AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Silver Royd Hill: What Now?
Everything turns on a single detail: whether the motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not run yet? Then keep it that way, wherever the vehicle sits — Silver Royd Hill or Upper Wortley. Leave the motor and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Silver Royd Hill. Already run? Stop when you safely can, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Wherever across West Yorkshire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the petrol pump around Silver Royd Hill: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you took off wasn't the right one. Perhaps you're at the BP, maybe at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else around Silver Royd Hill.
The point: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. Still in that tank, with nothing pulled through: that is where the AdBlue is.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Phone us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will help push it — and save the receipt. Can't move it by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, and so we can drain the vehicle in place.
At home in Silver Royd Hill with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it's only by the recycling that the cap got a second look. Drives near Silver Royd Place get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as your car has not moved since, it's close to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Put your keys indoors overnight — or a person may take it off at breakfast — and phone us. Our engineers drain the car on your drive, whether that's in Silver Royd Hill or out in Farnley. Our equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Silver Royd Hill?
A short way after topping up, the engine started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Perhaps it was on Silver Royd Avenue, maybe on the way out towards Leeds, under 3 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. It has been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. It goes deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Silver Royd Hill lies under 3 miles from the M621; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pushing on to the services. It won't have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to find out. Call us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had this car hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right by the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across West Yorkshire.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Bramley (West Yorkshire), or near Armley leeds council office? Leave the engine off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Silver Royd Hill
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Whingate Primary School, or on a friend's drive in New Blackpool.
Meaning? Drips around the filler don't reach the motor at all. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start the engine. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Silver Royd Hill: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, one opening applies. Three questions are asked when our technicians reach your car — at a forecourt, a drive, a road by Cow Close Community Corner or the car park outside The Brick: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those replies decide the work too.
Then your tank is cleared and the system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in once your filter is cleaned or changed, and the car is then tested. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Finally, our engineers start it. Before our engineers go, it is checked to confirm it runs correctly on new diesel. Our engineers do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been caught early. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Silver Royd Hill and where it is
Silver Royd Hill is a suburban area situated near the outskirts of Leeds, with its lakeside setting and relatively low elevation of 75 metres. Silver Royd Hill lies close to several nearby places, including Farnley, Gamble Hill, and Carr Crofts, and is approximately 2.5 miles from the city centre of Leeds. Silver Royd Hill has a population of around 6709 people, predominantly residing in terraced housing.
AdBlue drains across West Yorkshire, Silver Royd Hill included
Being a residential suburb, Silver Royd Hill shares its vans with the surrounding places — Carr Crofts, Gamble Hill — right across LS postcodes. Quickest of all: a LS12 4 postcode for where you stand.
Central Silver Royd Hill or a lay-by near Wortley Football Club: wherever it sits, the car never needs to move at all for the drain. Our technicians drain it where it stands. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're close to New Whingate Methodist Church, on a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Leave the car that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Silver Royd Hill and anywhere in West Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.