The Straits: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that hinges on one fact: if the motor has started after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Out in Gospel End Village or right in The Straits, an unstarted motor should remain unrun. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where your car sits around The Straits. Pull over the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. Step one remains unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, anywhere across West Midlands. Pick yours.
The Straits forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you took off was not the right one. Maybe you're at the Texaco, perhaps at the BP, possibly somewhere else in The Straits.
The point: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Freeing the pump is no reason to start it — and so don't get back in. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it into a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around The Straits
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 once more at the cap. Driveways near The Straits get it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the pump. Being unable to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and waits. A night standing changes nothing.
Next: keys in the house, so nobody takes your vehicle off at breakfast. After that, phone. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that's in The Straits or out in Gornalwood. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
The Straits: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond topping up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Anywhere on Irving Close or heading to Wolverhampton — under 5 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, then switch the engine off. On the M5, under 10 miles from The Straits, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Call us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car barely a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right next to the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Across West Midlands, no one is immune.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or unrun — and one extra stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since settling it early saves time. Stuck by St Andrew or at Coseley till someone answers, the vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around The Straits?
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 your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Straits Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Gospel End.
Meaning? Drips around the filler don't reach the engine at all. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not crank it. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one after it has been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
Every AdBlue drain in The Straits shares these stages
Whatever the case, a single start is used. Our technicians come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Woodman or a side street close to Epicentre of the 2002 Dudley Earthquake, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has run. Answers shape the job; the quote follows on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Next is the filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where the engine has not run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Last, we fire it up. Our test that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our technicians go. We do the entire job where your car is, and lasting damage is very rare when it has been caught quickly. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About The Straits
The Straits is a suburban area located on the riverside in the West Midlands, with an elevation of around 130 metres. The Straits sits near the city of Wolverhampton, approximately 4.4 miles away, and is close to nearby places such as Gornalwood and Lower Gornal. The Straits has a population of around 2776 people and is characterised by semi-detached housing. The Straits is situated about 110.9 miles northwest of London.
The Straits and West Midlands: AdBlue drains across the area
The Straits is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Lower Gornal and Ruiton among them, across the DY postcode area. Telling us a DY3 3 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Stopped en route to Higharcal Wood, or bang in the centre of The Straits, your vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to move it anywhere. The van drains it where it stands. Guessing won't help beside Baggeridge Toposcope, on a border or anywhere hard to describe; ring and check.
The one-line version
Engine not started: phone, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in The Straits and anywhere around West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.