AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Holden Vale, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has been started afterwards. Anywhere your car stands — Cribden Side, Holden Vale — don't start an engine that has not run yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. Across Holden Vale, such a case is generally drained and cleaned on the spot. Pull over the minute you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening move.
Match your case to one of the ones below, wherever around Lancashire you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Holden Vale forecourt
Only now, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Possibly you are at the Texaco, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else in Holden Vale.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. No pump has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits only inside the tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after your car sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — and save the bottle. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
At home in Holden Vale with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had gone by with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Right off Higher Lane is no different from anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Out in Haslingden or here around Holden Vale, the draining is done on your drive. Night-time drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Holden Vale with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Anywhere on Cribden End Lane or heading to Preston — under 25 miles away.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it too on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and lines have had it. It travels deeper with each extra mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Services further on can wait: from the M66, under 3 miles out of Holden Vale, use the first junction. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call, saying how far the vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this car barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Wherever you are across Lancashire, any motorist could be caught.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or unrun — and one extra step. Many rental and fleet contracts need the owner's approval before work.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Hanging on for a reply at the car park outside Accrington, or near Halo - Panopticon? Keep your car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Holden Vale?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Hud Hey, or in a rush outside Haslingden St James Church of England Primary School at the school run.
In short: spillage near the filler does your engine no harm. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Holden Vale has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Griffin or a side street near St James, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your motor has been run. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the price, and those answers decide the work too.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it does not wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last come your filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Where your engine hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour on site, in most jobs.
We fire it up last. Our engineers check it runs properly on clean diesel before leaving. Our engineers do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been spotted early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Holden Vale
Holden Vale is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated on the riverside with nearby settlements including Haslingden and Well Bank. Holden Vale has a population of around 2554 people and is characterised by predominantly terraced housing. Holden Vale sits at an elevation of 293 metres, providing views of the surrounding countryside. Holden Vale is located near to Height End and is approximately 15.8 miles from Preston, the nearest city.
Holden Vale and Lancashire: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout BB postcodes, the vans covering Holden Vale — a residential suburb — work nearby places too, Well Bank and Height End included. Telling us a BB4 5 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Centre of Holden Vale or a layby towards Top o' Slate (reclaimed landfill): wherever it is, your car never needs to move an inch for us. Wherever it stands, that is where it is emptied. Phone and ask rather than guess when you're close to Baitul Mukarram Mosque & Islamic Center, on a border, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Motor never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Run by now? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, in Holden Vale and Lancashire, on 0333 366 0103.