AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Edgworth Moor, and What to Do Next
All of it hinges on one detail: whether the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Out in Turton Bottoms or right in Edgworth Moor, an unstarted motor must remain that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. Across Edgworth Moor, that is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Where the engine has run, pull in safely first, then switch the car off. It is a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Match what happened to one of the list below, anywhere around Lancashire you are.
At the pump around Edgworth Moor: 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. Somewhere in Edgworth Moor, then — EG On the Move, Esso, or somewhere else close by.
In short: there is no better spot exists to discover it. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Have the attendants to help rolling it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Edgworth Moor with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it's just by the bin that the cap got a second look. It takes place on driveways just off Moorside Road as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and stays there, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. In Edgworth or here in Edgworth Moor, the draining is done at your drive. Our pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
On the road in Edgworth Moor with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe driving for Salford, under 15 miles away, or simply along Crowthorn Road.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Your move: pull up somewhere sensible, then switch your engine off. On the M66, under 5 miles from Edgworth Moor, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the distance driven as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You have just had this car a week. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap was just next to your diesel. Throughout Lancashire, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Work on the vehicle often requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
Settling it before we arrives is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Entwistle, or near St James Mission Church? Leave your car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Edgworth Moor?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Chapeltown.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't touch your motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Starting the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
Next: assume it got in, and keep the motor off. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Edgworth Moor: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions come once we arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a street by The Barlow or the car park at The Toby Inn: the liquid, the amount, and whether it has been started. Those answers settle the work, and you hear the quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
Draining your tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long it sits. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Not started? Then roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. Before our engineers head off, it is checked to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is noticed early, long-term damage is very rare. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Edgworth Moor itself
Edgworth Moor is a small hamlet situated on the edge of a lake in Lancashire, with a rural setting and an elevation of 280 metres. Edgworth Moor lies near the towns of Edgworth and Entwistle, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Edgworth Moor is located approximately 12.9 miles from Salford and 176.3 miles from London, making it a relatively remote community in the North West region.
AdBlue drains across Lancashire, Edgworth Moor included
As a rural hamlet, Edgworth Moor shares its vans with the surrounding places — Edge Fold, Entwistle — all the way through BL postcodes. Telling us a BL7 0 postcode pins you fastest of all.
No towing is needed, be it stopped centrally in Edgworth Moor or on a lay-by heading to Edgeworth Moor, and so keep it where it is. Where it stands, that's where it gets cleared. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Edgworth Methodist Church or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Run already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, in Edgworth Moor and Lancashire, on 0333 366 0103.