AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Fell Lane, and What to Do Next
One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Fell Lane itself or out in Bogthorn. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. In Fell Lane, such a case is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Already started? Stop once you safely can, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Below: the situations we meet, wherever in West Yorkshire. Choose the one that fits.
Fell Lane forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you took off was not the right one. Maybe you are at the the nearest petrol station, possibly at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else around Fell Lane.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the pump.
At home in Fell Lane with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Right off Fell Crescent is no less likely from anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since makes it almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles low in that tank and waits. A night standing alters none of that.
Next: prevent an early drive by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. Exley Head or Fell Lane: wherever your driveway is, that is where it gets drained. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Fell Lane: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe it was on Wheat Head Drive, perhaps on the way out towards Bradford, under 10 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. On the M606, under 10 miles from Fell Lane, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. About what distance did it go? Say so when you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the car hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is just by the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Anywhere you happen to be in West Yorkshire, any driver could slip up.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner frequently needs to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we arrive than after. Keep the vehicle switched off as the reply arrives, even if you're parked outside Keighley or near Exley Head Methodist Church.
Fell Lane: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Beckfoot Nessfield in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Holy Croft.
Put simply: spillage round the filler does your engine no harm. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank would be sucked in by firing up the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave the motor off. Ring and give what you saw: we'd sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after the engine has been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Fell Lane shares these steps
Whatever the situation, one opening is used. Filling station, drive, The Three Horses's car park or a road by St Joseph — the van comes to your vehicle, and three questions follow: what liquid, what amount, and if it ran. Answers set the work; the quote comes by phone while no one has set off yet.
Then the tank is emptied and the fuel 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, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Last come your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, we start the car. Our test that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before we head off. Our engineers do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been spotted early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Fell Lane
Fell Lane is a locality situated in a riverside setting in West Yorkshire, with an elevation of around 184 metres. Fell Lane lies approximately 8.7 miles from Bradford and is near to other local places such as Exley Head and Guard House. Fell Lane has a population of around 3452 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Fell Lane is also located about 179.3 miles from London, making it a relatively distant suburb.
Fell Lane and West Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Fell Lane is a small village, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Guard House and New Town among them, across the BD postcode area. Your location comes quickest from a postcode beginning BD22 6.
Parked en route to Lower Holme House Wood, or right in the centre of Fell Lane, the car remains where it is — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Draining happens right there. Assuming doesn't help beside Al-Amin Masjid, on a border or anywhere hard to describe; ring and check.
Your situation, summed up
Where it hasn't run, ring and leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Fell Lane and anywhere around West Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.