AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Havannah: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it was put in. Not run so far? Then leave the car like that, whether the vehicle sits — Havannah or Lower Heath. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. Across Havannah, such a case is generally emptied and cleaned on the spot. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. Step one stays unchanged, even if the work grows.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, anywhere around Cheshire you are.
Havannah forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It could be the the nearest petrol station, or perhaps the Cheshire Town & Country Fuels, or a different forecourt in Havannah.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. Only that tank holds AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Phone us from the forecourt after your car is in a bay — the attendants will help push it — then keep the bottle. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Havannah with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown all week. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in at the drive — and it was only by the bin that the cap got your eye. Right off Gordale Close is not less likely from anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and stays there, however long it waits.
Put the keys in the house overnight — or someone may take it away at breakfast — and call us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is in Havannah or out in Buglawton. Our pumping kit works quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Havannah?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Swaledale Avenue, perhaps, or the way to Stoke-on-Trent — a run of under 15 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a longer run, after the filter and pipework have had it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then switch the motor off. Service stations further on are too far: from the M6, under 10 miles out of Havannah, take the first junction. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Tell us hear the mileage covered when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've only driven this car a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets are next to each other here — not like your own car, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Cheshire.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the cases above, which depend on if it's run. Plenty of rental and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. If you're stuck in the car park at Congleton, or by 1st Buglawton Scout Group, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Havannah
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. Which cap was taken off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of Havannah Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway out in Key Green.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Firing up the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Assume it got in, and never turn the key. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Havannah AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whatever your situation. Forecourt, driveway, Church House Inn's car park or a street by Parish Church of St John the Evangelist — the van reaches the car, and three questions come next: what fluid, which quantity, and if it ran. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter has been cleaned or replaced, and your car is then tested. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians turn up.
Our engineers start the car last. Before we leave, it's checked to make sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel. Long-term damage is very unusual when it is noticed early, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Havannah and where it is
Havannah is a locality in Cheshire, situated on the riverside with a mix of detached housing and open spaces. Havannah has a population of around 877 people and is located near other small places like Buglawton and Eaton. Havannah sits at an elevation of 124 metres, close to the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and is about 144.5 miles from London. Havannah is part of the wider North West region of England, with its own distinct character and setting.
AdBlue drains in Havannah, and across Cheshire too
Being a small village, Havannah has the same vans as the nearby places — Eaton, Bath Vale — all the way through CW postcodes. Telling us your CW12 2 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No moving is needed, be it parked in the centre of Havannah or on a layby heading to Eaton Millennium Park, so leave it put. Wherever it sits, that is where it is cleared. Assuming won't help near St. John's Community Centre, on a county line or anywhere hard to describe; phone and check.
The one-line version
If it hasn't started, phone and keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Havannah and anywhere around Cheshire on 0333 366 0103.