What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Farington Moss
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has been started afterwards. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever the car sits — Farington Moss or Penwortham Lane. Leave the engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Farington Moss. Stop the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Match your case to one of the ones below, anywhere around Lancashire you are.
At the petrol pump in Farington Moss: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the correct one. Anywhere in Farington Moss, then — Shell, Sainsbury's, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still inside that tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Get the attendants to help rolling it to a bay, save the receipt, then phone us from there. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Farington Moss drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Driveways close to Church Lane get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Being unable to blend, AdBlue drops low inside that tank and stays. A night parked alters nothing.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. Out in Lostock Hall or right here in Farington Moss, the drain is done at your drive. Night-time empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Farington Moss: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the top-up. Somewhere along Croston Road or heading to Preston — under 3 miles away.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Services farther along can wait: from the M65, under 3 miles out of Farington Moss, take the next junction. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. About how far did it go? Say so when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this car barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Across Lancashire, nobody is immune.
In short: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which depend on whether it has run. Many hire and company contracts require the owner's sign-off before work.
Settling it before the van turn up is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stranded in the car park at Lostock Hall, or by St Paul's, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Farington Moss?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School, or a visit to a friend in New Gate: either fit.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the vehicle. Checking a tank that proves clean beats emptying one after it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain in Farington Moss has in common
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Anywhere your car is — The Anchor's car park, a road by Church Hall, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, and if the engine has turned over. Answers shape the work; the quote comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of that rinses out unaided. Last are your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the car. Where your engine hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The last step is starting it. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers go. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it's spotted quickly, lasting damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Farington Moss itself
Farington Moss is a village in Lancashire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of around 35 metres, near the city of Preston. Farington Moss has a mix of housing types, but detached homes are predominant, and the village is close to nearby places like Lostock Hall and Cuerden Green. Farington Moss is located in the North West region of England, approximately 187 miles from London. Farington Moss has a population of around 1333 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains in Farington Moss, and across Lancashire too
Farington Moss is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Cuerden Green and Tardy Gate among them, across the PR postcode area. A postcode starting PR26 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Tardy Gate Recreation Ground or in a car park in the middle of Farington Moss, it does not need to shift. Where it stands, that's where it gets cleared. Guessing doesn't help beside Lostock Hall Library, on a border or anywhere hard to describe; phone and check.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the car that way then ring. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Farington Moss or wherever in Lancashire.