--- title: Smithy Moor: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/smithy-moor-south-yorkshire/ location: Smithy Moor county: South Yorkshire latitude: 53.486740 longitude: -1.613690 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-17 --- # What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Smithy Moor What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the motor has run since it was put in. Wherever your car stands — Pot House, Smithy Moor — never start an engine that has not been started yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor still off. Across Smithy Moor, that is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Pull over the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has been run. A larger job, yes, but the same first move. Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around South Yorkshire it happened. ## Smithy Moor forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. It might be the JET, or perhaps the Murco, or another forecourt around Smithy Moor. In short: no better spot exists to spot it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in. Do this: stay out of the car, even if the queue needs clearing. A few things: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt. ## At home around Smithy Moor with AdBlue in the diesel tank For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Bought a container, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, after the fact. Drives close to Manchester Road see it as much as any other street. Meaning? Provided the car has not been driven since, it's second to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that. Put your keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person may drive it off first thing — then call us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it in Smithy Moor or Garden Village. Our pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night. ## Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Smithy Moor? Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Winston Avenue, perhaps, or the route to Sheffield — a run of under 10 miles. In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. Distance decides how deep it gets: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further. Pull in safely — that's the first job — then turn everything off. Smithy Moor lies under 10 miles from the M1; there, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Roughly how far had it gone? Say so as you call. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank You have just had the car for days. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around South Yorkshire. In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it's run. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's approval before repairs. Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, since sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Penistone, or beside Smithy Moor Community Centre? Keep the engine off meanwhile. ## Smithy Moor: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? At times the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School, or a call to a friend in Shay House: either fits. The upshot: your engine isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the outside. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by starting the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case. Next: assume it got in, and leave your motor off. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one once it has been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw. ## What every AdBlue drain around Smithy Moor has in common Every situation has the same opening to the work. Wherever your vehicle is — The Friendship's car park, a street by Coppice Close, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has turned over. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those replies decide the job too. Then the tank is emptied and the fuel 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. Then is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. Never started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs. Our technicians start the car at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running properly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it's caught early, long-term damage is very uncommon. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies. ## About Smithy Moor itself Smithy Moor is a suburban area situated near several lakes in South Yorkshire, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Smithy Moor sits at an elevation of around 170 metres, approximately 9 miles north of Sheffield. Smithy Moor is close to nearby places such as Garden Village and Stocksbridge, and is part of the wider Sheffield urban area. Smithy Moor has a population of around 1416 people, living in a predominantly residential community. ## AdBlue drains around Smithy Moor, and across South Yorkshire too Being a residential suburb, Smithy Moor shares its vans with the nearby places — Stocksbridge, Horner House — right across S postcodes. Quickest of all: a S36 1 postcode to show your location. No moving is required, whether stopped centrally in Smithy Moor or in a lay-by en route to New Hall Wood, and so keep it where it is. Draining happens right there. Assuming doesn't help near Inman Pavilion, on a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and ask. ## In one line: your situation If it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across South Yorkshire and within Smithy Moor — once you pull over, turn off then phone, if it has run.