Longmoss: 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 engine has run since it went in. Not started yet? Then leave it that way, wherever your car sits — Longmoss or Weston. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where your car stands around Longmoss. When the engine has been run, pull in safely straight away, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match what happened to a situation from the ones below, anywhere around Cheshire you are.
Longmoss forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. It could be the the nearest petrol station, or perhaps the Shell, or a different forecourt around Longmoss.
The point: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — and so don't get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the car is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then keep the bottle. Can't move it by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, so we can drain it where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Longmoss drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened at the driveway. Drives near Birtles Road see it as much as any other street.
The point: no driving since makes this almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits.
Keep your keys indoors overnight — otherwise a person may drive it away at breakfast — and phone us. Whirley Grove or Longmoss: whichever your drive is, that is where it gets cleared. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Longmoss: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Whirley Road, say, or the route to Manchester — a run of under 25 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how far it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels further with every mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. On the M56, under 10 miles from Longmoss, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, so there's no point restarting to find out. Let us know the distance driven when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It is a car you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is right next to the diesel cap — news to you. Anywhere you happen to be across Cheshire, every motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside Macclesfield, or near Henbury village hall? Keep the engine off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Longmoss?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Which cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Whirley Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Dale Brow.
The upshot: the motor is not hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave your motor off. Phone and give what you saw: we would sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after your motor has run.
Longmoss: what every AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the situation, one opening is used. Three things come when our technicians reach the car — at a forecourt, a driveway, a road by St Thomas' Church or the car park at Cock Inn: the liquid, the amount, and if it has been started. On the phone, before anything else, you are told the price, and those replies decide the job too.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because deposits build up and some metals corrode, and none of it washes out unaided. Last are the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Not started? In that case about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running correctly, and then we go. If it's noticed quickly, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents as we travel is worthwhile.
About Longmoss
Longmoss is a suburban area in Cheshire, situated inland at an elevation of 174 metres, with a mix of residential and rural landscapes. Longmoss lies approximately 15 miles from Manchester, and is close to nearby places such as Whirley Grove and Henbury. Longmoss has a population of around 2215 people, predominantly living in detached housing. Longmoss is also relatively far from London, at a distance of 149 miles.
AdBlue drains in Longmoss, and across Cheshire too
Henbury and Broken Cross have the same teams as Longmoss, a residential suburb, along with further places over SK postcodes. A postcode starting SK10 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, be it parked in the centre of Longmoss or on a layby en route to Henbury Millennium Green, so leave it put. We drain the vehicle where it is. Tricky to pin down? By Broken Cross Methodist Church or a border? Checking is better than guessing, and so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine not started: phone, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Longmoss and anywhere across Cheshire on 0333 366 0103.