What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Laithwaite
All of that turns on one detail: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever your car sits — Laithwaite or Newtown. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine both off. Across Laithwaite, such a case is generally drained and cleaned where it stands. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere in Greater Manchester you are.
Laithwaite forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only now, bottle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Be it BP, Asda or somewhere else around Laithwaite, the situation is identical.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits just in that tank.
What to do: do not get back in and start the car to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you push the car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Laithwaite with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning you. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it was just at the recycling that the cap got a second look. Just off Greenwood Avenue is not different from any other place.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. On the floor of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Out in Worsley Hall or right here around Laithwaite, the draining is done at your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Laithwaite?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the fill. Montrose Avenue, perhaps, or the way towards Preston — a run of under 15 miles.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Laithwaite sits under 3 miles from the M6; there, come off at the next junction rather than pushing on for the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it gone? Say so as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Greater Manchester.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Stranded by Omniplex Cinema or outside Pemberton till the firm replies, your vehicle remains turned off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Laithwaite?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia-like smell hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. The gates of Marsh Green Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Spring Bank.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to your motor. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by firing up the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not start the vehicle. 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.
Laithwaite: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, Red Robin's car park or a road beside Bramble House — our van comes to the car, and three questions follow: which liquid, which amount, and if it has run. Replies set the work; the price follows by phone while nobody has left yet.
Emptying that tank comes first, then a full flush — more important after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Finally are the filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we arrive.
Finally, our technicians start it. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it's caught early, permanent damage is very rare. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Laithwaite, briefly
Laithwaite is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 32 metres. Laithwaite lies near several notable places, including Worsley Hall and Marsh Green, and is located approximately 14.9 miles from Preston. Laithwaite has a population of around 5351 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Laithwaite is also relatively close to other local areas, such as Norley.
AdBlue drains in Laithwaite, and across Greater Manchester too
Laithwaite is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Marsh Green and Norley among them, across the WN postcode area. A postcode starting WN5 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Laithwaite Park or in a car park in the middle of Laithwaite, it doesn't need to move. The drain is done on the spot. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near Robin Park Sports & Tennis Centre or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
In one line: your scenario
Engine not started: ring, and leave it switched off. Run already: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, within Laithwaite or wherever in Greater Manchester.