AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Port Mahon, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your engine has been run since it went in. Wherever your vehicle is — Neepsend, Port Mahon — don't start a motor that hasn't run yet. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where the car stands around Port Mahon. Pull over the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. Step one remains unchanged, even though the work is bigger.
Further down: the cases our engineers meet, wherever in South Yorkshire. Pick yours.
At the petrol pump around Port Mahon: AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, nozzle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Anywhere in Port Mahon, then — Shell, JET, or somewhere else nearby.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the pump. Ask the staff to help you push the car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Port Mahon
Days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the driveway — and it was just at the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Right off St Philip's Road is not different from any other place.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is almost as good as finding out at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: keys indoors, and so nobody drives your car off first thing. Then, phone. In Netherthorpe or here in Port Mahon, the draining happens on your drive. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Port Mahon with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the fill. Possibly it was on Upperthorpe Road, maybe on the way out towards Sheffield, under a mile away.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a longer trip, once your filter and pipework have it. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first step — then switch everything off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the Tinsley Viaduct, under 5 miles from Port Mahon. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, saying how far your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the car barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right next to the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Any driver, anywhere in South Yorkshire, might do the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Stranded by Masjid Risalah or at Sheffield until someone answers, your vehicle remains switched off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Port Mahon
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Netherthorpe Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Kelham Island.
In short: spillage round your filler does the motor unharmed. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Starting the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not crank it. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier result than an already-run one drained.
What each AdBlue drain around Port Mahon has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things are asked when our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a road beside Philadelphia Wesleyan Reform Church or the car park at Philadelphia: the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Your price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and the replies set the work.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once your filter is flushed or changed, and the car is finally checked. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. Before our engineers leave, it's checked to make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. Long-term damage is very rare if it is noticed quickly, and the whole job is done where your car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Port Mahon itself
Port Mahon is a suburban area in South Yorkshire, situated on the riverside near the city of Sheffield. Port Mahon sits at an elevation of 72 metres, with the nearby city centre of Sheffield just 0.7 miles away. Port Mahon is characterized by its predominant housing type, which is flat, and is located near other suburban areas such as Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe.
Port Mahon and South Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over S postcodes, the vans covering Port Mahon — a residential suburb — work surrounding towns too, Philadelphia and Upperthorpe included. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts S6 3.
Parked heading to Ponderosa, or bang in the centre of Port Mahon, your car remains put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Draining happens right there. Ring and check instead of guessing if you're close to St Stephen's Church, on a border, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Where it hasn't started, phone and leave it off. Started already? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, across Port Mahon and South Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.