Hodthorpe: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? This single point settles nearly everything else from here. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle like that, whether your car is — Hodthorpe or Bakestone Moor. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor both off. In Hodthorpe, such a case is generally drained and flushed on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical first step.
Match your case to one of the list below, wherever in Derbyshire you happen to be.
On a Hodthorpe forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Possibly you are at the Shell, perhaps at the Sainsbury's, possibly somewhere else around Hodthorpe.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Still inside that tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Hodthorpe drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Right off Green Lane is not different from any other place.
The point: zero miles since leaves it nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and stays there, however long it waits.
Put your keys indoors tonight — otherwise a person may drive it away first thing — then call us. Belph or Hodthorpe: whichever your drive sits, that is where it gets cleared. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Hodthorpe?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe heading for Sheffield, under 15 miles away, or just along Broad Place.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the first job — then switch everything off. Services farther along are too far: from the M1, under 5 miles out of Hodthorpe, use the next junction. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance driven when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Derbyshire.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies here — run or unrun — plus one further stage. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it beforehand saves time. Keep the car switched off while the reply arrives, whether you're waiting at Whitwell or close to Whitwell Community Centre.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Hodthorpe?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Hodthorpe Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Darfoulds.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to your engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Firing up your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
Your move: behave as though it did, and don't start the engine. Call 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.
Hodthorpe: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The work begins the same way, whichever the case. Three things are asked once our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a road beside St Lawrence, Whitwell or the car park outside The Holmfield Arms: the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those replies shape the work too.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, so it won't wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Clean diesel goes in after the filter has been flushed or changed, and your car is then checked. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it is running properly, and then we head off. Lasting damage is very rare if it's noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where your car is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Hodthorpe itself
Hodthorpe is a small village in Derbyshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 72 metres, with terraced housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Hodthorpe lies near the villages of Belph, Penny Green, and Whitwell, and is approximately 13.5 miles from Sheffield. Hodthorpe has a population of around 690 residents, who live in a rural setting that is still within commuting distance of major cities. Hodthorpe is located in the East Midlands region, about 130.5 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across Derbyshire, Hodthorpe included
Being a village, Hodthorpe has the same vans as the surrounding places — Whitwell, Penny Green — all the way across S postcodes. Quickest of all: a S80 4 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Wallingbrook Wood or in a car park in the middle of Hodthorpe, it doesn't need to shift. Where it sits, that is where it is emptied. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Whitwell Friendship Hall or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your situation, summed up
Engine not started: ring, and leave it alone. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Hodthorpe or anywhere in Derbyshire.