Clifton: 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: if your engine has run since it got in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Clifton itself or out in Newton-with-Scales. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where your car stands in Clifton. Stop the minute it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, but the identical first move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Lancashire it happened.
At the pump around Clifton: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the the nearest petrol station, or the Essar, or a different station in Clifton.
In short: there is no better place exists to discover it. Still inside that tank, with nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: resist the urge to start it just to move away from the pump. Get the staff to lend a hand rolling it to a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Clifton drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap got your eye. It occurs on driveways just off Preston Old Road as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's second to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Your move: keys in the house, and so nobody takes your car off at breakfast. Then, ring. In Lea Town or right here around Clifton, the draining happens at your drive. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Clifton with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two after topping up, the engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Somewhere on Mulberry Close or else on the road to Preston — under 5 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger run, after the fuel filter and lines have it. More miles, more restarts: further it travels.
Next: find a sensible spot, pull in, then turn the motor off. Services further on are too far: from the M55, under 3 miles out of Clifton, use the next junction. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the mileage driven as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've just driven this car for days. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Across Lancashire, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many rental and fleet contracts require the owner's approval for repairs.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. If you are stranded in the car park outside Salwick, or by St John the Evangelist, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Clifton
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. What cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's driveway over in Dowbridge.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the motor at all. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Firing up the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
Next: act as though it went in, then leave the motor off. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Clifton AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions are asked once our technicians reach your car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road beside St Mary's Church or the car park outside The Windmill: the fluid, the quantity, and whether it has been started. Those answers determine the work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, no matter how long it sits. Finally are the filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Never started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Our engineers start the car last. Our engineers check it runs smoothly on clean diesel before we leave. Lasting damage is very unusual when it is noticed soon, and the whole job is done where your car is. Paying comes that day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Clifton itself
Clifton is a small village in Lancashire, situated inland at a low elevation of around 15 metres, near the city of Preston. Clifton lies close to several nearby villages, including Lea Town, Salwick, and Newton, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Clifton is a relatively small community, with a population of approximately 1022 residents. Clifton is located about 4.7 miles from Preston and around 192.5 miles from London.
AdBlue drains round Clifton and across Lancashire
Clifton is a rural village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Salwick and Newton among them, across the PR postcode area. The location comes quickest from a postcode beginning PR4 0.
No moving is needed, be it parked in the centre of Clifton or on a layby heading to Deepdale Wood, so leave it where it is. We drain it where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Trax Motorsports or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine never started: phone, leaving it alone. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever case, in Clifton and Lancashire, on 0333 366 0103.