AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lunts Heath, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has run since. Over in Cronton or right around Lunts Heath, an unrun engine should remain that way. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where your car stands in Lunts Heath. Pull over the moment you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Anywhere across Cheshire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
Lunts Heath forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, nozzle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Perhaps you are at the Shell, maybe at the Texaco, possibly somewhere else in Lunts Heath.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Still in your tank, with nothing pulled through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Have the staff to help pushing it to a space, save the bottle, then phone us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Lunts Heath
For days the dashboard had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It takes place on drives just off Wilmere Lane as often as anywhere.
Put simply: if the car has not been driven since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Put your keys indoors overnight — or a person may drive it away first thing — then call us. Farnworth or Lunts Heath: whichever your drive sits, that is where it is emptied. Night-time clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Lunts Heath: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the fill. Somewhere on Lunts Heath Road or else on the road towards Liverpool — under 15 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Past your filter, through the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. It travels further with each mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Services farther along can wait: on the M62, under a mile out of Lunts Heath, take the next junction. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. About what distance had it gone? Tell us when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car hardly a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. Wherever you are in Cheshire, every motorist could slip up.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those depend on whether it's run. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because settling it beforehand cuts time. If you are stuck in the car park at Widnes, or by St. Lukes, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Lunts Heath?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Lunts Heath Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Sutton Manor.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never touch your motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Any AdBlue in the tank will be sucked in by firing up the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as if it did, and never start your engine. Phone and give what you saw: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your engine has been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Lunts Heath shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever the car stands — Ford Sports & Social Club's car park, a road by Widnes Cricket Club, a driveway, a forecourt — our van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus if the engine has turned over. Those answers settle the work, and you get our price by phone, before anybody heads out.
Draining your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more important after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Then is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, we start the engine. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our technicians head off. Lasting damage is very unusual if it's spotted soon, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Lunts Heath and where it is
Lunts Heath is a suburban area in Cheshire, situated near the coast and approximately 10 miles from Liverpool. Lunts Heath has a relatively low elevation of 49 metres and is characterized by detached housing. Lunts Heath is close to nearby places such as Farnworth, Upton Rocks, and Appleton, and is part of the larger North West region of England.
AdBlue drains across Cheshire, Lunts Heath included
As a residential suburb, Lunts Heath shares its vans with the nearby towns — Appleton, Upton Rocks — right through WA postcodes. Giving us your WA8 5 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Birchfield Gardens or in a car park in the middle of Lunts Heath, it doesn't need to move. Our technicians drain the car where it is. Tricky to explain? By St Pius X or a border? Checking beats assuming, and so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Lunts Heath or wherever in Cheshire.