What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Manor House
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the motor has run since it got in. Not run yet? Then leave the car like that, whether the car is — Manor House or Bell Green. Leave your motor and your ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Manor House. Already run? Stop once safe, then turn it off. Stage one stays unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Compare your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever around West Midlands you happen to be.
On a Manor House forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the correct one. Somewhere in Manor House, then — the nearest petrol station, Gulf, or anywhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Have the staff to lend a hand rolling it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us right there. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Manor House with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it was just at the bin that the cap got your eye. Houses just off Hillmorton Road get caught out as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's close to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Put the keys indoors tonight — or someone may take it away first thing — and call us. Wood End or Manor House: wherever your drive sits, that is where it gets emptied. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Manor House?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the top-up. Palm Tree Avenue, say, or the way to Coventry — a run of under 3 miles.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. Manor House lies under a mile from the M6; there, come off at the next junction instead of pressing on to the services. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense starting it again to find out. Roughly how far did it gone? Tell us as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days ago, it was new to you. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was just beside the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across West Midlands.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, only with one added stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Coventry Arena, or by St Chads, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Manor House?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A hurried top-up by the gates of Alderman's Green Primary School, or a call to a friend in Potters Green: either fit.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet never touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the car. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it's been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
The common ground in every Manor House AdBlue drain
No matter the situation, a single opening is used. Our technicians come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Rose and Crown or a side street close to Aldermans Green Menthodist Church, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if your engine has run. Those answers determine this work, and you get our quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Emptying that tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Fresh diesel goes in once your filter is flushed or changed, and your car is then checked. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment we arrive.
We start it at the end. Our technicians confirm it runs properly on clean diesel before leaving. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it is caught soon, long-term damage is very uncommon. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy while we travel is worthwhile.
About Manor House and where it is
Manor House is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Coventry, near the River Sowe, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Manor House sits at an elevation of 87 metres, close to nearby places such as Wood End and Hall Green. Manor House is situated approximately 2.8 miles from Coventry city centre, making it a convenient residential location. Manor House has a population of around 8315 people, living in a range of semi-detached homes.
Manor House and West Midlands: AdBlue drains across the area
Manor House is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Hall Green and Aldermans Green among them, across the CV postcode area. A postcode starting CV2 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped heading to River Sowe floodplain parkland, or bang in the centre of Manor House, your car stays put — there's no need to shift it anywhere. Wherever it stands, that's where it is drained. Guessing doesn't help near Bell Green Library, close to a county line or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
The one-line version
Motor never started: phone, leaving it alone. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout West Midlands and within Manor House — after you stop, switch off and phone, if it's run.