AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Liscard: What Now?
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has been started since. Wherever the car stands — New Brighton, Liscard — don't run a motor that has not run yet. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where the vehicle stands in Liscard. Pull over the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, wherever in Merseyside you happen to be.
At the petrol pump in Liscard: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Maybe you are at the Asda, maybe at the Texaco, possibly somewhere else around Liscard.
In short: no better spot exists to spot it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Get the attendants to lend a hand rolling it to a space, save the receipt, then phone us from there. Can't move the car beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Liscard drive?
Days had passed with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used on the drive. Just off Manor Road is no less likely from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside the tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it gets drained, be it around Liscard or Poulton. The pumping kit runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Liscard?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the fill. Anywhere on Liscard Crescent or else on the road towards Liverpool — under 3 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The injection pump and each injector see it as well on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and pipework have it. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Services further along are too far: from the Kingsway, under a mile out of Liscard, take the next junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far did it go? Say so as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had this vehicle barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just by your diesel cap — a surprise to you. Anywhere you happen to be across Merseyside, any motorist can be caught.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Work on the vehicle often requires the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, since sorting it early saves time. If you're stuck in the car park at Wallasey Village, or by Liscard Community Centre, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Liscard
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. A slight ammonia smell lingers near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, or on a friend's drive in Seacombe.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to the motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be drawn in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it did, and never start your engine. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
What each AdBlue drain in Liscard has in common
Every situation has the same start to the work. Filling station, drive, Royal Oak's car park or a road beside St Thomas the Apostle — our van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: which liquid, what quantity, and if it ran. Replies set the work; the price follows on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
Then the tank is drained and the system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel goes in once the filter has been flushed or changed, and the car is finally checked. Where the motor has not run, allow roughly half an hour on site, in most cases.
Firing it up comes last. Before our technicians head off, it is checked to be sure it runs properly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's noticed early, permanent damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Liscard, briefly
Liscard is a suburban area on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, situated near the coast and approximately 2.8 miles from Liverpool. Liscard has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are predominant in the area. Liscard sits at an elevation of around 36 metres, looking out over the Irish Sea. Liscard is close to nearby places such as Poulton, Egremont, and Wallasey, and is part of the larger Liverpool urban area.
AdBlue drains across Merseyside, Liscard included
As a residential suburb, Liscard has the same vans as the surrounding places — Wallasey, Egremont — right through CH postcodes. Telling us your CH45 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to The Delph Recreation Ground or in a car park in the middle of Liscard, it doesn't need to shift. Where it stands, that's where it gets cleared. Ring and check instead of guessing when you're close to Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, in one line
If it has not run, ring and keep it that way. Run already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, across Liscard and Merseyside, on 0333 366 0103.