Cliffe: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? This single question decides nearly everything about what comes next. Not started so far? Then leave it that way, wherever the vehicle sits — Cliffe or Hemingbrough. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine still off. Across Cliffe, such a case is generally drained and cleaned on the spot. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn everything off. A larger job, then, but the same first move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around North Yorkshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Cliffe forecourt
Only now, nozzle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Anywhere around Cliffe, then — JET, Esso, or anywhere else nearby.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Only your tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn it in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to run it — and so don't get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after your car sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then save the bottle. Can't move it beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place.
Cliffe, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It occurs on drives just off York Road as frequently as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in the tank and stays. A night standing changes nothing.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — or someone might take it away first thing — and phone us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Cliffe or out in Lund. Late-night clears outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Cliffe with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Hull Road, perhaps, or the route towards York — a trip of under 15 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue in. Past the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, then switch the engine off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the Ouse Bridge, under 10 miles out of Cliffe, use the next junction. No test restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Phone, and say what distance your vehicle was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a car you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across North Yorkshire.
The upshot: just as above, divided by if it ran, only with one added stage. Plenty of rental and company agreements need the owner's approval before repairs.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Selby, or by Cliffe Village Institute, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Cliffe
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been at a friend's drive in South Duffield, or rushing by Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary School on the school run.
The point: your motor is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn the key. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Cliffe AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Our engineers come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at New Inn or a side street close to St. Andrew, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has been run. Replies set the work; the price follows on the call while no one has set off yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where the engine hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our test that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our technicians head off. When it is noticed quickly, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Cliffe
Cliffe is a village in North Yorkshire, situated inland near the city of York. Cliffe sits at a low elevation of around 6 metres, close to the nearby settlements of Lund and Newhay. Cliffe is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is located within a short distance of Cliffe Common. Cliffe is a relatively small community, with a population of approximately 942 residents.
AdBlue drains across North Yorkshire, Cliffe included
Cliffe is a rural village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Newhay and Cliffe Common among them, across the YO postcode area. A postcode starting YO8 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Cliffe or a layby towards The Decoy: either way it sits, the car never needs to move an inch for the drain. Our engineers drain the car where it sits. Guessing won't help beside St Mary the Virgin, on a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
Your situation, in one line
Where it hasn't run, phone then leave it off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout North Yorkshire and within Cliffe — once you pull over, switch off then phone, if it's run.