AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Woodshires Green, and What to Do Next
All of that hinges on a single detail: if your motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is in Woodshires Green itself or out in Foxford. Usually this means draining and thoroughly cleaning it right there in Woodshires Green — so leave the ignition and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. Where the motor has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Further down: the cases we meet, wherever across West Midlands. Pick yours.
Woodshires Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Whether Tesco, Texaco or anywhere else in Woodshires Green, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; no component beyond it has taken it in.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the pump is possible when it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Woodshires Green drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the drive. Just off Rowleys Green Lane is not less likely from anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of that tank and remains there, however long the night.
Next: the keys in the house, so nobody drives the car off first thing. Then, phone. Out in Longford or right here around Woodshires Green, the draining is done on your drive. Late-night clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Woodshires Green?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Woodshires Road, say, or the route to Coventry — a trip of under 5 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through your filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Next: pick a sensible place, pull in, then switch the motor off. Woodshires Green sits under a mile from the M6; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on for the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had this car barely a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so no one warned you the AdBlue cap sits just beside the diesel. Any driver, anywhere across West Midlands, might make it.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies too — run or not — plus one extra step. The owner frequently needs to approve any work, under many rental and fleet agreements.
Do this: rental firm or fleet manager first, us next, since settling it beforehand cuts time. Keep the vehicle off while the reply arrives, whether you are waiting at Coventry Arena or close to Union Place Baptist Church.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Woodshires Green?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". 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. A rushed top-up by the gates of Wheelwright Lane Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Exhall: both fit.
The point: the engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one once it has been run — so ring then tell us what you saw.
The common ground in every Woodshires Green AdBlue drain
The work opens identically, whichever the situation. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Longford Engine or a side street near Salem Baptist Church, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has run. Those answers determine this work, and you hear our price on the phone, before anyone heads out.
Then that tank is drained and the system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians get there.
The last step is firing it up. Our technicians check it runs properly on clean diesel before we leave. Our engineers do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very rare if it has been spotted quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Woodshires Green and where it is
Woodshires Green is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Coventry, near the River Sowe, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. Woodshires Green sits at an elevation of around 100 metres, close to the nearby places of Longford, Rowleys Green, and Neals Green. Woodshires Green is situated approximately 3.3 miles from Coventry city centre, making it a convenient residential location. Woodshires Green has a population of around 2723 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains around Woodshires Green and across West Midlands
Rowleys Green and Neals Green get the same vans as Woodshires Green, a residential suburb, along with further towns throughout CV postcodes. A postcode starting CV6 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Longford Community Nature Park or in a car park in the middle of Woodshires Green, it doesn't need to shift. Wherever it stands, that is where it is cleared. Tricky to pin down? Close to St. Thomas or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
The one-line version
Engine not started: phone, and leave it switched off. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout West Midlands and within Woodshires Green — after you stop, switch off then phone, if it's run.