AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bawtry: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it got in. Wherever the vehicle stands — Scrooby, Bawtry — don't start an engine that has not been started yet. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out just where the car sits in Bawtry. Already started? Pull over once you safely can, then turn it off. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening step.
Below: the situations our engineers see, anywhere across South Yorkshire. Pick yours.
At the pump in Bawtry: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Whether Esso, another forecourt nearby or anywhere else around Bawtry, the case is identical.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. No pump has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue stays only inside your tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Ring us from the forecourt once the car is in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and keep the bottle. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Bawtry drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened on the driveway. Right off Tickhill Road is no less likely from any other place.
The point: no miles since leaves it almost equal to finding it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Put the keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person might take it off first thing — and call us. In Austerfield or here around Bawtry, the drain is done at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road in Bawtry with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two beyond filling up, your motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Perhaps it was on High Street, maybe on the way out towards Doncaster, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue in. Through the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a sensible place, pull in, and switch the motor off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the A1(M), under 3 miles from Bawtry. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, and say how far the car was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a car you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just by your diesel cap — news to you. Wherever you happen to be in South Yorkshire, any driver could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Any work on the car often requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Stuck by St Nicholas or outside Doncaster till someone answers, the vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Bawtry?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. A slight ammonia whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Bircotes, or in a rush outside Bawtry Mayflower Primary School at the school run.
In short: spillage near your filler does your motor no harm. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting your car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Assume it was put in, and never start the key. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
What every AdBlue drain around Bawtry has in common
The work opens identically, whatever your case. Three things are asked when we reach your car — at a filling station, a driveway, a street by Bawtry Community Library or the car park outside Turn Pike: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has run. Those answers settle this work, and you get the quote on the phone, before anybody heads out.
Emptying the tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. Then is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, our engineers fire it up. Our engineers make sure it runs smoothly on new diesel before we go. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it is noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. 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 cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Bawtry itself
Bawtry is a town situated on the banks of the River Idle in South Yorkshire, with a population of around 3408 people. Bawtry sits at a low elevation of 16 metres, close to the nearby villages of Austerfield and Scaftworth. Bawtry is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is located near the city of Doncaster, approximately 7.9 miles away. Bawtry is also within commuting distance of larger cities, being around 138 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across South Yorkshire, Bawtry included
Scaftworth and Newington get the identical vans as Bawtry, a riverside town, along with further places throughout DN postcodes. A postcode starting DN10 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Memorial Sports Ground or in a car park in the middle of Bawtry, it does not need to move. Where it sits, that's where it gets emptied. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're by St Helena, on a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Engine never started: ring, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Bawtry and anywhere across South Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.