Grimsargh: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started since. Not run so far? Then leave the car like that, whether your car sits — Grimsargh or Whittingham. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where your car stands in Grimsargh. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Compare what happened to one of the ones below, wherever around Lancashire you happen to be.
Grimsargh forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Perhaps you are at the Shell, perhaps at the Asda, perhaps somewhere else in Grimsargh.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has drawn it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Get the attendants to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Grimsargh, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Driveways near Preston Road see it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. On the bottom of the tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Next: keys in the house, and so nobody drives your car anywhere at breakfast. Then, phone. In Cow Hill or here in Grimsargh, the draining happens at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Grimsargh: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading to Preston, under 5 miles away, or just down Nook Glade.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more starts: further it travels.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Services further along can wait: on the M6, under 3 miles out of Grimsargh, take the first junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, and say how far your vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only had the car for days. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. Wherever you happen to be in Lancashire, every motorist can be caught.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. Any work on the car frequently requires the owner's approval under rental or company terms.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Leave the car off as the reply comes, whether you are waiting outside Preston or close to Grimsargh Club.
Grimsargh: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Elston, or in a rush by Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler never reach the engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up the vehicle would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not start it. Phone and give what you saw: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than empty one once your engine has been run.
Grimsargh: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each case has the same start to the work. Our engineers come to your car, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Plough or a side street close to Grimsargh Village Hall, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and if your motor has run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers shape the job.
Then that tank is emptied 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, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel is put in after the filter has been cleaned or replaced, and your car is then checked. If the engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, our technicians fire it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running smoothly, and then we leave. If it's noticed early, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Grimsargh and where it is
Grimsargh is a village in Lancashire, situated near the shores of a lake at an elevation of 73 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Grimsargh lies approximately 4 miles from Preston and 190 miles from London, making it a commuter-friendly location. Grimsargh is surrounded by nearby places such as Cow Hill, Haighton Green, and Red Scar, which are all part of the local landscape. Grimsargh has a population of around 1450 residents, who enjoy the scenic views of the surrounding area.
AdBlue drains in Grimsargh, and across Lancashire too
Being a village, Grimsargh shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Red Scar, Haighton Green — all the way across PR postcodes. The location is clearest from a postcode that starts PR2 5.
No towing is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Grimsargh or in a lay-by heading to Grimsargh Village Green, and so leave it put. Our technicians drain it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to St Michael or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Grimsargh and anywhere in Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.