What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mayers Green
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started afterwards. Not run yet? Then keep the car like that, whether your vehicle sits — Mayers Green or Guns Village. Usually this is draining and properly flushing it on the spot in Mayers Green — and so keep the ignition and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a larger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in West Midlands it happened.
On a Mayers Green forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It could be the Seagar Street Service Station, or perhaps the Tesco, or a different forecourt around Mayers Green.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Still in your tank, and nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Get the staff to help rolling it into a bay, save the bottle, then phone us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed away is emptied where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Mayers Green
Days had passed with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It occurs on drives just off Park Crescent as frequently as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop an early-morning move by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Lyndon or Mayers Green: whichever your drive sits, that's where it is drained. Late-night clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Mayers Green?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way beyond the fill. Maybe it was on Lloyd Street, perhaps on the way out towards Birmingham, under 5 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Mayers Green sits under a mile from the M5; on it, come off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, and say how far the vehicle was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only driven this vehicle for days. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is just next to your diesel cap — news to you. Anyone, wherever around West Midlands, could do the same.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts too — run or unrun — and one further step. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Keep the vehicle switched off while the answer arrives, whether you are waiting outside Sandwell & Dudley or close to Dartmouth Park War Memorial.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Mayers Green?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. Which cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been on a friend's drive in Hall End, or rushing by King George V Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to the engine. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
Do this: act as if it got in, and don't start your engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one once it has been run — so ring and tell us what you saw.
Mayers Green: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the case, a single start applies. Forecourt, driveway, Crown and Cushion's car park or a road beside Parish Church of St Philips — the van reaches your car, and three answers come next: which liquid, what quantity, and if it ran. Replies shape the job; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
Then the tank is emptied and the system rinsed thoroughly, which matters 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. Fresh diesel is put in once your filter is flushed or changed, and your car is then tested. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, we start the engine. We confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel before we go. Permanent damage is very rare when it is caught early, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Mayers Green
Mayers Green is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated lakeside with a mix of residential and natural environments. Mayers Green sits at an elevation of 166 metres, approximately 4.6 miles from Birmingham city centre. Mayers Green is characterized by its predominant flat housing, with nearby places including Lyndon, West Bromwich, and Churchfield. Mayers Green is located about 105.6 miles northwest of London.
AdBlue drains in Mayers Green, and across West Midlands too
Over B postcodes, the vans covering Mayers Green — a residential suburb — work nearby towns as well, West Bromwich and Churchfield among them. Telling us your B71 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Stopped heading to Jubilee Sensory Garden 2012, or bang in the centre of Mayers Green, your car remains where it is — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it sits. Guessing doesn't help near St Philips Church Hall, close to a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Run already: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, within Mayers Green or wherever across West Midlands.