What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Littlemoor
Everything hinges on one detail: whether your engine has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Out in Knowl or here around Littlemoor, an unstarted engine must remain unrun. Usually that means emptying and properly flushing it on the spot in Littlemoor — so keep the ignition and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. Where your motor has been run, stop safely first, then switch it off. Step one remains unchanged, even if the job grows.
Below: the situations we meet, wherever across West Yorkshire. Pick the one that fits.
Littlemoor forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. It might be the Shell, or the Esso, or another forecourt around Littlemoor.
In short: there is no better spot to be to spot it. Still in the tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — so don't get back in. Ring us from the forecourt after your car is in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then save the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away is emptied right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Littlemoor
For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it was just by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Drives close to Nettleton Road get it as much as anywhere.
The point: no driving since makes it almost equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and remains put, however long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. We drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's in Littlemoor or out in New Scarboro. Night-time empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Littlemoor?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the fill. It might have been driving for Wakefield, under 10 miles away, or just along Huddersfield Road.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. It goes deeper with every mile driven and every restart.
Next: find a safe place, stop, then turn the motor off. On the M62, under 3 miles from Littlemoor, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, so there's no point starting it again to check. Phone, and say what distance your vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the car barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right next to your diesel inlet — news to you. Throughout West Yorkshire, no one is immune.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts require the owner's sign-off for repairs.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. Keep it switched off as the answer comes, even if you're parked at Mirfield or close to St Paul's Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Littlemoor?
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think it did. Which cap was taken off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. Maybe at a friend's drive in Lower Hopton, or in a rush by Hopton Primary School at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting your car will pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Do this: act as if it got in, and never start your motor. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain around Littlemoor shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever the vehicle stands — The Railway's car park, a road beside Mirfield Library, a driveway, a forecourt — our van arrives and we ask about the fluid, the amount, plus if your motor has been run. Your price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and none of that washes out unaided. Last are the fuel filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of the vehicle. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, we fire it up. With new diesel in, it runs while we check it's running correctly, and then we head off. When it's noticed soon, the car very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Littlemoor itself
Littlemoor is a suburban area in West Yorkshire, situated near the river and characterized by semi-detached housing. Littlemoor sits at an elevation of 57 metres, approximately 8 miles from Wakefield and 163 miles from London. Littlemoor is close to nearby places such as New Scarboro, Mirfield, and Snake Hill, and has a population of around 4794 residents.
AdBlue drains round Littlemoor and across West Yorkshire
Littlemoor is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Mirfield and Snake Hill among them, across the WF postcode area. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode beginning WF14 8.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Ing Grove Park or in a car park in the middle of Littlemoor, it does not need to move. Our engineers drain it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Kingdom Hall or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout West Yorkshire and within Littlemoor — after you pull over, switch off and ring, if it has run.