What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Westfield
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has been run since it was put in. Wherever the car is — Owlthorpe, Westfield — don't run a motor that hasn't run yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. Across Westfield, that is generally drained and flushed where it stands. Stop the minute it is safe and turn off, if it has been run. A bigger job, yes, yet the same first move.
Match what happened to one of the list below, wherever around South Yorkshire you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Westfield forecourt
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the Morrisons, or the another forecourt nearby, or a different station around Westfield.
In short: no better place exists to discover it. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs clearing. Three jobs: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Westfield drive?
On the dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it's just by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Right off Moss Way is not different from anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since makes this nearly equal to finding it at the pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and waits. One night standing alters none of that.
Next: stop an early-morning move by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. Your driveway is where it is emptied, be it in Westfield or Waterthorpe. Night-time drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Westfield?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. It might have been heading to Sheffield, under 10 miles away, or just down Westcroft Drive.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then turn the motor off. On the M1, under 3 miles from Westfield, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Let us know the mileage covered as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car hardly a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue cap sits just beside the diesel. Across South Yorkshire, no one is safe from it.
In short: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which turn on whether it has run. Plenty of rental and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Waiting for a reply in the car park at Woodhouse, or near Isobel Bowler Sports Ground? Leave your car off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Westfield
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Shortbrook Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway out in Sothall.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to the engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. Any AdBlue in your tank would be sucked in by turning on the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it got in, and don't start your key. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
Westfield: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. We come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Craftworks or a side street near Westfield Community Centre, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and if your engine has run. Those answers settle this work, and you get the price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Then that tank is emptied and the system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Finally are the fuel filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment we get there.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. Before our engineers leave, it is tested to make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. If it's spotted early, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Paying comes that day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as you wait pays.
About Westfield and where it is
Westfield is a suburban area in South Yorkshire, situated near the River Rother and close to the city of Sheffield. Westfield has a mix of terraced housing and is located at an elevation of around 96 metres, with nearby places including Waterthorpe, Mosborough, and Halfway. Westfield is approximately 5.9 miles from Sheffield city centre and 136.1 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Westfield and across South Yorkshire
Westfield is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Mosborough and Halfway among them, across the S postcode area. A postcode starting S20 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Westfield or on a lay-by heading to Mosborough Miners Welfare, so keep it where it is. The drain happens right there. Guessing won't help near Joseph Stone Community Centre, on a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and ask.
Your situation, summed up
If it hasn't started, ring and keep it that way. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across South Yorkshire and in Westfield — once you stop, turn off then phone, if it's run.