AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Crow Wood, and What to Do Next
All of that turns on a single detail: whether your engine has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Out in Farnworth or right around Crow Wood, an unstarted motor must stay unrun. Leave the motor and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Crow Wood. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a bigger job, yet step one does not change.
Wherever in Cheshire it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Crow Wood forecourt
Just now, nozzle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Maybe you are at the Texaco, possibly at the Morrisons, possibly somewhere else around Crow Wood.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it gets. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one component past it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to free up the petrol pump. A few things: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Crow Wood drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it was just at the bin that the cap got your eye. It occurs on drives just off Crow Wood Place as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car hasn't moved since, it's close to the forecourt case. On the floor of that tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: prevent an early move by keeping your keys indoors, then phone us. In Barrows Green or right here in Crow Wood, the drain is done on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Crow Wood: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the engine was turning unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Somewhere on Cleveleys Avenue or heading to Liverpool — under 15 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Through the filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Next: find a sensible place, stop, and switch the engine off. On the M62, under 3 miles from Crow Wood, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is just by the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Any driver, anywhere across Cheshire, might do it.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, only with an added stage. Work on your vehicle often needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. Leave the vehicle off while the reply arrives, whether you are waiting at Widnes or close to St John Fisher's Roman Catholic Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Crow Wood?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; but the bottle feels less than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. A rushed top-up by the gates of Moorfield Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Cuerdley Cross: both fit.
Put simply: spillage near the filler does the engine no harm. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Any AdBlue in your tank would be pulled in by firing up the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it got in, and keep your motor off. Phone and give the details: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the motor has run.
Each AdBlue drain in Crow Wood shares these steps
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three questions are asked when our engineers arrive — on a forecourt, a driveway, a street by St Ambrose Church or the car park outside The Crow's Nest: the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. Those answers settle the work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Then your tank is cleared and the system flushed thoroughly, which matters 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. Last come the filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. If your engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running properly, and then we leave. We do the entire job where your car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon when it has been caught soon. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Crow Wood, briefly
Crow Wood is a suburban area in Cheshire, situated near the coast and approximately 11 miles from Liverpool. Crow Wood has a relatively low elevation of 42 metres and is surrounded by other nearby places such as Barrows Green and Shell Green. Crow Wood is characterised by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, which is typical of many suburban areas in the North West of England.
AdBlue drains round Crow Wood and across Cheshire
Halton View and Shell Green have the same teams as Crow Wood, a residential suburb, plus further towns over WA postcodes. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode beginning WA8 3.
Parked en route to Crow Wood Park, or bang in the heart of Crow Wood, the vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to move it anywhere. Our van empties it in place. Ring and ask rather than guess when you're close to Trinity Church Centre, on a border, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Run by now: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Crow Wood or anywhere across Cheshire.