AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Upper Brockholes: What Now?
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? This one point decides almost everything else from here. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle that way, whether the vehicle is — Upper Brockholes or Bradshaw. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor still off. Across Upper Brockholes, such a case is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. Already started? Pull over once you safely can, then switch it off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Wherever around West Yorkshire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the petrol pump around Upper Brockholes: AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Perhaps you're at the Morrisons, possibly at the Esso, perhaps somewhere else in Upper Brockholes.
In short: there is no better spot exists to spot it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to move away from the pump. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is possible if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Upper Brockholes
Several days had passed with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Right off Lane Head Lane is not less likely from anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it is almost equal to spotting it at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and remains put, however long the night.
Next: stop an early drive by keeping your keys in the house, then ring us. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether in Upper Brockholes or Brookhouse. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Upper Brockholes?
Filled up, drove away, and before long the engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe it was on Rocks Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Bradford, under 10 miles away.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a safe spot, pull in, then turn the engine off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M606, under 10 miles from Upper Brockholes. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this vehicle hardly a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own car, which has none or stores it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across West Yorkshire.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on if it's run. Any work on your car often needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stranded in the car park outside Halifax, or by Mount Zion Methodist Heritage Chapel, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Upper Brockholes
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. What cap was taken off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels less than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of Abbey Park Academy in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Ogden.
In short: spillage round the filler leaves the engine no harm. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave your engine off. Checking a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
Upper Brockholes: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same start to the work. Three questions come when we reach the car — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street beside St John the Evangelist or the car park outside Causeway Foot Inn: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has run. Answers shape the work; the quote comes by phone while no one has set off yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then is the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped where needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we get there.
The last step is starting it. Before our engineers head off, it is checked to confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been caught soon. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while you wait pays.
About Upper Brockholes itself
Upper Brockholes is a small hamlet situated on the lakeside in West Yorkshire, with an elevation of around 290 metres. Upper Brockholes lies close to several nearby settlements, including Brookhouse, Illingworth, and Mixenden, and is approximately 6.3 miles from the city of Bradford. Upper Brockholes has a population of around 530 people, predominantly living in terraced housing. Upper Brockholes is located in a scenic area, with its lakeside setting providing a pleasant environment for residents.
AdBlue drains around Upper Brockholes, and across West Yorkshire too
Illingworth and Mixenden have the same vans as Upper Brockholes, a rural hamlet, plus further places over HX postcodes. Telling us your HX2 8 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Central Upper Brockholes or a layby towards Halifax Golf Club: wherever it is, your car doesn't need to move at all for this drain. Our van empties it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to camp or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the car off then ring. Run already: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Upper Brockholes or wherever in West Yorkshire.