AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hapton, and What to Do Next
All of that hinges on one detail: whether the motor has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not started yet? Then keep the car like that, whether the car sits — Hapton or Padiham. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where the car stands around Hapton. When the motor has been run, pull in safely straight away, then switch it off. A bigger job, then, yet the same first move.
Compare what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere across Lancashire you happen to be.
Hapton forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere around Hapton, then — the nearest petrol station, Valero, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Ring us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the receipt. Emptying it there at the pump is fine if it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Hapton, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. Just off Kirkside View is not different from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and stays there, however long it waits.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. In Huncoat or right here around Hapton, the draining happens at your driveway. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Hapton?
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. Maybe it was on Shawbrook Close, maybe on the way out towards Preston, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it too on a longer run, once your filter and pipework have it. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next job — then switch it off. Hapton sits under a mile from the M65; there, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had this car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Lancashire, no one is safe from it.
In short: one extra step on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it has run. Any work on the car frequently requires the owner's approval under rental or company terms.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it beforehand cuts time. If you're stranded in the car park at the nearest station, or by St Margaret, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Hapton?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? It might have been on a friend's driveway in Rose Grove, or in a rush by Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to the motor. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Your move: act as if it did, and never start the motor. Ring and give what you saw: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your motor has run.
The common ground in every Hapton AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three questions are asked once our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a street by Hapton Methodist Church or the car park at The Railway Inn: the liquid, the quantity, and if it has been started. Answers set the job; the quote comes by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
Draining that tank comes first, then a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, however long it sits. Last are the filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your car. Where your engine has not been started, allow roughly half an hour on site, for most jobs.
We start the car last. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers go. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it is noticed soon, lasting damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Hapton, for a moment
Hapton is a village in Lancashire, situated on the riverside in the North West of England, with an elevation of around 150 metres. Hapton lies near the cities of Preston and Blackburn, and is close to the villages of Huncoat, Habergham, and Altham. Hapton has a population of approximately 1305 people, and its housing stock is predominantly terraced. Hapton is located about 181.9 miles from London, making it a relatively distant community from the capital city.
AdBlue drains around Hapton, and across Lancashire too
Hapton is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Habergham and Altham among them, across the BB postcode area. A postcode starting BB11 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Hapton or on a layby en route to Hapton recreation ground, and so leave it put. Draining is done on the spot. If you are somewhere hard to describe, close to St.John The Baptist RC Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way and phone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Hapton and anywhere in Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.