Laneside: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? That one point settles nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Laneside itself or out in Lower Fold. Leave the engine and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Laneside. When the engine has been run, pull in safely first, then turn it off. A bigger job, then, but the same first step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Lancashire it happened.
On a Laneside forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Anywhere in Laneside, then — Shell, Texaco, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it can be. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. Have the attendants to lend a hand pushing it to a bay, hold on to the receipt, then ring us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Laneside
For days the dash had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Homes just off West Crescent are hit as often as anywhere else.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. On the bottom of your tank is where AdBlue waits, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Out in Milnshaw or right here in Laneside, the drain is done on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Laneside?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the top-up. Anywhere on Ribblesdale Avenue or on the road towards Preston — under 15 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Service stations further along are too far: on the M65, under a mile out of Laneside, take the next junction. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Tell us know the mileage covered when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It's a motor you have had for a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Lancashire.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with an added stage. Many rental and company contracts need the owner's sign-off for repairs.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we arrive than after. Keep the car off while the answer comes, even if you're parked outside Accrington or close to Crown Ground.
Laneside: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. A hurried stop by the gates of Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School, or a call to a friend in Dill Hall: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no harm to your motor. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and never start your engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one once it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you noticed.
Laneside: what each AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, one start applies. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Grey Horse Hotel or a side street close to St Mary Magdalen, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has run. Those answers decide the work, and you hear our price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Then the tank is drained and your system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Finally are the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting the car comes at the end. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our technicians go. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been noticed early. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Laneside itself
Laneside is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated inland at an elevation of 159 metres, approximately 13.5 miles from Preston. Laneside is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing stock, reflecting the typical architectural style of many North West England suburbs. Laneside is close to nearby places such as Milnshaw, Waterloo, and Enfield, and is about 182 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across Lancashire, Laneside included
Over BB postcodes, the vans covering Laneside — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places as well, Waterloo and Enfield included. Quickest of all: a BB5 5 postcode to show your location.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Enfield Cricket Club or in a car park in the middle of Laneside, it doesn't need to shift. We drain it where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near St. John's Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Laneside and anywhere in Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.