AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in High Green, and What to Do Next
Everything hinges on a single detail: if the engine has been run after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not run so far? Then keep the vehicle that way, whether the car sits — High Green or Lane End. Normally this means emptying and properly cleaning it on the spot around High Green — so keep the ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then switch everything off. It is a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around South Yorkshire it happened.
High Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
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. Anywhere around High Green, then — JET, Esso, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still inside the tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it only to move away from the pump. A few things: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Stuck beside the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a High Green drive?
Days had gone by with the dash light on. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, after the fact. Right off South Road is no less likely from any other place.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. We drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's around High Green or out in Mortomley. Late-night drains beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road around High Green with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, the motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Maybe it was on Vickers Road, possibly on the way out towards Sheffield, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into your fuel system. Past the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: pick a safe spot, pull in, and switch the motor off. Service stations farther along are too far: on the M1, under 3 miles out of High Green, take the next junction. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the distance driven as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a car you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere around South Yorkshire, could do the same.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, which depend on if it's run. Many hire and fleet agreements need the owner's approval for work.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, because settling it early saves time. Keep the car switched off while the reply comes, whether you're waiting at Chapeltown or close to Angram and Bank Community Centre.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around High Green
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of Greengate Lane Academy in a rush, say, or a friend's drive over in Burncross.
In short: a spill round your filler leaves your engine unharmed. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it went in, and don't start your key. Checking a tank that proves clean is better than draining one once it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
High Green: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation has the same opening to the work. Our technicians come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Queens Head or a side street close to St Saviour, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if your engine has been run. The price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which counts 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 are your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers turn up.
Starting the car comes last. We make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we leave. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been noticed quickly. Payment is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About High Green itself
High Green is a locality in South Yorkshire, situated near the River Don and approximately 6 miles north of Sheffield. High Green has a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities, with nearby places including Mortomley, Charltonbrook, and Potter Hill. High Green is positioned at an elevation of around 133 metres, within the wider Sheffield urban area.
AdBlue drains around High Green, and across South Yorkshire too
Charltonbrook and Potter Hill have the identical vans as High Green, a small village, plus other places throughout S postcodes. A postcode starting S35 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of High Green or a layby towards Mortomley Park: either way it sits, your car never needs to shift at all for us. We drain it where it is. Tricky to explain? Close to St Mary's Catholic Club or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
Your situation, in one line
Not run yet: keep the car off and call. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, across High Green and South Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.