AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Higher Shurlach: What Now?
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This single point decides nearly everything else from here. Out in Lostock Green or right in Higher Shurlach, an unstarted engine must remain unrun. Leave the engine and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Higher Shurlach. Where your motor has run, stop safely first, then turn it off. It is a larger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Anywhere around Cheshire it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
On a Higher Shurlach forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the cap you took off was not the right one. Maybe you are at the Texaco, possibly at the Tesco, perhaps somewhere else around Higher Shurlach.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — and so don't get back in. Phone us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will help push it — then keep the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear gets cleared right at the petrol pump.
Higher Shurlach, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Right off Gadbrook Park is no different from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles low in your tank and stays. A night standing changes none of that.
Your move: keys indoors, so no one takes your vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, ring. We drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is around Higher Shurlach or out in Rudheath. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Higher Shurlach?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon your motor was turning unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up the dash. It might have been driving for Chester, under 25 miles away, or just along School Road.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through your filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. It travels further with every mile driven and each restart.
Do this: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn your engine off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the M6, under 5 miles out of Higher Shurlach, use the first junction. No test restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only driven the car for days. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be in Cheshire, every motorist could slip up.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet terms.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Stuck by cemetery chapel or at Northwich until the firm answers, the vehicle stays switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Higher Shurlach?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. What cap came off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of Rudheath Primary Academy and Nursery in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Davenham.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to the engine. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up the vehicle will draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean beats emptying one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain in Higher Shurlach has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere the car stands — The Broken Cross's car park, a street beside Shipbrook Road United Methodist Church, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, and whether your motor has turned over. Answers set the work; the quote comes on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of that washes out unaided. Next is the filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The last step is starting the car. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our engineers go. When it is noticed quickly, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many policies include misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Higher Shurlach
Higher Shurlach is a suburban area in Cheshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 28 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Higher Shurlach lies near the villages of Rudheath, Broken Cross, and Leftwich, and is approximately 17.4 miles from the city of Chester. Higher Shurlach has a population of around 1875 residents, and its location near the river gives it a distinctive character. Higher Shurlach is also relatively distant from London, at a distance of 155.9 miles.
AdBlue drains in Higher Shurlach, and across Cheshire too
As a residential suburb, Higher Shurlach shares its vans with the nearby towns — Leftwich, Broken Cross — all the way across CW postcodes. A postcode starting CW9 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Gadbrook Park or in a car park in the middle of Higher Shurlach, it doesn't need to move. The van drains it in place. Tricky to explain? Close to Rudheath Lesiure Centre or a border? Checking is better than guessing, so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Run already: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Higher Shurlach or wherever across Cheshire.