AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Rotton Park, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has been started afterwards. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Rotton Park itself or out in Chad Valley. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where the vehicle sits in Rotton Park. Already started? Stop when safe, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever around West Midlands you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Rotton Park forecourt
You are at the petrol 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 Murco, or the Harvest Energy, or a different station in Rotton Park.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: resist the urge to start it just to move away from the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
Rotton Park, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had been lit all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Drives close to Selwyn Road see it as much as any other street.
In short: if the car has not been driven since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the pump. At the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. Summerfield Park or Rotton Park: whichever your drive sits, that's where it is emptied. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Rotton Park with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Gillott Road, perhaps, or the route to Birmingham — a run of under 3 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. Mileage decides how deep it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. Each restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, and switch your engine off. On the Aston Expressway, under 3 miles from Rotton Park, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the distance driven as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
A week back, the car was new to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so no one told you the AdBlue cap was just beside the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across West Midlands.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it's run. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Stranded by Rotton Row Methodist Church or outside Jewellery Quarter till someone replies, your vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
Rotton Park: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at City Road Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Bearwood.
Put simply: a spill round your filler leaves your motor unharmed. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: act as though it got in, and never start your engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Rotton Park has in common
Every situation has the same start to the job. Three things are asked once we reach the car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by Christ Church or the car park at The Belle Vue: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has run. Those replies determine this work, and you get our price by phone, before anybody sets off.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits form and certain metals corrode, and none of it washes out unaided. Then is your filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. Where the engine hasn't been started, allow about half an hour on site, in most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Before our engineers leave, it is checked to be sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. Our engineers do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon when it has been caught soon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Rotton Park and where it is
Rotton Park is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the lakeside and approximately 1.7 miles from Birmingham city centre. Rotton Park has a mix of terraced housing and is located near other local areas such as Summerfield Park and Winson Green. Rotton Park sits at an elevation of 161 metres, with Cape Hill nearby. Rotton Park is home to around 9493 residents.
AdBlue drains around Rotton Park, and across West Midlands too
Throughout B postcodes, the vans covering Rotton Park — a residential suburb — work nearby places too, Winson Green and Cape Hill included. Quickest of all: a B16 0 postcode for where you stand.
No moving is required, whether stopped centrally in Rotton Park or in a layby en route to Edgbaston Reservoir Local Nature Reserve, so keep it put. Where it sits, that is where it gets cleared. Awkward to pin down? Close to City Road Baptist Church or a county line? Asking beats guessing, so phone.
In one line: your scenario
If it hasn't started, ring then keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Rotton Park and anywhere across West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.