AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Corner Row, and What to Do Next
Has the motor run since the AdBlue went in? This single point decides nearly everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is in Corner Row itself or out in Wesham. Usually that means emptying and thoroughly rinsing it right there in Corner Row — so leave your key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over once safe, then turn everything off. It is a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, wherever in Lancashire. Pick the one that fits.
Corner Row forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Anywhere in Corner Row, then — EG On the Move, Texaco, or anywhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. Just the tank has AdBlue; no component past it has taken it in.
Do this: keep out of the car, even if the pump needs freeing. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — and save the bottle. Draining it there at the pump is fine when it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Corner Row with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown all week. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the driveway. Right off Bradshaw Lane is no different from anywhere.
The point: zero driving since makes this nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside that tank and waits. One night parked changes nothing.
Your move: keys in the house, so nobody takes your car anywhere first thing. After that, phone. In Medlar or right here in Corner Row, the drain happens on your drive. Night-time empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Corner Row?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving for Preston, under 10 miles away, or simply down Wesham Circle.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch everything off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M55, under a mile from Corner Row. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a motor you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right by the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Any driver, anywhere around Lancashire, could do the same.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or unrun — plus one further stage. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians get there than after. Stuck near Fylde Sports and Education Centre or at Kirkham & Wesham until someone replies, the car remains turned off the whole time.
Corner Row: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham, or on a friend's drive in Greenhalgh.
Put simply: a spill round your filler does your motor unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the vehicle would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Your move: act as though it got in, and never start your engine. Ring with the details: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after the engine has been run.
The common ground in every Corner Row AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Forecourt, driveway, the pub in the village's car park or a road by Mill Farm Sports Village — the van reaches the vehicle, and three questions follow: which fluid, what amount, and if it ran. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the job.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system rinsed 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 filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Never started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Firing it up comes at the end. We check it runs correctly on fresh diesel before we leave. If it is caught quickly, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Corner Row itself
Corner Row is a small village in Lancashire, situated inland at an elevation of 27 metres, approximately 8.4 miles from Preston. Corner Row has a population of around 572 people, with predominantly detached housing. Corner Row is located near other small places such as Medlar, Esprick, and Mowbreck, in the North West region of England.
Corner Row and Lancashire: AdBlue drains across the area
Esprick and Mowbreck get the identical teams as Corner Row, a rural village, along with further towns throughout PR postcodes. Fastest of all: a PR4 3 postcode for your location.
Parked en route to Medlar Woods, or bang in the centre of Corner Row, your vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to move it at all. Our van empties it in place. Ring and check instead of guessing when you are close to Mill Farm, on a border, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, in one line
If it has not started, phone and leave it that way. Run already: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Corner Row or anywhere across Lancashire.