Lavister: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it went in. Anywhere the vehicle is — Rossett, Lavister — don't start a motor that has not run yet. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, done right where your vehicle stands in Lavister. When your engine has been run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then turn the car off. Step one remains the same, even if the work is bigger.
Match your case to one of the ones below, wherever in Wrexham you are.
At the petrol pump in Lavister: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. It might be the BP, or perhaps the Tesco, or another station in Lavister.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. Ring us from the forecourt once the car is in a space — the attendants will help roll it — then save the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear is emptied where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Lavister drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the driveway. Just off Roselands Court is no different from anywhere.
The point: no miles since makes this almost as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by putting the keys in the house, then phone us. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether around Lavister or Darland. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Lavister with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way beyond the top-up. Possibly it was on Oakland Court, perhaps on the way out towards Wrexham, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger run, once the filter and pipework have it. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, then turn the engine off. On the M53, under 10 miles from Lavister, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Roughly what distance had it gone? Tell us when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week ago, it was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just next to the diesel cap — news to you. Anywhere you are across Wrexham, any driver could slip up.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it early cuts time. If you are stranded in the car park outside Caergwrle, or by Pulford Castle, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Lavister
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Which cap was taken off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Burton, or in a rush outside Dodleston CofE Primary School at the school run.
In short: a spill round your filler does the engine unharmed. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and never start your motor. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Lavister AdBlue drain
Whatever the case, one start is used. Three questions are asked when our engineers reach the car — at a forecourt, a drive, a road by Darland Leisure and Activity Centre or the car park at The Dog and Pickle: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
Emptying your tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. When it's noticed soon, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Lavister
Lavister is a small village in Wrexham, situated on the banks of a river at a low elevation of around 13 metres. Lavister lies close to the nearby cities and villages, including Wrexham, Darland, Broadoak, and Pulford, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing. Lavister is located in a rural area, with Wrexham being the nearest city, approximately 5.3 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Wrexham, Lavister included
Throughout LL postcodes, the teams serving Lavister — a village — reach nearby places too, Broadoak and Pulford included. The whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts LL12 0.
No towing is required, whether stopped centrally in Lavister or in a lay-by heading to Marford Wood, so leave it where it is. Our van drains it in place. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to St Mary or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your situation, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car off then phone. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Lavister and anywhere across Wrexham on 0333 366 0103.