What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cuddington
Has the engine 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 vehicle is around Cuddington itself or out in Ruloe. Usually this is draining and thoroughly flushing it right there in Cuddington — and so leave the ignition and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over once safe, then turn everything off. It is a larger job, though stage one does not change.
Anywhere around Cheshire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Cuddington forecourt
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere around Cuddington, then — Shell, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. No pump has pulled it in, so the AdBlue stays only in that tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — and so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Cuddington
Days had gone by with the warning 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. Right off Warrington Road is no less likely from anywhere.
The upshot: zero miles since makes this nearly as good to finding it at the pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue settles low in your tank and stays. One night standing alters nothing.
Your move: the keys in the house, and so no one takes the car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it in Cuddington or Sandiway. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Cuddington: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Somewhere along Forest Road or heading to Chester — under 15 miles away.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a longer trip, after the filter and pipework have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that's the first job — then switch everything off. On the M56, under 10 miles from Cuddington, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car hardly a week. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was just next to your diesel. Wherever you happen to be around Cheshire, any driver could be caught.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on if it's run. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you are stranded in the car park outside the nearest station, or by Cuddington and Sandiway Scout Hall, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Cuddington: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Sandiway Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Daleford.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't touch the motor at all. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by starting the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats draining one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
Cuddington: what each AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, a single opening applies. Filling station, driveway, The White Barn's car park or a road by Cuddington & Sandiway Village Hall — our van comes to your car, and three questions come next: which fluid, what quantity, and if it has run. Replies shape the work; the quote comes on the call while nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting the engine comes last. Before our engineers head off, it's checked to be sure it runs properly on clean diesel. Our engineers do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very unusual if it has been caught early. Paying is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Cuddington itself
Cuddington is a village in Cheshire, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of around 70 metres. Cuddington lies approximately 12.5 miles from Chester and is surrounded by nearby places such as Sandiway, Gorstage, and Stonyford. Cuddington has a population of around 833 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing.
Cuddington and Cheshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout CW postcodes, the vans serving Cuddington — a village — work surrounding towns as well, Gorstage and Stonyford included. A postcode starting CW8 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Cuddington Playing Fields or in a car park in the middle of Cuddington, it doesn't need to shift. Draining happens on the spot. Tricky to explain? Close to St John's Church Hall or a border? Asking is better than assuming, and so ring.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Cheshire and in Cuddington — after you pull over, turn off and phone, if it's run.