What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Birkenshaw Bottoms
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? That one question decides nearly everything else from here. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Drub, Birkenshaw Bottoms — never start a motor that has not been started yet. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out just where your vehicle stands around Birkenshaw Bottoms. Pull over the minute it is safe and turn off, if it has already run. It is a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Further down: the cases we meet, anywhere across West Yorkshire. Choose the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Birkenshaw Bottoms forecourt
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. Somewhere around Birkenshaw Bottoms, then — Whitehall Filling Station, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it can be. Only the tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has drawn it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — and so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Birkenshaw Bottoms drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it was just at the recycling that the cap got a second look. It takes place on driveways just off Bottoms Lane as regularly as anywhere.
The point: zero driving since leaves it almost as good to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Oakwell or Birkenshaw Bottoms: wherever your driveway is, that's where it is cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road around Birkenshaw Bottoms with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Norwood Drive, perhaps, or the way towards Bradford — a run of under 5 miles.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, then switch the engine off. Service stations farther along are too far: from the M62, under a mile out of Birkenshaw Bottoms, take the first junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, saying how far your vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in West Yorkshire.
In short: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and company agreements require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. Waiting for a reply in the car park at Low Moor, or beside Fiddlehead and Fernblades? Leave your car off meanwhile.
Birkenshaw Bottoms: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway out in Adwalton.
The upshot: the engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed on the outside. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: assume it got in, then leave your motor off. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain in Birkenshaw Bottoms has in common
The job opens the same way, whichever your situation. Three things come once our engineers reach your car — at a filling station, a driveway, a road by Firefighter Memorial or the car park outside Golden Fleece: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told the price, and those answers decide the job too.
Emptying the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, however long you wait. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If your engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our technicians go. Permanent damage is very unusual when it's spotted early, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy while you wait pays.
About Birkenshaw Bottoms itself
Birkenshaw Bottoms is a suburban area situated near the River Aire in West Yorkshire, with Birkenshaw Bottoms being close to the cities of Bradford and Leeds. Birkenshaw Bottoms has a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities, and Birkenshaw Bottoms is located near several nearby places including Oakwell and Swincliffe. Birkenshaw Bottoms is approximately 155 metres above sea level and Birkenshaw Bottoms is about 4.3 miles from Bradford city centre.
Birkenshaw Bottoms and West Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a residential suburb, Birkenshaw Bottoms shares its vans with the nearby towns — Birkenshaw, Swincliffe — right through BD postcodes. Fastest of all: a BD11 2 postcode for your location.
No towing is needed, be it stopped centrally in Birkenshaw Bottoms or on a lay-by heading to Gomersal Park, so leave it where it is. The van drains it in place. Phone and check instead of guessing if you're by Miners Memorial, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Motor not started: ring, leaving it alone. Run by now: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Birkenshaw Bottoms or anywhere in West Yorkshire.