AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Greystones, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has been run since it got in. Over in Ecclesall or here in Greystones, an unrun engine must remain unrun. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where the vehicle sits in Greystones. Already started? Stop once safe, then switch everything off. Step one remains the same, even if the work is bigger.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around South Yorkshire it happened.
On a Greystones forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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. Be it Esso, Tesco or anywhere else in Greystones, the situation is the same.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. Phone us from the forecourt after the vehicle is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — and save the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away is drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Greystones drive?
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Driveways close to Greystones Drive see it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if the car hasn't moved since, it's almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and stays put, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Greystones or out in Greystones Cliffe. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Greystones: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the motor was running roughly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Somewhere on Greyfriars or else heading towards Sheffield — under 3 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Through your filter, along the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. It goes further with every mile driven and every restart.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then switch the engine off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M1, under 10 miles from Greystones. It won't have cleared, so there's no sense restarting to find out. Roughly what distance had it go? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It's a motor you have had for a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just beside the diesel. Across South Yorkshire, no one is safe from it.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the situations above, which turn on if it has run. Any work on your car frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Stranded by St Gabriel's Church or at Sheffield until the firm answers, your car stays switched off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Greystones
At times the fair answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of Greystones Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Brincliffe.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no damage to your engine. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the vehicle would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn the key. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Greystones has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the job. Three things come once our engineers reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a street by Ibbotson Wheel Marker Post or the car park outside The Greystones: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has run. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the price, and those answers decide the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that is why the flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If the engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The final step is starting the car. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running correctly, and then we go. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's noticed quickly, permanent damage is very unusual. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy while we travel is worthwhile.
About Greystones and where it is
Greystones is a suburban area in South Yorkshire, situated on the outskirts of Sheffield and overlooking the River Don. Greystones sits at an elevation of 182 metres, with nearby neighbourhoods including Greystones Cliffe and Banner Cross. Greystones is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, reflecting the area's development as a residential suburb of Sheffield.
AdBlue drains around Greystones, and across South Yorkshire too
Hanging Water and Banner Cross have the identical vans as Greystones, a residential suburb, plus other towns throughout S postcodes. A postcode starting S11 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Bingham Park, or bang in the heart of Greystones, your vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. We drain the car where it is. Phone and check rather than guess when you're by Nether Spurgear Wheel Marker Post, on a border, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Greystones and anywhere across South Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.