AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Salendine Nook: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it went in. Wherever the car is — Snow Lea, Salendine Nook — never start an engine that has not run yet. Normally that means emptying and thoroughly flushing it on the spot around Salendine Nook — and so leave the key and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A larger job, yes, but the same first step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around West Yorkshire it happened.
Salendine Nook forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Somewhere in Salendine Nook, then — BP, METRO, or anywhere else close by.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Still in the tank, with nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Have the attendants to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us right there. Can't move the car by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Salendine Nook drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it was only by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Driveways near Moor Hill Road get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car has not moved since, it's close to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and stays put, however long it waits.
Next: the keys in the house, and so no one takes your vehicle anywhere at breakfast. Then, phone. Longwood Edge or Salendine Nook: whichever your driveway is, that is where it gets emptied. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Salendine Nook?
A mile or two beyond topping up, the engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Moor Hill Court, perhaps, or the way to Bradford — a trip of under 10 miles.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. Through the filter, along the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Service stations farther along are too far: from the M62, under a mile out of Salendine Nook, take the first junction. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the mileage driven when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a motor you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right by the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in West Yorkshire.
In short: one extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on if it's run. Any work on the car often needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Stranded near Salendine Nook Baptist Church or at Lockwood until someone answers, the car stays switched off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Salendine Nook?
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think it did. What cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of Moorlands Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's driveway over in Lower Hirst.
Meaning? Drips around the filler never reach your engine at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Any AdBlue in the tank would be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and don't start the engine. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank checked counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain in Salendine Nook has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things are asked once our technicians reach your car — at a filling station, a driveway, a road by Parkwood Methodist Church or the car park at The Dusty Miller: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers set the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Where the motor hasn't been started, expect about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Finally, our technicians start it. Before our technicians go, it is tested to confirm it runs properly on new diesel. When it's caught early, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Salendine Nook itself
Salendine Nook is a suburban area in West Yorkshire, situated near the River Colne and overlooking the surrounding countryside from an elevation of 244 metres. Salendine Nook is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock and is located near several nearby places, including Longwood Edge and Mount. Salendine Nook is approximately 9.9 miles from Bradford and 165 miles from London, making it a commuter-friendly location.
AdBlue drains in Salendine Nook, and across West Yorkshire too
Salendine Nook is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Mount and Upper Hirst among them, across the HD postcode area. A postcode starting HD3 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Hirst Wood or in a car park in the middle of Salendine Nook, it does not need to shift. The drain is done right there. Ring and ask rather than guess when you're by Haigh Cross, on a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off and ring. Run by now? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Salendine Nook and West Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.