What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Vicarage
One fact matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has run since. Not started so far? Then keep it like that, wherever your vehicle sits — Vicarage or The Woods. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. In Vicarage, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Step one remains the same, even though the job grows.
Anywhere around West Midlands it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Vicarage forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the filler you opened wasn't the right one. Anywhere around Vicarage, then — Esso, Morrisons, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Only your tank has AdBlue; not one component past it has drawn any in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs freeing. Three jobs: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Draining it right at the pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Vicarage drive?
Several days had passed with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Homes just off Foley Street are caught out as much as everywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it's almost as good as spotting it at the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles low inside your tank and stays. A night parked alters nothing.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone may take it off first thing — and call us. In Mesty Croft or right here in Vicarage, the draining is done on your drive. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Vicarage: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way after topping up, your engine began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on Victoria Place, possibly on the way out towards Wolverhampton, under 10 miles away.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how far it goes: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then turn the motor off. Service stations farther along can wait: from the M6, under a mile out of Vicarage, use the next junction. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to check. About what distance had it gone? Tell us as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a car you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right by the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Throughout West Midlands, nobody is immune.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on if it has run. The owner frequently has to approve the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Sorting it before we turn up is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stuck in the car park outside Bescot Stadium, or by Madina Education Trust, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Vicarage: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. A slight ammonia-like smell hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Church Hill, or rushing by Mesty Croft Primary on the school run.
The point: your engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. Any AdBlue in the tank would be pulled in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and don't start your engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than an already-run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain in Vicarage has in common
The work begins the same way, whichever your situation. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Park Inn's car park, a street beside St Luke, a driveway, a filling station — the van arrives and asks for the fluid, the quantity, plus if your engine has been run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told our price, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Then comes the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before we head off. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it's spotted soon, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Vicarage, for a moment
Vicarage is a suburban area situated near the lakeside in the West Midlands, with an elevation of 137 metres. Vicarage lies approximately 5.5 miles from Wolverhampton and 107.9 miles from London, placing it in a commuter belt with access to major cities. Vicarage is characterised by its semi-detached housing and proximity to nearby places such as Mesty Croft and Wednesbury. Vicarage has a population of around 8381 residents.
AdBlue drains round Vicarage and across West Midlands
Oakeswell End and Wednesbury have the identical vans as Vicarage, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout WS postcodes. The whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning WS10 9.
Centre of Vicarage or a lay-by near Black Country Millennium Forest: wherever it sits, your car doesn't need to move an inch for us. Our engineers drain the car where it stands. Tricky to explain? Close to War Memorial or a county line? Asking is better than assuming, so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Where it hasn't run, ring and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Vicarage and anywhere in West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.