AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Raygill, and What to Do Next
Everything hinges on one detail: whether the motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Over in Gill or right around Raygill, an unrun engine should remain unrun. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Raygill. When the motor has run, pull in safely first, then turn the vehicle off. Step one remains the same, even though the work grows.
Wherever across North Yorkshire it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
On a Raygill forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Somewhere around Raygill, then — Total, BP, or somewhere else nearby.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Just your tank has AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn any in.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Three jobs: a push into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Raygill drive?
For days the dashboard had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used at the drive. Driveways close to Winter Gap Lane get it as much as any other street.
The upshot: no miles since leaves this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and stays there, no matter how long the night.
Put your keys indoors tonight — or someone may take it away first thing — then call us. Your driveway is where it is emptied, be it in Raygill or Lothersdale. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Raygill?
A short way beyond topping up, your engine started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Mitton Lane, perhaps, or the way towards Bradford — a run of under 25 miles.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Every restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Services farther on can wait: from the M65, under 10 miles out of Raygill, take the next junction. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Any driver, wherever across North Yorkshire, might do it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many rental and fleet contracts require the owner's sign-off for work.
Do this: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, since sorting it beforehand saves time. If you are stranded in the car park at Cononley, or by Lothersdale Village Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Raygill
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia smell lingers around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. The gates of Lothersdale Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Ickornshaw.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to the engine. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start the car. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one after it's been run — so phone then tell us what you noticed.
The common ground in every Raygill AdBlue drain
The job begins identically, whichever your situation. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Hare And Hounds Inn or a side street near Bleara Lowe, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if your engine has been run. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear the price, and those answers decide the work too.
Draining your tank comes next, then a full flush — more important with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, no matter how long you wait. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers get there.
The final step is starting it. We check it runs correctly on clean diesel before we go. When it is noticed soon, the car very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Paying comes on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Raygill, for a moment
Raygill is a locality in North Yorkshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 228 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Raygill lies near the towns of Lothersdale and Bradford, with the latter being approximately 15.6 miles away. Raygill is part of a wider area that includes nearby places such as Stone Head and Spring Green. Raygill has a population of around 509 people, according to approximate estimates.
AdBlue drains across North Yorkshire, Raygill included
Raygill is a small village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Stone Head and Spring Green among them, across the BD postcode area. A postcode starting BD20 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Raygill or a layby towards Mowhole Plantation: either way it sits, your car doesn't need to move an inch for this drain. The van empties it in place. Ring and check rather than guess when you're close to Christ Church, Lothersdale, on a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine never started: phone, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Raygill and anywhere in North Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.