AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Jordanthorpe: What Now?
All of it hinges on one fact: if the engine has been run since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your car is — Jordanthorpe or Lowedges. Call 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. In Jordanthorpe, that is typically emptied and flushed on the spot. Already started? Pull over once safe, then turn it off. It's a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Wherever across South Yorkshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Jordanthorpe forecourt
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the cap you opened was not the correct one. Whether BP, Total or anywhere else around Jordanthorpe, the situation is the same.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it can be. Just your tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the pump needs clearing. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine when it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Jordanthorpe, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the driveway — and it was only at the bin that the cap got a second look. Driveways near Jordanthorpe View see it as much as any other street.
The point: zero driving since leaves this nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops low inside that tank and waits. One night parked changes none of that.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person may drive it off first thing — then call us. Norton or Jordanthorpe: wherever your driveway sits, that is where it is emptied. Late-night drains beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Jordanthorpe: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Jordanthorpe Parkway, possibly on the way out towards Sheffield, under 5 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger run, once the filter and pipework have had it. More driving, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. Jordanthorpe sits under 10 miles from the M1; there, come off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just had this vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. Anyone, anywhere around South Yorkshire, could do the same.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the situations above, which turn on if it's run. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Keep the vehicle off while the reply arrives, even if you're waiting outside Dronfield or close to Graves Health and Sports Centre.
Jordanthorpe: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Look familiar? The gates of Lower Meadow Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's drive out in Backmoor.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to your engine. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the car will pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it got in, and never start your engine. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats draining one after it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain around Jordanthorpe has in common
Every case gets the same opening to the work. Three questions are asked once our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a road by Leisure United Sheffield Graves or the car park at The Norton: the liquid, the amount, and if it has been started. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told the price, and those answers shape the work too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because crystals build up and some metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running properly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and when it's spotted soon, lasting damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into plenty of policies.
About Jordanthorpe itself
Jordanthorpe is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, sitting near the River Sheaf at an elevation of around 171 metres. Jordanthorpe is characterized by its predominantly flat housing stock and is situated close to nearby places such as Norton and Batemoor. Jordanthorpe has a population of approximately 2670 residents and is within a short distance of Sheffield city centre, around 3.9 miles away. Jordanthorpe is also relatively close to the national motorway network, with London being around 137.6 miles to the south.
AdBlue drains round Jordanthorpe and across South Yorkshire
Batemoor and Little Norton have the identical teams as Jordanthorpe, a residential suburb, along with other places throughout S postcodes. Giving us your S8 8 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Jordanthorpe Plantation or in a car park in the middle of Jordanthorpe, it does not need to move. We drain it where it is. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're close to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, near a boundary, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave the car that way then ring. Run already: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Jordanthorpe or anywhere across South Yorkshire.