What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Aigburth
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has run afterwards. Not started so far? Then leave the car like that, whether the vehicle sits — Aigburth or Mossley Hill. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where the vehicle sits around Aigburth. Stop the moment it is safe and turn off, if it has already run. A bigger job, yes, yet the same opening step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Merseyside it happened.
At the petrol pump in Aigburth: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere around Aigburth, then — BP, Go, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Nothing has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs freeing. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and save the bottle. Can't move the car beside the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
At home in Aigburth with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had shown all week. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Just off Aigburth Hall Avenue is not less likely from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car hasn't been driven since, it is second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and stays put, however long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Our technicians drain it on your drive, whether that's around Aigburth or out in Grassendale. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Aigburth?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Perhaps it was on Aigburth Hall Road, perhaps on the way out towards Liverpool, under 5 miles away.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Service stations further along can wait: on the M62, under 3 miles out of Aigburth, use the next junction. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point starting it again to find out. Phone, and say what distance the car was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week ago, the car was new to you. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere across Merseyside, could do the same.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on if it has run. The owner often has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. Waiting for a reply in the car park at the nearest station, or beside Liverpool Cricket Club? Leave the car off meanwhile.
Aigburth: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? It might have been on a friend's drive in Aigburth Vale, or rushing outside St Austin's Catholic Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to the motor. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will pull it in.
Next: assume it went in, and keep the motor off. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain in Aigburth shares these stages
Every situation gets the same start to the work. Three questions come when we reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road by St Austin's Roman Catholic Church or the car park at Mossley Hill Athletic, Sports & Social Club: the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Those answers settle the work, and you get our price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Draining your tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, no matter how long it sits. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting the car comes at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it is running correctly, and then we go. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it's noticed soon, long-term damage is very unusual. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Aigburth
Aigburth is a suburban area in Merseyside, situated on the coast near Liverpool, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local parks. Aigburth lies close to the River Mersey, at an elevation of around 28 metres, and is bordered by nearby places such as Grassendale and Cressington Park. Aigburth has a population of approximately 8214 people and is located about 3.9 miles from Liverpool city centre. Aigburth is also near several other local areas, including Grassendale Park.
Aigburth and Merseyside: AdBlue drains across the area
Cressington Park and Grassendale Park get the identical vans as Aigburth, a residential suburb, plus other towns throughout L postcodes. Your location comes clearest from a postcode that starts L19 9.
Centre of Aigburth or a layby near Grassy Area: either way it is, your car doesn't need to shift an inch for us. Draining is done right there. Phone and ask rather than guess when you are close to Parish Church of Saint Mary, on a boundary, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle off then ring. Run already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, across Aigburth and Merseyside, on 0333 366 0103.