AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Shepwell Green: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has run since it was put in. Anywhere the car is — Bentley, Shepwell Green — never run a motor that hasn't run yet. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where your car sits in Shepwell Green. When the motor has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then turn it off. It's a larger job, though stage one does not change.
Anywhere around West Midlands it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
Shepwell Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're 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. Anywhere around Shepwell Green, then — the nearest petrol station, Texaco, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Do this: stay out of the car, however much the queue needs freeing. Get the attendants to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear gets drained right at the pump.
At home around Shepwell Green with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had passed with the dash light on. Picked up a container, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, too late. Drives close to The Crescent see it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it is second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and stays there, however long the night.
Next: prevent any early-morning move by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. In County Bridge or here around Shepwell Green, the drain is done on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Shepwell Green?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Maybe driving to Wolverhampton, under 5 miles away, or simply down Harrowby Place.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Through the filter, through the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, and switch the engine off. On the M6, under 3 miles from Shepwell Green, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Phone, saying what distance the vehicle was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across West Midlands.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or unrun — plus one extra stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. If you are stranded in the car park at Willenhall, or by Guru Nanak Gurdwara Willenhall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Shepwell Green
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. Which cap was taken off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Spring Bank, or rushing outside Barcroft Academy at the school run.
The point: your motor is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Turning on the vehicle 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 never start the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Shepwell Green: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each case gets the same start to the work. We come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Robin Hood or a side street close to St Giles, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if the motor has run. The price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers set the job.
Emptying your tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Then comes the filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your car. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The last step is firing it up. Before our engineers head off, it is tested to make sure it runs properly on clean diesel. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very uncommon if it has been caught early. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Shepwell Green
Shepwell Green is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Wolverhampton, near the River Tame. Shepwell Green sits at an elevation of 127 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Shepwell Green is close to several nearby places, including County Bridge, Chapel Green, and Willenhall, and is approximately 3.8 miles from Wolverhampton city centre.
AdBlue drains around Shepwell Green, and across West Midlands too
Chapel Green and Willenhall get the identical vans as Shepwell Green, a residential suburb, along with other towns throughout WV postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts WV13 2.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Black Country Millennium Forest or in a car park in the middle of Shepwell Green, it does not need to move. Wherever it sits, that is where it gets cleared. Assuming won't help beside Cholera Memorial Inscription, on a county line or anywhere awkward to describe; ring and ask.
The one-line version
Engine never started: ring, leaving it alone. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout West Midlands and in Shepwell Green — after you pull over, turn off then ring, if it has run.