What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Moons Moat
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your engine has run since it was put in. Over in Pink Green or here in Moons Moat, an unrun motor should remain that way. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor both off. Across Moons Moat, that is generally drained and flushed where it stands. Where your motor has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then switch the vehicle off. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the work grows.
Below: the situations our technicians meet, anywhere in Worcestershire. Pick the one that fits.
At the pump around Moons Moat: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you're standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Whether Esso, Morrisons Fuel or somewhere else around Moons Moat, the situation is identical.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Nothing has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue sits just in that tank.
What to do: don't get back in and start the car to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Moons Moat drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had used at the driveway. Right off Burnt Meadow Road is no different from anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car has not been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low in that tank and waits. A night parked alters none of that.
Next: stop any early drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. In Holt End or here around Moons Moat, the draining happens on your driveway. The equipment works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Moons Moat?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. It might have been driving for Birmingham, under 15 miles away, or just down Acanthus Road.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the next job — then switch it off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M42, under 3 miles from Moons Moat. It will not have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to check. Call, saying how far your car was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be around Worcestershire, any motorist can slip up.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added stage. Any work on the car often requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or company terms.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park outside Redditch, or by Beoley Village Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Moons Moat
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. A faint ammonia-like whiff lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Gorcott Hill, or in a rush outside Beoley First School on the school run.
The upshot: the engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Your move: act as if it got in, and never start your motor. Ring and give what you saw: we'd rather find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your engine has been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Moons Moat has in common
Every case gets the same start to the job. Wherever your car stands — The Village Inn's car park, a street by St. Andrew's Church, a drive, a forecourt — our van gets there and asks about the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has been run. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear our price, and those answers shape the job too.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long it sits. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians get there.
Last, we start it. Before our technicians go, it's tested to be sure it runs properly on new diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is caught soon, permanent damage is very unusual. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Moons Moat
Moons Moat is a suburban area in Worcestershire, situated approximately 11 miles south of Birmingham and 94 miles northwest of London. Moons Moat sits at an elevation of around 103 metres, characterised by detached housing and a relatively small population of around 836 residents. Moons Moat is located near other local places such as Holt End, Beoley, and Winyates, and is part of the wider West Midlands region.
AdBlue drains across Worcestershire, Moons Moat included
As a residential suburb, Moons Moat has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Winyates, Beoley — right through B postcodes. A postcode starting B98 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Ipsley Alders Nature Reserve or in a car park in the middle of Moons Moat, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that is where it is drained. Tricky to pin down? By St. Leonard or a border? Checking is better than assuming, so ring.
In one line: your scenario
If it hasn't run, ring and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Moons Moat and anywhere across Worcestershire on 0333 366 0103.