Ryelands: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your engine has been run since it got in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Ryelands itself or out in Blackmarstone. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Ryelands. Already started? Pull over when safe, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere across Herefordshire you happen to be.
At the petrol pump around Ryelands: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Possibly you're at the Sainsbury's, possibly at the Shell, maybe somewhere else around Ryelands.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs clearing. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it to a bay, save the receipt, then phone us right there. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
Ryelands, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Picked up a container, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, too late. Just off Chandos Street is not different from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside that tank and waits. One night standing alters none of that.
Next: stop any early-morning drive by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it around Ryelands or Broomy Hill. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Ryelands with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving to Hereford, under a mile away, or simply along Kernal Road.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through the filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Do this: pull up anywhere sensible, then switch the motor off. Ryelands sits under 15 miles from the M50; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on for the services. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the distance covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is just next to the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Anyone, anywhere around Herefordshire, could do the same.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts too — run or unrun — plus one further step. The owner frequently needs to sign off the work, under many hire and company contracts.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, because settling it early cuts time. Hanging on for a reply in the car park outside Hereford, or near Museum of Cider? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
Ryelands: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. What cap was taken off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of Lord Scudamore Primary Academy in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Hunderton.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no damage to your engine. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start it. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Ryelands AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three questions come once our engineers arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a road by Bulmer's Woodpecker Statue or the car park at Plough Inn: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has been started. Your price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the job.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out on its own; that is why a full flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once your filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is then checked. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment we arrive.
Finally, our engineers start it. Our check that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers head off. When it is caught soon, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it 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, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Ryelands
Ryelands is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Herefordshire, with a mix of terraced housing and a population of around 5303 residents. Ryelands lies close to the city of Hereford, approximately 0.4 miles away, and is near other local areas such as Broomy Hill and Moorfields. Ryelands has an elevation of 57 metres above sea level, making it a relatively low-lying area. Ryelands is located in the West Midlands region, about 117.4 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains across Herefordshire, Ryelands included
Over HR postcodes, the vans serving Ryelands — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places too, Moorfields and Hereford among them. A postcode starting HR4 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Ryelands or a layby near Millennium Garden: either way it is, the car never needs to move at all for this drain. Wherever it sits, that is where it is cleared. Assuming won't help beside Herefordshire Council, close to a border or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Leave the car that way and phone. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Ryelands or anywhere in Herefordshire.