AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Summerfield Park, and What to Do Next
One thing counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has run since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Summerfield Park itself or out in Merry Hill. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine still off. In Summerfield Park, that is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a larger job, though step one does not change.
Further down: the situations our engineers see, wherever around West Midlands. Choose yours.
On a Summerfield Park forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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. Maybe you are at the Harvest Energy, maybe at the JET, maybe somewhere else in Summerfield Park.
In short: no better spot exists to discover it. Nothing has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the pump wants freeing. Ring us from the forecourt after the car is in a space — the staff will help roll it — and save the receipt. If it can't be moved, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Summerfield Park, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Bought a bottle, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, too late. Just off Paignton Road is no different from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Put your keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person might drive it away first thing — then call us. Our engineers drain the car on your drive, whether that is around Summerfield Park or out in Rotton Park. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Summerfield Park?
A short way beyond filling up, your motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Majuba Road, perhaps, or the way towards Birmingham — a trip of under 3 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a bigger trip, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Summerfield Park lies under 3 miles from the M5; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on for the services. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Let us hear the distance covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just driven this car for days. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Throughout West Midlands, nobody is safe from it.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or unrun — and one extra stage. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Smethwick Rolfe Street, or near International First Born Church of the Living God? Leave your engine off meanwhile.
Summerfield Park: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; a hazy recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Shireland Hall Primary Academy, or on a friend's drive in Black Patch.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never touch your engine at all. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Firing up your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will pull it in.
Do this: behave as though it did, and never start your motor. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Summerfield Park: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same start to the work. We come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Yorkshire Grey or a side street near Rotton Row Methodist Church, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and if your motor has run. Your price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the job.
Then the tank is cleared and your system cleaned thoroughly, which matters 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. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter has been cleaned or changed, and the car is then tested. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians get there.
Last, our technicians start it. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before we head off. Our technicians do the entire job where your car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon if it has been caught quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in many policies.
About Summerfield Park and where it is
Summerfield Park is a locality in the West Midlands, situated near the River Rea and close to the city of Birmingham. Summerfield Park has a mix of terraced housing and is located at an elevation of around 150 metres, with nearby areas including Rotton Park and Cape Hill. Summerfield Park is part of the larger Birmingham urban area, with the city centre just 2 miles away.
AdBlue drains across West Midlands, Summerfield Park included
Cape Hill and Winson Green have the identical teams as Summerfield Park, a neighbourhood, plus other towns over B postcodes. A postcode starting B16 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Summerfield Park or a layby towards Black Country Millennium Forest: either way it sits, the vehicle never needs to shift at all for us. Our technicians drain it where it stands. Guessing won't help near Cape Hill 4 Arches, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and check.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off and call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Summerfield Park and anywhere across West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.