--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Shirley Street? Next Steps canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/shirley-street-west-midlands/ location: Shirley Street county: West Midlands latitude: 52.407620 longitude: -1.820230 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-09 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Shirley Street, and What to Do Next Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That single question decides nearly everything else from here. Out in Haslucks Green or here around Shirley Street, an unstarted engine must stay unrun. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Shirley Street. Already run? Stop once safe, then turn everything off. Step one stays unchanged, even though the job grows. Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in West Midlands it happened. ## At the petrol pump around Shirley Street: AdBlue in a diesel The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It might be the BP, or perhaps the Shell, or another station around Shirley Street. Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. Only that tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken any in. Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the pump. A few things: a shove into a bay with the attendants assisting, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear gets cleared right at the petrol pump. ## At home around Shirley Street with AdBlue in your diesel tank The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Drives close to Fieldon Close see it as much as anywhere. What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference. Your move: keys in the house, so nobody drives your vehicle off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether around Shirley Street or Shirley Heath. The equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Shirley Street? A short way beyond topping up, the engine started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Anywhere along Moreton Road or else heading towards Birmingham — under 10 miles away. What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. Through your filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels. Next: find a safe place, stop, then turn your motor off. Services farther on can wait: on the M42, under 3 miles out of Shirley Street, take the first junction. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you went. ## A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank? You've just had the vehicle for days. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. Any driver, wherever across West Midlands, could do it. In short: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which depend on whether it's run. The owner often needs to approve the work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements. Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because settling it early cuts time. Stranded by War Memorial or outside Shirley till the firm answers, your car stays switched off throughout. ## Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Shirley Street? Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear memory of the cap. Look familiar? A rushed top-up by the gates of Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School, or a visit to a friend in Shirley: both fit. Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the motor at all. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in your tank, turning on the car will draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either. Do this: act as if it did, and don't start the motor. Ring and give what you saw: we'd sooner confirm a clean tank than empty one once the motor has run. ## Shirley Street: what every AdBlue drain has in common Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. We come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Plume of Feathers or a side street close to St James the Great, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether the motor has run. On the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those replies decide the work too. A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of it washes out unaided. Fresh diesel goes in once the fuel filter has been flushed or changed, and your car is finally checked. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there. Finally, our technicians fire it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running smoothly, and then we head off. Long-term damage is very unusual if it is caught early, and the whole job is done where your car is. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over. ## About Shirley Street and where it is Shirley Street is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated approximately 6 miles south of Birmingham city centre. Shirley Street sits at an elevation of around 145 metres, in a region of low-lying hills and valleys. Shirley Street is characterised by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, with nearby amenities and open spaces in areas like Shirley Heath and Sharmans Cross. ## AdBlue drains in Shirley Street, and across West Midlands too Throughout B postcodes, the vans serving Shirley Street — a residential suburb — work nearby places as well, Sharmans Cross and Blossomfield among them. Quickest of all: a B90 3 postcode for your location. Centre of Shirley Street or a lay-by near Sharmans Cross Wood: wherever it is, your car doesn't need to shift an inch for the drain. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it stands. Awkward to explain? Close to Shirley Christadelphian Hall or a county line? Asking beats assuming, and so ring. ## Your situation, summed up Where it hasn't run, phone then leave it off. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across West Midlands and in Shirley Street — once you stop, turn off then ring, if it has run.