AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lowedges, and What to Do Next
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has been started afterwards. Not run so far? Then keep the car like that, whether the vehicle is — Lowedges or Little Norton. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor both off. In Lowedges, that is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Already started? Pull over once you safely can, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around South Yorkshire it happened.
On a Lowedges forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you opened was not the correct one. It might be the BP, or perhaps the Total, or another station around Lowedges.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants clearing. Three things: a shove into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is fine when it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Lowedges drive?
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, too late. Right off Lowedges Place is not less likely from any other place.
The upshot: zero miles since makes this nearly as good to finding it at the pump. On the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone might drive it off at breakfast — and phone us. Bowshaw or Lowedges: wherever your driveway is, that's where it gets emptied. Night-time drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Lowedges?
Filled up, drove away, and before long your engine was turning unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Lowedges Drive, perhaps, or the way towards Sheffield — a run of under 5 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Distance decides how far it goes: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. It goes deeper with each extra mile driven and each restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then turn everything off. On the M1, under 10 miles from Lowedges, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Roughly what distance had it go? Tell us when you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just had the car a week. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just next to the diesel. Any driver, anywhere across South Yorkshire, could make it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Work on your vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stuck in the car park outside Dronfield, or by The Michael Church, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Lowedges?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of Lower Meadow Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Jordanthorpe.
In short: spillage round the filler does your engine no harm. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the vehicle will pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't fire it up. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one once it has been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain in Lowedges has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere the car is — The Norton's car park, a street by Sheffield Transport Sports Club, a driveway, a forecourt — our van gets there and we ask about the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has turned over. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers shape the job.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Finally come the fuel filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Most unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians get there.
Starting the engine comes last. Before our engineers go, it's checked to confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been spotted early. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Lowedges itself
Lowedges is a suburban area situated approximately 4.2 miles southwest of Sheffield city centre, at an elevation of around 174 metres. Lowedges forms part of the larger Sheffield urban area, with nearby places including Bowshaw, Batemoor, and Greenhill. Lowedges is characterised by its predominant housing type, which is flat. Lowedges is located inland, about 137.6 miles north of London.
Lowedges and South Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Batemoor and Greenhill have the identical vans as Lowedges, a residential suburb, plus further towns over S postcodes. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts S8 7.
No towing is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Lowedges or on a layby heading to Greenhill Park, and so keep it put. Our technicians drain the car where it stands. Tricky to explain? Close to Batemoor & Jordanthorpe Community Centre or a border? Asking beats guessing, and so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Motor never started: ring, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Lowedges and anywhere in South Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.