AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Camp Field, and What to Do Next
All of it hinges on a single fact: whether your engine has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Camp Field itself or out in Pottery Field. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where the car stands around Camp Field. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across West Yorkshire it happened.
Camp Field forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you're standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It could be the JET, or the Shell, or a different station around Camp Field.
Put simply: no better spot to be to spot it. Still inside your tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the queue wants freeing. A few things: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it cannot be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Camp Field
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the driveway. It occurs on driveways just off Wharf Approach as often as anywhere.
The point: zero miles since leaves it almost equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop any early-morning move by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. Your drive is where it gets drained, whether around Camp Field or Granary Wharf. Night-time clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Camp Field: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, drove away, and before long your engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Anywhere along David Street or else heading towards Leeds — under a mile away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a longer run, once your filter and lines have had it. It travels deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then turn your motor off. Camp Field lies under a mile from the M621; there, pull off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About how far had it gone? Say so when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
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 car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be in West Yorkshire, any driver could slip up.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added step. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we get there than after. Stuck by Little Chimney or outside Leeds until the firm answers, the car stays turned off the whole time.
Camp Field: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear memory of the cap. Look familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Lane End Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Steander.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. Starting the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
Next: act as though it got in, then keep your motor off. Phone and give what you saw: we'd sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after the motor has run.
Each AdBlue drain around Camp Field shares these steps
No matter the situation, one start applies. Three things are asked when our engineers reach the car — on a filling station, a driveway, a road by A Common Thread or the car park at The Midnight Bell: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Replies set the job; the price comes by phone while no one has set off yet.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Next is your filter — flushed, or replaced when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. Our test that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very uncommon if it has been noticed quickly. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Camp Field, for a moment
Camp Field is a suburban area located on the riverside in West Yorkshire, sitting at an elevation of 30 metres and close to the city centre of Leeds. Camp Field is characterized by its predominant housing type, which is flat, and is situated near other notable places such as Granary Wharf and Holbeck. Camp Field has a population of approximately 4505 residents and is a short distance from the city of Leeds, being only 0.6 miles away. Camp Field is also relatively distant from London, at around 168.7 miles away.
AdBlue drains round Camp Field and across West Yorkshire
Being a residential suburb, Camp Field has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Leeds, Holbeck — all the way across LS postcodes. Telling us your LS11 5 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Verona Square or in a car park in the middle of Camp Field, it doesn't need to shift. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets emptied. Tricky to pin down? By Verona Tower or a border? Asking is better than assuming, and so phone.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep the car off and call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Camp Field and anywhere across West Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.