What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in New Lodge
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This one question decides nearly everything about what comes next. Not started so far? Then keep the vehicle like that, whether the vehicle sits — New Lodge or Honeywell. Usually this means draining and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot in New Lodge — so keep your ignition and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Already run? Stop when safe, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere around South Yorkshire you happen to be.
On a New Lodge forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the Shell, or perhaps the The Co-operative, or another station in New Lodge.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants freeing. Get the attendants to help rolling it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a New Lodge drive?
For days the dash had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened on the drive. Drives close to Newland Road see it as much as anywhere.
In short: if your car has not moved since, it is almost equal to spotting it at the pump. At the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Keep the keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone might drive it off at breakfast — and call us. Out in Athersley North or right here in New Lodge, the drain happens on your drive. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around New Lodge?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Anywhere on Wakefield Road or else on the road towards Wakefield — under 10 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then switch your motor off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M1, under 3 miles from New Lodge. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. About how far did it go? Say so when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is just by the diesel cap — news to you. Throughout South Yorkshire, no one is safe from it.
The upshot: just as above, split by whether it ran, only with an added stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it beforehand cuts time. Stranded by St Helen or outside Barnsley till someone answers, your car stays turned off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, New Lodge?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of Laithes Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's drive over in Staincross.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your engine. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up the car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Do this: act as if it did, and don't start the engine. Checking a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you saw.
Every AdBlue drain around New Lodge shares these stages
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever the vehicle stands — Athersley Social Club's car park, a road beside East Gawber Hall Colliery Fanhouse, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has been run. Replies shape the job; the price comes by phone while nobody has set off yet.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Last come the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. If your engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it's running correctly, and then we leave. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been spotted early. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About New Lodge
New Lodge is a suburban area in South Yorkshire, situated approximately 7 miles from Wakefield and 154 miles from London, at an elevation of around 85 metres. New Lodge is characterised by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock and is located near other local areas such as Athersley North and Smithies. New Lodge has a population of around 4817 residents, making it a modestly sized community within the wider region.
AdBlue drains across South Yorkshire, New Lodge included
Throughout S postcodes, the vans covering New Lodge — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places too, Athersley South and Smithies included. A postcode starting S71 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked heading to New Lodge Community Park, or bang in the heart of New Lodge, your vehicle stays put — there's no need to move it at all. Wherever it stands, that's where it gets cleared. Tricky to explain? By New Lodge Community Centre or a border? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Started already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, across New Lodge and South Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.