What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Meadow Hall
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has run since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around Meadow Hall itself or out in Blackburn. Usually that is emptying and thoroughly purging it right there in Meadow Hall — and so keep the key and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. When the motor has run, stop safely first, then switch it off. Step one remains the same, even though the work grows.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around South Yorkshire it happened.
On a Meadow Hall forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you're stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Whether Sainsbury's, JET or anywhere else in Meadow Hall, the case is the same.
Put simply: there is no better place to be to discover it. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays only in that tank.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt after your car is in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — and keep the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home around Meadow Hall with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it was just by the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Homes just off West View Road are hit as much as anywhere else.
In short: if your car has not moved since, it's almost equal to spotting it at the forecourt. On the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: keys indoors, and so no one drives your vehicle off first thing. Then, phone. In Hill Top or right here around Meadow Hall, the drain happens on your driveway. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Meadow Hall?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was running roughly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Maybe it was on Poucher Street, maybe on the way out towards Sheffield, under 5 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger run, after the fuel filter and lines have it. Every restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Next: pick a sensible spot, stop, then switch your engine off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M1, under a mile from Meadow Hall. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point restarting to find out. About how far had it go? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right next to your diesel inlet — news to you. Any driver, wherever around South Yorkshire, could make the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Work on the vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Leave it off while the reply comes, whether you are waiting at Meadowhall or near Brutus.
Meadow Hall: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of Meadow View Primary School, or a call to a friend in Jordon: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Phone with what you saw: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one after the engine has been run.
Meadow Hall: what every AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, a single start is used. Wherever the vehicle stands — The Hill Top Hotel's car park, a street by Revolutions, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the quantity, and whether the engine has turned over. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the job.
Then that tank is emptied and the system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers arrive.
Finally, our engineers start the car. Our technicians make sure it runs smoothly on new diesel before leaving. When it is spotted soon, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Meadow Hall and where it is
Meadow Hall is a locality situated on the riverside in South Yorkshire, with an elevation of around 110 metres. Meadow Hall lies approximately 4 miles from Sheffield and is part of the larger urban area surrounding the city. Meadow Hall has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most prevalent. Meadow Hall is located near other localities such as Hill Top and Richmond Park, and is about 143 miles north of London.
Meadow Hall and South Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Richmond Park and Jordan have the identical teams as Meadow Hall, a small village, along with other towns over S postcodes. A postcode starting S61 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Meadow Hall or a layby near Walkworth Wood: either way it is, the vehicle never needs to move at all for us. Wherever it stands, that's where it is drained. Ring and check rather than guess when you are by Two Dinners Ignatiu, near a border, or anywhere awkward to explain.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off and ring. Started by now? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, in Meadow Hall and South Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.