What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Armthorpe
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it was put in. Out in Cantley or right in Armthorpe, an unrun motor should stay that way. Leave your motor and the ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Armthorpe. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Wherever in South Yorkshire it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the pump in Armthorpe: AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, bottle still in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Whether Jet, Sainsbury's or somewhere else around Armthorpe, the situation is identical.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. Only that tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has drawn any in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Three things: a shove into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away gets cleared where it is at the pump.
At home around Armthorpe with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened on the drive. Driveways close to Doncaster Road get it as much as any other street.
In short: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it's almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone might take it away at breakfast — and call us. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that's in Armthorpe or out in Nutwell. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Armthorpe?
A short way after filling up, your motor began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Barton Road, perhaps, or the route towards Doncaster — a trip of under 5 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. Through your filter, along the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the injection pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: pull up somewhere sensible, then switch your engine off. Exit at the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M18, under 3 miles from Armthorpe. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Phone, saying how far the vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've just driven the vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Anywhere you are around South Yorkshire, every motorist can slip up.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. If you are stuck in the car park at Kirk Sandall, or by St Leonard & St Mary, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Armthorpe?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe on a friend's driveway in Old Cantley, or rushing outside Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary Academy on the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never reach the motor at all. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the car. 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.
What every AdBlue drain in Armthorpe has in common
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Three questions are asked once our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a road by Armthorpe Leisure Centre or the car park outside The Wheatsheaf: the liquid, the quantity, and whether it has been started. Your price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
Then the tank is emptied and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which counts 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. Then is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Where your engine hasn't been started, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most jobs.
The final step is starting the engine. Our engineers check it runs smoothly on clean diesel before we leave. Our technicians do the whole job where the car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been spotted soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Armthorpe, for a moment
Armthorpe is a village in South Yorkshire, situated near the town of Doncaster and close to the villages of Nutwell and Edenthorpe. Armthorpe lies at an elevation of 17 metres, in a relatively low-lying area of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Armthorpe has a population of approximately 2670 people, with a predominance of semi-detached housing. Armthorpe is located about 3 miles from Doncaster and 145 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across South Yorkshire, Armthorpe included
As a rural village, Armthorpe has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Wheatley Hills, Edenthorpe — all the way across DN postcodes. Your location is clearest from a postcode that starts DN3 3.
Stopped en route to Miners Memorial Garden - Markham Main, or bang in the heart of Armthorpe, the vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to move it at all. The van empties it in place. Assuming won't help beside Our Lady of Sorrows, close to a county line or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, phone then keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Armthorpe and anywhere around South Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.