Bold Heath: 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 your car is in Bold Heath itself or out in Lunts Heath. Leave your motor and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Bold Heath. Where your engine has been run, pull in safely straight away, then turn the car off. A bigger job, yes, but the identical first step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Merseyside it happened.
At the petrol pump around Bold Heath: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Anywhere around Bold Heath, then — BP, Texaco, or anywhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it gets. Still in the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to free up the pump. Have the attendants to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
At home in Bold Heath with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had passed with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Drives close to School Lane see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not moved since, it's second to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: keys indoors, so no one takes your car off first thing. Then, phone. Our engineers drain it on your drive, whether that is around Bold Heath or out in Barrows Green. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Bold Heath?
Topped up, drove away, and before long your motor was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Warrington Road, perhaps, or the way towards Liverpool — a run of under 15 miles.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Past the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, and switch the engine off. Service stations farther on are too far: from the M62, under a mile out of Bold Heath, take the next junction. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Tell us know the mileage driven when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever across Merseyside, could do the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it early cuts time. Leave the car switched off while the reply comes, even if you're waiting at Widnes or close to Penketh 3.7" Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (MY76).
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Bold Heath?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. The gates of Moorfield Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Lingley Mere.
In short: spillage round the filler does your motor no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, turning on the vehicle would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: assume it went in, then leave the engine off. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Bold Heath AdBlue drain
The job opens the same way, whatever the case. Forecourt, driveway, Griffin Inn's car park or a road by Dream — our van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Your price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies shape the job.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits form and some metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Then comes the fuel filter — flushed, or replaced where necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers arrive.
Lastly, our engineers fire it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running properly, and then we head off. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been noticed soon. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Bold Heath, briefly
Bold Heath is a small village in Merseyside, situated inland at an elevation of 31 metres, approximately 11 miles from Liverpool. Bold Heath has a population of around 504 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Bold Heath is located near other local places such as Barrows Green, Sutton Manor, and Farnworth, and is about 170 miles northwest of London.
AdBlue drains across Merseyside, Bold Heath included
Being a rural village, Bold Heath has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Farnworth, Sutton Manor — all the way across WA postcodes. The location comes clearest from a postcode that starts WA8 3.
Central Bold Heath or a lay-by near School Lane Wood: either way it sits, the vehicle never needs to move at all for this drain. Our technicians drain the car where it sits. Assuming won't help near St. Lukes, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and ring. Run by now: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Bold Heath or wherever across Merseyside.