Escrick: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? That one point decides almost everything else from here. Wherever the vehicle is — Stillingfleet, Escrick — never start a motor that has not been started yet. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush plus a drain, done just where your vehicle stands in Escrick. Where the motor has been run, pull in safely first, then turn the vehicle off. Stage one remains unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Match what happened to one of the list below, anywhere in North Yorkshire you are.
At the pump around Escrick: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Anywhere around Escrick, then — Shell, BP, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still in your tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to free up the pump. Get the staff to help rolling it to a bay, save the receipt, then ring us from there. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Escrick drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. Just off A19 is not different from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly 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.
Put your keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone may drive it off at breakfast — then phone us. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that's around Escrick or out in Deighton. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Escrick: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up your dash. It might have been driving to York, under 10 miles away, or simply down Main Street.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. It goes further with every mile covered and every restart.
Stop safely — that is the first job — then switch everything off. Escrick lies under 15 miles from the A1(M); there, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on to the services. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Roughly what distance had it go? Tell us as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've just driven this car for days. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout North Yorkshire, nobody is immune.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies here — run or unrun — and one further stage. Work on the vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers get there than after. If you're stuck in the car park at York, or by Jubilee Memorial - Dolphin Fish Fountain, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Escrick: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of Escrick Church of England Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Acaster Malbis.
In short: spillage round the filler does the engine unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Starting the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one after it has been run — so ring then tell us what you saw.
What each AdBlue drain around Escrick has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the job. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Escrick & Deighton Club or a side street close to Escrick and Deighton Village Hall, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and whether the engine has run. Those answers settle this work, and you hear our price by phone, before anyone heads out.
Then your tank is emptied and the system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Finally are your filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. Where the motor hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
The last step is starting it. With new diesel in, it runs while we make sure it's running smoothly, and then we go. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been caught quickly. Payment is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Escrick and where it is
Escrick is a village situated on the banks of the River Ouse in North Yorkshire, with a low elevation of around 12 metres above sea level. Escrick lies approximately 6 miles south of York, close to the nearby settlements of Deighton, Crockey Hill, and Naburn. Escrick has a population of around 930 residents, predominantly living in detached housing. Escrick is located within the wider Yorkshire and the Humber region, about 168 miles north of London.
AdBlue drains across North Yorkshire, Escrick included
Crockey Hill and Naburn have the same teams as Escrick, a village, along with other places throughout YO postcodes. A postcode starting YO19 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Escrick Playing Fields or in a car park in the middle of Escrick, it does not need to shift. We drain it where it stands. Awkward to explain? Close to Queen Elizabeth II Memorial or a border? Asking beats assuming, so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car off then ring. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Escrick and anywhere in North Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.