What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sandal
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started afterwards. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Agbrigg, Sandal — never run an engine that has not run yet. Leave your motor and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Sandal. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then turn it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Anywhere around West Yorkshire it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the pump around Sandal: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle still in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Perhaps you are at the JET, perhaps at the Asda, possibly somewhere else in Sandal.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. No pump has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits only inside that tank.
Do this: stay out of the car, even if the queue wants freeing. A few jobs: a push into a space with the staff helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Sandal drive?
On your dash, a reminder had shown all week. Bought a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. It occurs on drives just off Pinfold Lane as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle has not moved since, it's close to the forecourt case. On the bottom of the tank is where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: stop an early move by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Sandal or out in Sandal Magna. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road in Sandal with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Somewhere on Sandal Avenue or on the road to Wakefield — under 3 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger trip, once your filter and pipework have had it. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Next: find a sensible spot, stop, then turn the motor off. Sandal lies under 3 miles from the M1; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Let us hear the distance driven when you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've only driven this car a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet sits just next to your diesel. Anywhere you happen to be around West Yorkshire, any motorist can slip up.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or not — and one further step. Many hire and company agreements need the owner's approval before work.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, because settling it beforehand saves time. Stranded by Battle of Wakefield or at Sandal & Agbrigg until the firm replies, the car stays switched off the whole time.
Sandal: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Belle Isle.
Put simply: a spill near your filler does your engine no harm. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Sandal AdBlue drain
Each situation has the same opening to the job. Three things come once our technicians reach the car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by Sandal Castle or the car park at The Castle: the fluid, the amount, and if it has run. Those replies determine this work, and you hear the quote on the phone, before anyone sets off.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once the filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. Not started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Finally, we start the engine. Before our technicians go, it is checked to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very rare when it has been spotted quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Sandal itself
Sandal is a suburban area located on the riverside in West Yorkshire, sitting at an elevation of 49 metres and approximately 1.7 miles from Wakefield. Sandal is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and forms part of the wider Wakefield urban area. Sandal is close to nearby places such as Sandal Magna and Portobello, and is situated in a region with a mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
AdBlue drains around Sandal, and across West Yorkshire too
Portobello and Milnthorpe get the same vans as Sandal, a residential suburb, plus other towns over WF postcodes. A postcode starting WF2 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Sandal Castle & Park or in a car park in the middle of Sandal, it doesn't need to move. Our van drains it in place. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you are by Saint Helens, near a border, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Started by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever case, across Sandal and West Yorkshire, on 0333 366 0103.