Higher Broadhalgh: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? This single question decides almost everything else from here. Over in Feniscliffe or right around Higher Broadhalgh, an unrun engine should remain unrun. Usually that is draining and properly purging it on the spot around Higher Broadhalgh — so leave the key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. When the motor has been run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch the vehicle off. It's a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, wherever around Lancashire. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Higher Broadhalgh forecourt
Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you took off was not the right one. Somewhere around Higher Broadhalgh, then — EG On the Move, Texaco, or anywhere else nearby.
In short: no better spot to be to spot it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand pushing it into a space, save the bottle, then phone us from there. Emptying it right at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Higher Broadhalgh with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had gone by with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Driveways near Langdale Road get it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the floor of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. Feniscowles or Higher Broadhalgh: whichever your driveway is, that's where it gets emptied. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Higher Broadhalgh?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Maybe driving for Preston, under 10 miles away, or just along Arnside Crescent.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a longer run, after your filter and pipework have it. More driving, more restarts: further it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Higher Broadhalgh sits under a mile from the M65; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the mileage driven as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week back, it was unknown to you. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right by the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Across Lancashire, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of rental and company contracts need the owner's approval before work.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you're stranded in the car park at Pleasington, or by Fesniscowles & Pleasington Memorial, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Higher Broadhalgh
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn, or on a friend's drive in Pleasington.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: assume it went in, then leave the engine off. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one after it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you noticed.
The common ground in each Higher Broadhalgh AdBlue drain
The work begins identically, whichever the situation. Filling station, driveway, Feildens Arms's car park or a road by Cherry Tree Library — our van reaches your car, and three answers come next: what fluid, what amount, and if it ran. The price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the job.
Then the tank is cleared and the 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, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Last are the filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the car. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting the car comes last. With new diesel in, it runs while we make sure it is running correctly, and then we leave. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it's spotted early, lasting damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Higher Broadhalgh
Higher Broadhalgh is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated near the River Darwen and close to the cities of Preston and Blackburn. Higher Broadhalgh has a mix of semi-detached housing and is located near other local places such as Feniscowles and Cherry Tree. Higher Broadhalgh sits at an elevation of 117 metres, with the surrounding landscape shaped by the river and its tributaries.
Higher Broadhalgh and Lancashire: AdBlue drains across the area
Higher Broadhalgh is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Cherry Tree and Green Lane among them, across the BB postcode area. Quickest of all: a BB2 5 postcode for where you stand.
Parked heading to Feniscowles & Pleasington War Memorial Recreation Ground, or right in the heart of Higher Broadhalgh, the vehicle remains put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Our technicians drain the car where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Immanuel or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your scenario, in one line
Still unrun? Keep it that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Higher Broadhalgh and anywhere in Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.