AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in West Town: What Now?
All of it hinges on one detail: if your motor has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your car is — West Town or Dewsbury Moor. Usually that is emptying and properly purging it right there around West Town — so leave your key and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, anywhere across West Yorkshire you happen to be.
At the pump in West Town: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Be it bp, Asda or somewhere else in West Town, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Still inside the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Get the staff to help pushing it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear gets cleared right at the pump.
At home around West Town with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. Right off Whitworth Road is no less likely from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car hasn't been driven since, it is close to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody takes your vehicle off at breakfast. Then, ring. In Daw Green or right here in West Town, the drain happens at your driveway. Our pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around West Town?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Perhaps it was on Cemetery Road, perhaps on the way out towards Wakefield, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a longer trip, once the fuel filter and lines have it. It travels deeper with every mile covered and every restart.
Next: pick a sensible place, pull in, and switch your engine off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M62, under 5 miles from West Town. No trial restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. About how far had it go? Say so as you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a car you have had for a week. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet was just beside the diesel. Anywhere you are around West Yorkshire, any driver could be caught.
The upshot: just as above, split by if it ran, but with one added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Dewsbury, or near St Matthew? Keep the car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around West Town?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Boothroyd Primary Academy, or on a friend's drive in Savile Town.
The upshot: the engine is not harmed by some AdBlue splashed on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn the engine. Ring us and explain 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 each West Town AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, drive, Park Hotel's car park or a street beside The Unknown Warrior — the van reaches your vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, which amount, and if it has run. Your price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers shape the job.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of it washes out unaided. Finally come your filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Where your motor hasn't run, expect about half an hour once we arrive, for most jobs.
Firing it up comes at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running smoothly, and then we go. Long-term damage is very rare when it's caught quickly, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while you wait pays.
About West Town, briefly
West Town is a suburban area in West Yorkshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of around 70 metres. West Town lies approximately 5.9 miles from Wakefield and is near other local places such as Daw Green, Boothroyd, and The Flatts. West Town has a population of around 6492 people and is predominantly composed of terraced housing.
AdBlue drains around West Town and across West Yorkshire
Being a residential suburb, West Town has the same vans as the nearby towns — The Flatts, Boothroyd — right across WF postcodes. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning WF13 2.
Parked heading to Crow Nest Park, or bang in the heart of West Town, the car remains put — there is no need to move it at all. Our van drains it where it stands. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you're by Jamia Masjid Gulzar-E-Madina, near a border, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and ring. Run by now: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in West Town or anywhere in West Yorkshire.