Cherry Orchard and Powick Village get the identical teams as Lower Wick, a residential suburb, along with further towns throughout WR postcodes. The whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts WR2 4.
No towing is required, whether parked in the centre of Lower Wick or on a layby heading to Worcester Golf Range, so keep it where it is. Wherever it sits, that is where it gets drained. Guessing won't help beside Battle of Worcester 1651, close to a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car that way then phone. Run by now: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Lower Wick or anywhere in Worcestershire.