What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Smithies
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? That single question settles almost everything about what comes next. Out in Monk Bretton or right around Smithies, an unstarted motor must remain unrun. Leave your engine and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Smithies. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Step one remains the same, even though the job grows.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around South Yorkshire it happened.
At the pump in Smithies: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you're stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Somewhere in Smithies, then — JET, Asda, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. No pump has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
Your move: stay out of the car, even if the queue needs freeing. Get the attendants to help pushing it into a bay, hold on to the receipt, then ring us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear gets emptied where it is at the pump.
Smithies, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. Houses just off Newhill Road are caught out as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits.
Next: stop any early move by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. In Athersley South or here around Smithies, the draining happens on your driveway. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Smithies with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. Anywhere along Carlton Road or else on the road to Wakefield — under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. Distance decides how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, then switch the engine off. On the M1, under 3 miles from Smithies, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No trial starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Let us hear the mileage driven as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week back, the car was new to you. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in South Yorkshire.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or unrun — plus one further step. Any work on your car often needs the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. If you are stranded in the car park outside Barnsley, or by East Gawber Hall Colliery Fanhouse, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Smithies: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Athersley South Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Athersley North.
Put simply: a spill near the filler leaves the motor unharmed. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and don't start the engine. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked counts as a better outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Smithies: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the work. Three things are asked once we arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a road beside WWI & WWII Memorial or the car park outside The Full House: the liquid, the quantity, and if it has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those replies decide the job too.
Draining the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. Finally come the fuel filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians arrive.
Firing it up comes at the end. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it's running correctly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is noticed quickly, lasting damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Smithies, for a moment
Smithies is a suburban area in South Yorkshire, situated near several lakes and waterways at an elevation of around 90 metres. Smithies lies approximately 7.9 miles from Wakefield and is part of a larger network of residential communities that include Athersley South, New Lodge, and Honeywell. Smithies is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock and a population of around 4451 residents. Smithies is also relatively distant from London, at a distance of 153.3 miles.
Smithies and South Yorkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Smithies is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, New Lodge and Honeywell among them, across the S postcode area. Your whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning S71 1.
Parked heading to Brettas Park, or bang in the heart of Smithies, your vehicle stays where it is — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Our van empties it where it stands. Awkward to explain? Close to Kaye Pepper memorial or a county line? Asking beats guessing, and so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Smithies and anywhere across South Yorkshire on 0333 366 0103.