AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Honeywell: What Now?
Everything hinges on a single detail: if your motor has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is in Honeywell itself or out in Barnsley. Usually this is emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot around Honeywell — and so keep your ignition and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. When your motor has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch the vehicle off. A larger job, yes, yet the same first move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around South Yorkshire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Honeywell forecourt
Just now, bottle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Possibly you are at the Asda, maybe at the Gulf, maybe somewhere else in Honeywell.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Still in your tank, and nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Three jobs: a push into a bay with the staff helping, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Honeywell, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had shown all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Homes just off Rockingham Street get caught out as often as everywhere else.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not moved since, it is close to the pump case. On the bottom of that tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Next: keys in the house, so no one takes your vehicle anywhere first thing. Then, ring. In Smithies or here in Honeywell, the drain happens on your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Honeywell with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Perhaps it was on Smithies Lane, possibly on the way out towards Wakefield, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn the motor off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the M1, under 3 miles out of Honeywell, take the next junction. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just driven this vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Across South Yorkshire, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Many rental and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Leave it switched off as the answer comes, whether you're waiting at Barnsley or near Giraffe.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Honeywell?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Look familiar? Maybe on a friend's driveway in Gateway Plaza, or in a rush outside Wilthorpe Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to your motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Starting the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
Next: assume it went in, and leave your engine off. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
Honeywell: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation has the same start to the work. Forecourt, drive, The Honeywell's car park or a street beside Emmanuel Methodist — the van comes to the car, and three questions come next: what liquid, what quantity, and if it ran. Those answers settle this work, and you hear our price on the phone, before anybody heads out.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which counts 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. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
We start the engine at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it is running properly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is spotted early, long-term damage is very unusual. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Honeywell itself
Honeywell is a suburban area situated near several lakes in South Yorkshire, with an elevation of around 77 metres. Honeywell lies approximately 8 miles from Wakefield and 153 miles from London, forming part of a network of residential communities that include Smithies, Old Town, and Wilthorpe. Honeywell has a population of around 3523 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing.
Honeywell and South Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Old Town and Wilthorpe get the same vans as Honeywell, a residential suburb, along with further places over S postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning S71 1.
Centre of Honeywell or a lay-by towards Barnsley College Sports Fields: wherever it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for us. Our engineers drain the car where it is. Tricky to explain? Close to Quaker Meeting House or a border? Checking beats assuming, and so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Where it has not started, phone then keep it off. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, in Honeywell and South Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.