What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Rotherham
All of it turns on a single fact: if your motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Rotherham itself or out in New York. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. In Rotherham, such a case is typically drained and flushed where it stands. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical opening move.
Further down: the cases we meet, wherever around South Yorkshire. Choose yours.
At the petrol pump in Rotherham: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Somewhere around Rotherham, then — Tesco, JET, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Only your tank holds AdBlue; not one component past it has taken any in.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Rotherham, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Drives close to High Street see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle has not moved since, it's second to the forecourt case. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles low inside your tank and waits. A night standing alters none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Rotherham or out in Thorn Hill. Night-time drains beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Rotherham: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Somewhere along Doncaster Gate or heading to Sheffield — under 10 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Every restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the next job — then turn everything off. Services further along can wait: from the M1, under 3 miles out of Rotherham, use the first junction. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Phone, and say how far your vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week ago, it was unknown to you. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was just beside your diesel. Throughout South Yorkshire, nobody is immune.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, only with one added step. Many rental and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off for repairs.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, since settling it beforehand cuts time. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Rotherham Central, or beside Central Snooker Club? Leave the car off throughout.
Rotherham: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of St Ann's Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's driveway over in Clifton.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't touch your motor at all. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not start the car. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked is a happier outcome than a run one drained.
Every AdBlue drain around Rotherham shares these stages
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever the vehicle is — The Mail Coach's car park, a road by Rotherham Minster, a driveway, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask about the fluid, the amount, plus if the engine has been run. Those answers decide the work, and you get our price on the phone, before anyone heads out.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers arrive.
The last step is starting the car. Before our technicians leave, it is tested to make sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual if it has been caught quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while we travel pays.
About Rotherham and where it is
Rotherham is a town situated in a riverside location in South Yorkshire, England. Rotherham is positioned where two significant rivers meet, giving the town its distinctive character. The town's setting has influenced its development and it is now a major urban centre in the area. Rotherham is a notable settlement with a rich history.
AdBlue drains in Rotherham, and across South Yorkshire too
Rotherham is a riverside town, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, St Anns and Northfield among them, across the S postcode area. A postcode starting S65 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, be it parked centrally in Rotherham or on a lay-by en route to Minster Gardens, so leave it where it is. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets emptied. Ring and ask rather than guess when you're close to Empire Theatre, on a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave the car off then ring. Run already? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, in Rotherham and South Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.