Marfleet: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor run since the AdBlue was put in? This one point settles nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Marfleet itself or out in Neat Marsh. Leave the engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Marfleet. Stop the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has been run. Stage one remains the same, even if the job is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across East Riding of Yorkshire it happened.
Marfleet forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
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 BP, possibly at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else in Marfleet.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. Still in that tank, with no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no reason to start it — and so don't get back in. Three things: a shove into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets drained right at the petrol pump.
Marfleet, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the drive — and it was just by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Homes just off Marfleet Lane get hit as much as anywhere else.
The point: zero miles since leaves this nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low inside your tank and stays. One night parked alters nothing.
Put your keys in the house tonight — or someone may take it away first thing — and call us. Your drive is where it is drained, whether around Marfleet or Great Field. The pumping kit runs quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
On the road in Marfleet with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Somewhere along Marfleet Avenue or else heading to Kingston upon Hull — under 3 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Distance sets how deep it goes: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that is the next step — then switch everything off. On the M180, under 15 miles from Marfleet, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Call, saying how far your car went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just had the car a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets are side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across East Riding of Yorkshire.
In short: one extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for a reply at the car park outside Hull, or near St. Giles'? Keep the car off meanwhile.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Marfleet
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Marfleet Primary Academy in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive out in Hay Marsh.
The point: your motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Turning on the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Marfleet: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, one start is used. Anywhere the car stands — Crown's car park, a road by Hull Kingston Rovers RFC, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks for the fluid, the quantity, plus whether the motor has been run. Those answers settle the work, and you hear the price on the phone, before anybody heads out.
Then your tank is emptied and your system rinsed 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. Then comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the engine comes at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it is running correctly, and then we leave. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been spotted quickly. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Marfleet and where it is
Marfleet is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Kingston upon Hull, near the coast in East Riding of Yorkshire. Marfleet sits at a low elevation of around 4 metres, close to nearby places such as Great Field and Sutton Ings. Marfleet has a mix of housing types, but predominantly features terraced homes, and is home to a population of approximately 1553 residents. Marfleet is situated near the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is about 2.4 miles away.
Marfleet and East Riding of Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Mile House and Sutton Ings get the identical teams as Marfleet, a residential suburb, plus further towns throughout HU postcodes. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts HU9 5.
Parked heading to Fenners Recreation Ground, or right in the heart of Marfleet, your vehicle stays where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. The drain is done on the spot. Phone and ask rather than guess when you're close to Sewell Group Craven Park Stadium, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave it off then ring. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout East Riding of Yorkshire and in Marfleet — after you stop, turn off and ring, if it has run.