What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Solihull Lodge
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This one question decides nearly everything about what comes next. Anywhere your vehicle is — Truemans Heath, Solihull Lodge — never start an engine that has not been started yet. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, done just where your vehicle stands in Solihull Lodge. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A larger job, yes, but the identical opening step.
Compare what happened to a situation from the ones below, anywhere in West Midlands you are.
Solihull Lodge forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Possibly you're at the BP, possibly at the Shell, possibly somewhere else in Solihull Lodge.
Put simply: no better spot to be to spot it. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — and so don't get back in. A few things: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the pump is possible when it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Solihull Lodge
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used on the drive. Just off Yardley Wood Road is not less likely from any other place.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — or a person might drive it away at breakfast — and phone us. Out in Warstock or right here in Solihull Lodge, the drain is done at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Solihull Lodge: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, drove away, and before long the motor was turning roughly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Hexton Close, say, or the route towards Birmingham — a run of under 10 miles.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue through by now. Distance decides how deep it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more restarts: further it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. Service stations further on can wait: on the M42, under 5 miles out of Solihull Lodge, take the first junction. No test starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Let us hear the mileage driven when you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've only driven this vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Across West Midlands, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Work on the vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
Next: phone the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Hanging on for a reply at the car park outside Shirley, or beside Grafton Community Centre? Keep the engine off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Solihull Lodge?
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 the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Peterbrook Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Highters Heath.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to your engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Any AdBlue in the tank will be pulled in by firing up your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, then leave your motor off. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank checked counts as a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
What each AdBlue drain in Solihull Lodge has in common
The job opens identically, whichever the situation. We come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Prince of Wales or a side street near Yardley Wood Full Gospel Church, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and if your engine has been run. Those replies determine the work, and you get our quote on the phone, before anybody heads out.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The last step is starting it. Our technicians make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel before we leave. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it is noticed early, permanent damage is very uncommon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Solihull Lodge
Solihull Lodge is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the River Blythe and close to the city of Birmingham. Solihull Lodge has a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities, with nearby places including Warstock, Majors Green, and Haslucks Green. Solihull Lodge sits at an elevation of around 146 metres, with the larger city of Birmingham just 5.4 miles away.
AdBlue drains across West Midlands, Solihull Lodge included
Majors Green and Haslucks Green get the identical teams as Solihull Lodge, a residential suburb, plus further places throughout B postcodes. Telling us a B90 1 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No moving is required, be it stopped in the centre of Solihull Lodge or on a lay-by en route to Priory Fields, so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that is where it gets drained. Ring and check rather than guess when you are close to Berry Mound Camp Iron Age Fort, near a boundary, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across West Midlands and within Solihull Lodge — after you stop, turn off then ring, if it has run.