What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bache
All of that turns on one detail: whether the engine has started after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Anywhere the car is — Abbots Meads, Bache — don't run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where your car stands in Bache. Pull over the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Further down: the situations our technicians see, anywhere across Cheshire. Pick yours.
On a Bache forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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 in Bache, then — Morrisons, Texaco, or anywhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the queue wants clearing. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it to a space, save the receipt, then phone us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear gets drained right at the pump.
Bache, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Right off Mill Lane is no less likely from anywhere.
In short: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it is almost equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent any early drive by putting the keys in the house, then phone us. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether around Bache or Abbots Mead. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Bache?
A short way after topping up, the motor began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Bache Avenue, say, or the way towards Chester — a trip of under 3 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. It has been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. Every restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Your move: stop anywhere sensible, then turn the motor off. Bache sits under 3 miles from the M53; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pushing on to the services. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Let us hear the distance covered when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have had this vehicle hardly a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was just next to the diesel. Across Cheshire, nobody is immune.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it's run. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's approval for work.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at the nearest station, or beside Midsummer Watch Jugglers? Leave your car off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Bache?
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Newtown, or rushing by Mill View Primary School at the school run.
Put simply: a spill round the filler leaves your engine no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up your car would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: assume it went in, and leave your engine off. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank checked is a better outcome than a run one drained.
Bache: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere your vehicle is — The Mill @ Upton's car park, a road by Upton library, a drive, a filling station — our van arrives and asks about the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has turned over. On the phone, before anything else, you hear the quote, and those answers decide the work too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses away unaided. Next comes the filter — cleaned, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Where the engine hasn't been started, allow about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Starting it comes at the end. Before our technicians leave, it's checked to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been caught quickly. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as you wait pays.
About Bache and where it is
Bache is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Chester, situated near the River Dee in Cheshire. Bache sits at a low elevation of around 19 metres, with its riverside setting influencing the local environment. Bache is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, reflecting the typical residential development of the area. Bache is close to other nearby places, including Abbots Mead, Upton, and Newton, and is within walking distance of Chester city centre.
AdBlue drains around Bache, and across Cheshire too
Throughout CH postcodes, the vans serving Bache — a residential suburb — work surrounding towns as well, Upton and Newton among them. A postcode starting CH2 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Dicksons Drive Field or in a car park in the middle of Bache, it doesn't need to shift. The van empties it in place. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Fallen for the Fallen or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Cheshire and in Bache — after you pull over, turn off then phone, if it has run.