AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Grassendale Park, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it was put in. Anywhere the car is — Garston, Grassendale Park — don't start a motor that hasn't run yet. Normally that is draining and properly flushing it on the spot in Grassendale Park — so leave the key and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then switch it off. Stage one remains unchanged, even if the job grows.
Below: the situations we meet, anywhere across Merseyside. Pick yours.
Grassendale Park forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only now, bottle still in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Grassendale Park, then — BP, Go, or somewhere else close by.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Just your tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then keep the receipt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the vehicle in place.
At home in Grassendale Park with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Right off North Road is no less likely from any other place.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not moved since, it's close to the forecourt case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so nobody takes your car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Cressington Park or Grassendale Park: wherever your drive is, that is where it gets cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Grassendale Park?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Grassendale Esplanade, perhaps, or the route towards Liverpool — a trip of under 5 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into your fuel system. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Grassendale Park lies under 5 miles from the M62; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it gone? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had this car hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. Across Merseyside, nobody is safe from it.
In short: one extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on if it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded by Sitting Bull or outside Cressington till someone answers, your vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Grassendale Park
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of St Austin's Catholic Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Otterspool.
The upshot: the motor isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Firing up the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
Do this: behave as though it got in, and don't start the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Grassendale Park shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Dealers Arms or a side street near Parish Church of Saint Mary, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your motor has run. Those answers decide this work, and you hear the quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
Then the tank is cleared and your system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Clean diesel is put in after the fuel filter is flushed or changed, and the car is then checked. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians get there.
Last, we start the car. Our test that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before we head off. When it's spotted soon, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Grassendale Park
Grassendale Park is a coastal suburban area in Merseyside, situated near the city of Liverpool. Grassendale Park sits at a low elevation of around 9 metres, close to the shores of the River Mersey. Grassendale Park is characterised by its predominantly flat-type housing and is located near other suburban areas such as Cressington Park and Aigburth.
AdBlue drains across Merseyside, Grassendale Park included
Grassendale and Aigburth have the same teams as Grassendale Park, a residential suburb, along with other places over L postcodes. A postcode starting L19 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Riversdale MPS & SA, or bang in the centre of Grassendale Park, your car stays where it is — there's no need to move it anywhere. Our technicians drain the car where it stands. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Liverpool Cricket Club or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Grassendale Park and anywhere in Merseyside on 0333 366 0103.