Marston Green: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has been started since. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your car is — Marston Green or Bacons End. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine both off. In Marston Green, such a case is typically emptied and flushed on the spot. Already run? Stop when you safely can, then switch everything off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, wherever across West Midlands you happen to be.
At the pump around Marston Green: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Whether BP, Esso or somewhere else around Marston Green, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after the vehicle is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — and save the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away gets cleared where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Marston Green drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it was only at the recycling that the cap got a second look. It occurs on drives just off Land Lane as frequently as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. We drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's around Marston Green or out in Chelmsley Wood. Our pumping kit works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Marston Green?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving for Birmingham, under 10 miles away, or simply down Bickenhill Road.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. Past the filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, and turn your engine off. Exit at the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M42, under 3 miles from Marston Green. It won't have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to check. Call, and say how far your vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, the car was new to you. Your own car either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet was right beside the diesel. Any driver, wherever around West Midlands, might do the same.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, but with one added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it early saves time. If you are stuck in the car park at the nearest station, or by Marston Green Public Library, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Marston Green
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. A faint ammonia-like smell hangs around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Elmdon, or rushing by Marston Green Junior School on the school run.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't touch the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. Any AdBlue in your tank would be sucked in by turning on your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it went in, and never start your engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain in Marston Green shares these stages
Each situation has the same start to the work. Filling station, driveway, Marston Green Tavern's car park or a road by 1994 Centenary Clock — our van reaches the car, and three questions follow: which fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the replies set the work.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next comes the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — then clean diesel, and a test of the car. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers arrive.
Starting the engine comes last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running smoothly, and then we go. We do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very unusual if it has been caught early. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while we travel pays.
About Marston Green and where it is
Marston Green is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the River Cole and close to the cities of Birmingham and Coventry. Marston Green has a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities, with nearby places including Chelmsley Wood, Fordbridge, and Tile Cross. Marston Green is located about 6.6 miles from Birmingham city centre and 95.6 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Marston Green, and across West Midlands too
Fordbridge and Tile Cross get the identical teams as Marston Green, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout B postcodes. A postcode starting B37 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Garden of Remembrance or in a car park in the middle of Marston Green, it doesn't need to shift. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near St Leonards or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave the car that way then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Marston Green and anywhere in West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.