AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Roos: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the motor has been run since it went in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Roos itself or out in Owstwick. Leave the engine and the ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Roos. Pull over the minute you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. It is a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever around East Riding of Yorkshire you are.
At the petrol pump in Roos: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle still in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Be it Murco, Burstwick Service Station or somewhere else in Roos, the case is identical.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken any in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to move away from the pump. A few things: a shove into a space with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets drained where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Roos drive?
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Drives near Main Street get it as much as anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it almost as good to finding it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and remains there, no matter how long the night.
Your move: keys indoors, and so nobody takes the vehicle off at breakfast. Then, phone. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that's in Roos or out in North End. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Roos: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Anywhere along Pilmar Lane or else heading to Kingston upon Hull — under 15 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Distance decides how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more starts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Services further on can wait: from the M180, under 25 miles out of Roos, take the first junction. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far the vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You have only had the vehicle a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right by the diesel inlet — news to you. Across East Riding of Yorkshire, nobody is safe from it.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, only with one added stage. Any work on your car often requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it beforehand cuts time. Hanging on for an answer in the car park at the nearest station, or beside Roos Memorial Institute? Keep the car off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Roos
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is 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 Roos Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Rimswell.
In short: spillage round the filler does the motor no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn the engine. Phone and give what you saw: we'd sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after your motor has been run.
The common ground in every Roos AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Black Horse or a side street near Roos All Saints Church, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and whether your motor has been run. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told our quote, and those answers shape the job too.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals form and certain metals are attacked, and none of it rinses out unaided. Finally come your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Where your engine hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Lastly, we fire it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it's running properly, and then we leave. Our technicians do the entire job where your car is, and long-term damage is very rare if it has been spotted quickly. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into plenty of policies.
About Roos, for a moment
Roos is a small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated near the coast and approximately 11.8 miles from Kingston upon Hull. Roos has a population of around 819 people and is characterised by detached housing. Roos sits at a low elevation of 15 metres, close to nearby places such as North End, Tunstall, and Halsham.
AdBlue drains across East Riding of Yorkshire, Roos included
Roos is a coastal village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Tunstall and Halsham among them, across the HU postcode area. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts HU12 0.
Central Roos or a lay-by near Roos Cricket Ground: wherever it is, your car never needs to move an inch for this drain. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it sits. Tricky to pin down? By All Saints Parish Church or a county line? Asking is better than assuming, and so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way and phone. Run by now: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Roos or anywhere across East Riding of Yorkshire.