Stoke Heath: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? This one point settles almost everything else from here. Out in Wyken Green or right in Stoke Heath, an unstarted engine should remain that way. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Stoke Heath. Where the motor has been run, pull in safely straight away, then switch the vehicle off. Step one remains unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere in West Midlands you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Stoke Heath forecourt
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 in Stoke Heath, then — the nearest petrol station, Murco, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still inside your tank, and nothing drawn through: that's where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will help roll it — then save the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Stoke Heath
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened on the driveway. Driveways close to Wyken Way get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't moved since, it's second to the forecourt case. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops to the base inside your tank and waits. A night parked alters nothing.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Our technicians drain it on your drive, whether that is in Stoke Heath or out in Upper Stoke. Late-night clears outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Stoke Heath?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Somewhere along Heath Crescent or else on the road to Coventry — under 3 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more restarts: further it travels.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then turn your engine off. Service stations further on are too far: from the M6, under 3 miles out of Stoke Heath, take the first junction. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense starting it again to find out. Call us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, the car was unknown to you. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue cap was just next to the diesel. Across West Midlands, no one is safe from it.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts too — run or not — and one extra stage. The owner often has to sign off any work, under plenty of rental and fleet contracts.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded by Stoke Heath Community Centre or at Coventry Arena till the firm answers, the car stays turned off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Stoke Heath?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; but the bottle feels less than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of Stoke Heath Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in Great Heath.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet never touch the motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: assume it went in, and leave your engine off. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank checked counts as a better outcome than a run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain in Stoke Heath has in common
Every situation gets the same opening to the work. Anywhere the vehicle is — The Rose and Woodbine's car park, a street by St. Alban's Church, a driveway, a forecourt — our van arrives and asks about the fluid, the quantity, plus if the motor has been run. Replies set the work; the quote follows by phone whilst no one has set off yet.
Then the tank is cleared and the system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where the motor has not run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most jobs.
The last step is starting the engine. Our test that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our technicians go. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it is spotted quickly, and the whole job is done where the car is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Stoke Heath
Stoke Heath is a suburban area located on the River Sowe in the West Midlands, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. Stoke Heath sits near the city of Coventry, at an elevation of around 100 metres, and is close to nearby places such as Upper Stoke and Court House Green. Stoke Heath is situated approximately 1.4 miles from Coventry city centre, making it a convenient residential area for those working in the city. Stoke Heath has a population of around 9712 people, with a range of local services and facilities available.
AdBlue drains across West Midlands, Stoke Heath included
Court House Green and Paradise get the same vans as Stoke Heath, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout CV postcodes. Your location is clearest from a postcode that starts CV2 4.
Stopped heading to the green space at the edge of the village, or bang in the heart of Stoke Heath, your vehicle stays put — there is no need to move it anywhere. Our technicians drain it where it stands. Assuming won't help near St Barnabas Church, on a county line or somewhere hard to pin down; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Keep it that way then ring. Run already: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Stoke Heath or anywhere across West Midlands.