Washwood Heath: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of it turns on one fact: whether your motor has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle sits — Washwood Heath or Vauxhall. Normally that is emptying and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Washwood Heath — so keep your ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Already run? Stop when you safely can, then switch it off. A larger job, then, yet the same first step.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, wherever around West Midlands. Pick the one that fits.
At the petrol pump around Washwood Heath: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you took off was not the correct one. It could be the Shell, or the Gulf, or another station in Washwood Heath.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — and so do not get back in. Get the staff to help pushing it to a space, save the receipt, then phone us from there. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
Washwood Heath, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had shown all week. 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. Houses just off Warren Grove get caught out as often as anywhere else.
The point: no driving since makes this nearly as good to finding it at the pump. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles low in your tank and stays. One night standing alters nothing.
Next: the keys indoors, and so nobody takes the car anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is in Washwood Heath or out in Saltley. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Washwood Heath?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a short way after the top-up. Leigh Road, perhaps, or the route to Birmingham — a trip of under 3 miles.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger run, once the filter and pipework have had it. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the first job — then turn everything off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M6, under a mile from Washwood Heath. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. About what distance did it gone? Say so as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, the car was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Anywhere you happen to be in West Midlands, any driver can slip up.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it's run. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we get there than after. Leave it off as the reply arrives, even if you are waiting at Adderley Park or close to Parish Church of S. Mark.
Washwood Heath: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think it did. A faint ammonia smell lingers near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Leigh Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Alum Rock.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no damage to the motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank would be drawn in by firing up the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it got in, and never turn the key. Ring and give the details: we'd sooner find a clean tank than empty one once the motor has been run.
Washwood Heath: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come when our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a road beside Saltley Methodist Church or the car park at The Brook Hill: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has run. Those answers determine the work, and you hear our quote on the phone, before anybody sets off.
Draining that tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Next is the fuel filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians go. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it is spotted soon, permanent damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Washwood Heath and where it is
Washwood Heath is a suburban area in the West Midlands, situated near the River Rea and close to the city centre of Birmingham. Washwood Heath has a mix of terraced housing and local amenities, with nearby areas including Saltley, Nechells, and Ward End. Washwood Heath is located at an elevation of around 113 metres, and its proximity to Birmingham makes it a popular residential area. Washwood Heath is also relatively close to the national road network, with London approximately 100 miles to the south-east.
AdBlue drains around Washwood Heath, and across West Midlands too
Over B postcodes, the teams serving Washwood Heath — a residential suburb — work surrounding towns too, Nechells and Ward End included. Telling us your B8 3 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Stopped en route to Ward End Park, or bang in the centre of Washwood Heath, the car stays put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Wherever it sits, that's where it is cleared. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to Boating Pond Construction 1908-1909 or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Washwood Heath or wherever in West Midlands.