Earcroft: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor run since the AdBlue got in? That one question settles nearly everything else from here. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is in Earcroft itself or out in Hawkshaw. Usually this is emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Earcroft — and so keep the key and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. Where your engine has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then turn the car off. It's a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Further down: the cases our technicians meet, anywhere around Lancashire. Choose the one that fits.
At the petrol pump around Earcroft: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the filler you opened was not the correct one. Perhaps you are at the Shell, perhaps at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else around Earcroft.
Put simply: no better spot exists to discover it. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays just in your tank.
What to do: do not get back in and start the vehicle to clear the petrol pump. Three things: a push into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home in Earcroft with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened at the driveway. Just off Meadow Vale is no less likely from any other place.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then ring. In Moss Bridge or here in Earcroft, the drain happens at your drive. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Earcroft with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving for Preston, under 10 miles away, or simply down M65.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. It has been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then switch your motor off. Service stations further along are too far: on the M65, under a mile out of Earcroft, take the first junction. No test restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Let us hear the mileage covered as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere across Lancashire, might do the same.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on whether it's run. The owner frequently needs to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and company contracts.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. If you're stranded in the car park outside Mill Hill (Lancs), or by Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Earcroft?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. 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. The gates of St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Lower Darwen.
Put simply: a spill near the filler leaves the motor no harm. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be drawn in by starting the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it went in, and never turn your engine. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked counts as a happier result than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Earcroft AdBlue drain
Each situation has the same start to the job. Anywhere the car is — Golden Cup's car park, a street beside Ewood Park, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, and if your engine has been run. Replies shape the work; the price follows by phone whilst no one has set off yet.
Emptying your tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, however long you wait. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is noticed soon, permanent damage is very unusual. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. It is worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as we travel pays.
About Earcroft and where it is
Earcroft is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Lancashire, with a mix of housing types but predominantly detached homes. Earcroft sits at an elevation of 145 metres, close to the nearby places of Moss Bridge, Anchor, and Ewood. Earcroft is located near the city of Preston, which is approximately 9 miles away. Earcroft is also relatively distant from London, at around 182 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Earcroft and across Lancashire
Anchor and Ewood get the same vans as Earcroft, a residential suburb, along with further towns throughout BB postcodes. The whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts BB3 0.
No moving is needed, be it parked in the centre of Earcroft or in a layby heading to Fernhurst Wood, and so keep it where it is. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets emptied. Awkward to explain? Close to St Cuthbert's Church or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
Your scenario, in one line
If it hasn't started, ring and keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Earcroft and anywhere in Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.