What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Moor Green
Has your motor run since the AdBlue got in? That one question settles almost everything else from here. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Moor Green itself or out in Ten Acres. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor still off. In Moor Green, such a case is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Already run? Pull over when safe, then turn it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around West Midlands it happened.
At the pump around Moor Green: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the BP, or the Texaco, or another station around Moor Green.
Put simply: there is no better spot exists to spot it. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has drawn any in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
Moor Green, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the drive. It takes place on drives just off Seaton Grove as often as anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it almost as good to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of your tank sits where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone might drive it off at breakfast — then call us. Our engineers drain the car on your drive, whether that's around Moor Green or out in Kings Heath. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Moor Green?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Shutlock Lane, perhaps, or the route towards Birmingham — a trip of under 3 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through your fuel system. Distance decides how far it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the Aston Expressway, under 5 miles from Moor Green. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, and say what distance your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week ago, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you are around West Midlands, any driver can slip up.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — plus one extra stage. The owner often needs to approve any work, under many rental and fleet contracts.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Leave the car switched off as the answer comes, even if you are waiting outside Pineapple Road or near Highbury.
Moor Green: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Moor Green Primary Academy, or on a friend's drive in Moseley.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to your motor. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
Next: assume it got in, then keep the engine off. Phone with the details: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than drain one after the engine has been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Moor Green shares these stages
Every situation gets the same start to the job. Three things come when we reach your car — on a filling station, a drive, a road beside Highbury Hall or the car park at The Highbury: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies set the job.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in after your filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is finally tested. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers get there.
Firing it up comes last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it's running properly, and then we go. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's caught soon, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Moor Green
Moor Green is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the River Rea and close to the city of Birmingham. Moor Green has a mix of housing types, but is predominantly composed of terraced homes, and is located near other local areas such as Kings Heath and Selly Park. Moor Green sits at an elevation of around 132 metres, and is approximately 2.8 miles from Birmingham city centre. Moor Green is also within a short distance of popular local attractions like Cannon Hill Park.
Moor Green and West Midlands: AdBlue drains across the area
Selly Park and Cannon Hill get the same teams as Moor Green, a residential suburb, plus other towns over B postcodes. A postcode starting B13 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Moor Green or on a lay-by heading to Highbury Park, and so keep it where it is. Where it sits, that's where it gets emptied. Guessing doesn't help beside Chamberlain Farm, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Moor Green and anywhere around West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.