AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hare Runs: What Now?
One thing matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has been started afterwards. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Hare Runs itself or out in Torrisholme. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, done right where the vehicle stands around Hare Runs. Already run? Pull over once safe, then turn it off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Compare what happened to one of the list below, anywhere around Lancashire you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Hare Runs forecourt
Just at this point, bottle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Whether Esso, Asda or somewhere else in Hare Runs, the case is the same.
Put simply: there is no better spot to be to spot it. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Phone us from the forecourt once your car is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — and keep the bottle. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Hare Runs
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened on the drive. It takes place on driveways just off Pickthorn Close as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. At the bottom of the tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. Out in Ryelands or right here around Hare Runs, the drain is done at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Hare Runs?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Barley Cop Lane or on the road towards Lancaster — under 3 miles away.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in by now. Distance sets how far it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the first job — then turn it off. Services further on are too far: from the Lune Valley Interchange, under 3 miles out of Hare Runs, take the first junction. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. About what distance did it go? Tell us as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the car barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Lancashire, no one is safe from it.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies here — run or unrun — plus one extra step. Many hire and fleet contracts require the owner's sign-off for work.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. If you're stranded in the car park at Lancaster, or by St Chad's Church, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Hare Runs: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Newton.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to the motor. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Assume it was put in, and don't turn the engine. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Hare Runs AdBlue drain
The job opens identically, whatever your situation. Anywhere the car is — Lancaster Railway Club's car park, a road beside Skerton Community Centre, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, plus whether your motor has been run. Those replies settle the work, and you get our quote by phone, before anyone heads out.
Then that tank is drained and the fuel system rinsed thoroughly, which matters 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. Last come the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. Where the engine hasn't been started, expect about half an hour on site, for most jobs.
The final step is starting it. Before we leave, it's checked to be sure it runs properly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is noticed quickly, long-term damage is very unusual. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Hare Runs and where it is
Hare Runs is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Lancaster in Lancashire, sitting at a low elevation of around 20 metres above sea level. Hare Runs is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock and is situated near the coastal areas of Morecambe Bay. Hare Runs is close to nearby places such as Ryelands, Scale Hall, and Skerton, and is approximately 1.1 miles from Lancaster city centre. Hare Runs has a population of around 5383 residents.
AdBlue drains round Hare Runs and across Lancashire
Scale Hall and Skerton have the identical vans as Hare Runs, a residential suburb, along with other towns over LA postcodes. A postcode starting LA1 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Hare Runs or a layby near King George's Field: wherever it is, your vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for us. Our van drains it where it stands. Tricky to explain? By Redeemed Christian Church of God or a border? Asking beats assuming, so ring.
Your situation, in one line
Where it has not run, ring and leave it that way. Run by now: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Hare Runs or wherever in Lancashire.