Beardwood: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it went in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is in Beardwood itself or out in Four Lane Ends. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where your vehicle sits in Beardwood. When the motor has run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch it off. A bigger job, yes, but the same first step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Lancashire it happened.
Beardwood forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only now, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It might be the EG On the Move, or the Prestonway Service Station, or another station in Beardwood.
The point: of every spot to notice, this is the best. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Three jobs: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain the car in place.
Beardwood, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Driveways near Beardwood get it as much as anywhere.
The upshot: no miles since makes it nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. On the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Out in Revidge or right here around Beardwood, the drain happens on your driveway. Night-time clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Beardwood?
A mile or two after filling up, your motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Wyfordby Avenue, say, or the way towards Preston — a trip of under 10 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. Through the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, then switch your motor off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M65, under 3 miles from Beardwood. It won't have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to find out. Let us know the mileage covered when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've just driven the vehicle a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to your diesel. Throughout Lancashire, nobody is safe from it.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Work on the vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under rental or company terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians turn up than after. Leave the vehicle off while the reply comes, whether you are waiting at Blackburn or close to St Silas Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Beardwood?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. A slight ammonia smell lingers near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Maybe on a friend's drive in Bank Top, or rushing by The Olive School, Blackburn at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to your motor. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't start the car. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain in Beardwood has in common
No matter the case, a single opening is used. Three questions come once our technicians reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road beside Sacred Heart Church or the car park at The Woodlands: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has run. Those answers determine the work, and you hear the quote by phone, before anyone heads out.
Then your tank is cleared and your system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the engine comes last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running properly, and then we leave. When it's spotted soon, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Paying comes on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Beardwood, for a moment
Beardwood is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated on the riverside with a mix of housing types, predominantly detached homes. Beardwood sits at an elevation of 153 metres, close to the nearby places of Revidge, Lammack, and Wensley Fold. Beardwood is located near Preston, the nearest city, which is approximately 7.6 miles away. Beardwood has a population of around 4052 residents.
AdBlue drains across Lancashire, Beardwood included
Throughout BB postcodes, the teams serving Beardwood — a residential suburb — reach nearby towns as well, Lammack and Wensley Fold among them. A postcode starting BB2 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Beardwood or a lay-by near Blackburn Golf Club: wherever it is, the car doesn't need to shift at all for this drain. Our van drains it in place. Tricky to explain? By Colourfields Panopticon or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, so phone.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Leave the car that way and ring. Run already: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, within Beardwood or anywhere across Lancashire.