What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Brookfield
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your engine has run since it went in. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle that way, wherever the car is — Brookfield or Lower Gamesley. Usually that is draining and properly cleaning it on the spot around Brookfield — so keep your ignition and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. Pull over the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. Stage one remains the same, even though the work is bigger.
Below: the situations our engineers see, anywhere around Derbyshire. Choose yours.
Brookfield forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere in Brookfield, then — BP, Tesco, or somewhere else nearby.
In short: there is no better spot to be to discover it. Just your tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has drawn it in.
What to do: do not get back in and start it to clear the pump. A few jobs: a push into a space with the staff helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Brookfield, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning you. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the driveway — and it's just at the recycling that the cap got your eye. Houses just off Brookfield are caught out as often as anywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep your keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may take it away at breakfast — then call us. We drain it on your driveway, whether that is around Brookfield or out in Shepley Street. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Brookfield?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the top-up. It might have been heading for Manchester, under 15 miles away, or just along Oakfield Road.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. Through the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Pull in safely — that's the first job — then switch everything off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M67, under 3 miles from Brookfield. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Tell us hear the mileage driven when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week ago, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you are in Derbyshire, every motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before we get there than after. If you are stuck in the car park outside Dinting, or by Melandra Castle, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Brookfield?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. A slight ammonia-like whiff lingers near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Gamesley Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's driveway over in Woolley Bridge.
In short: a spill near your filler does your motor unharmed. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the vehicle will draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and don't start your key. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank checked is a better outcome than a run one emptied.
The common ground in each Brookfield AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere your vehicle is — The Chieftain's car park, a street by Glossop Padel, a drive, a filling station — the van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the amount, plus if the motor has turned over. Those replies decide this work, and you hear the quote on the phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of that washes out unaided. Clean diesel is put in once your filter has been cleaned or replaced, and your car is finally checked. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers arrive.
Our technicians start the engine last. Before our engineers go, it's checked to confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel. Lasting damage is very unusual when it is caught quickly, and the whole job is done where the car is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while you wait is worthwhile.
About Brookfield itself
Brookfield is a suburban area in Derbyshire, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 152 metres. Brookfield lies approximately 11 miles from Manchester and 155 miles from London, with nearby places including Shepley Street, Shaw, and Gamesley. Brookfield has a population of around 4108 people and is characterised by predominantly semi-detached housing.
AdBlue drains round Brookfield and across Derbyshire
Throughout SK postcodes, the teams covering Brookfield — a residential suburb — work nearby places as well, Shaw and Gamesley among them. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode beginning SK13 6.
Stopped heading to Hadfield St Andrews Cricket Club, or bang in the centre of Brookfield, the vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to shift it at all. Our van drains it in place. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Bishop Geoffrey Allen Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep the car off and ring. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Derbyshire and in Brookfield — after you stop, turn off then phone, if it's run.