What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Becconsall
Everything turns on a single detail: if the engine has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Becconsall itself or out in Tarleton. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine both off. Across Becconsall, such a case is typically drained and flushed on the spot. Pull over the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Anywhere in Lancashire it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Becconsall forecourt
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened was not the right one. Be it Shell, another forecourt nearby or anywhere else around Becconsall, the situation is identical.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays just in the tank.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Have the attendants to help pushing it to a space, save the receipt, then phone us from there. Stuck by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the car in place.
Becconsall, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the drive. Driveways near Moss Lane see it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if the car has not moved since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops low in the tank and stays. One night standing changes nothing.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Becconsall or Hesketh Moss. Late-night clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Becconsall: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading for Preston, under 10 miles away, or just down Station Road.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. More driving, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: find a safe place, stop, then switch the motor off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M6, under 10 miles from Becconsall. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it gone? Tell us when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this vehicle hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is just next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Any driver, wherever across Lancashire, might do the same.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the cases above, and those depend on whether it has run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Stuck by Hesketh Bank Christian Centre or at Croston till someone answers, your vehicle stays switched off throughout.
Becconsall: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Tarleton Community Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Goose Green.
Put simply: spillage near the filler does the engine no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting your car would pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Assume it went in, and don't turn your key. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Becconsall has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. We come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at the pub in the village or a side street near West Lancashire Light Railway, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and if your motor has run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the quote, and those replies shape the work too.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Next is your filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Most unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment we get there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it is spotted quickly, permanent damage is very unusual. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as you wait is worthwhile.
About Becconsall and where it is
Becconsall is a village situated on the banks of the River Douglas in Lancashire, with Hesketh Moss and Tarleton Moss nearby. Becconsall has a population of around 2145 people and is characterized by semi-detached housing. Becconsall sits at a low elevation of 18 metres above sea level, close to the city of Preston. Becconsall is located near Hesketh Bank, another local community in the area.
Becconsall and Lancashire: AdBlue drains across the area
Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Moss have the same vans as Becconsall, a village, along with other places throughout PR postcodes. A postcode starting PR4 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Becconsall or a layby towards Carr Heyes Recreation Ground: either way it is, your car never needs to move an inch for us. Where it sits, that's where it gets cleared. Guessing doesn't help beside All Saints Church Hall, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Becconsall and anywhere around Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.