AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mawdesley: What Now?
Everything turns on a single detail: if the motor has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Over in Andertons Mill or right around Mawdesley, an unrun motor must remain that way. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Mawdesley. Already run? Stop once safe, then turn it off. Step one stays the same, even though the work is bigger.
Anywhere around Lancashire it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the pump around Mawdesley: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Be it R. Sephton & Son, Gulf or anywhere else around Mawdesley, the situation is the same.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
What to do: do not get back in and start the vehicle to clear the pump. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it to a bay, save the receipt, then ring us right there. If it can't be moved, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Mawdesley
For days the dashboard had been warning you. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it was only at the recycling that the cap got a second look. Drives close to Gorsey Lane get it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in the tank and stays. A night parked changes none of that.
Next: keys indoors, and so nobody takes your car off at breakfast. Then, phone. Towngate or Mawdesley: whichever your drive sits, that is where it is cleared. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road in Mawdesley with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, drove away, and before long your motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. New Street, perhaps, or the way to Preston — a run of under 10 miles.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue through by now. It has been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Leave at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M6, under 5 miles from Mawdesley. It won't have cleared, so there is no sense starting it again to find out. About what distance had it go? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week back, the car was new to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere across Lancashire, could make it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Stuck near St Peter's Church or outside Rufford till someone answers, your vehicle remains switched off throughout.
Mawdesley: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway out in Grimshaw Green.
Put simply: spillage round the filler leaves the engine unharmed. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't crank it. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one once it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
The common ground in each Mawdesley AdBlue drain
Every situation has the same start to the work. We come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Red Lion or a side street close to Cedar Farm, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if the engine has been run. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear our price, and those answers shape the work too.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more important after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, however long you wait. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where the engine hasn't run, allow about half an hour on site, for most cases.
Starting it comes at the end. Before we head off, it is checked to confirm it runs correctly on new diesel. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it is caught soon, lasting damage is very rare. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in many policies.
About Mawdesley itself
Mawdesley is a small village in Lancashire, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of around 23 metres. Mawdesley lies approximately 9.8 miles from Preston and is surrounded by nearby places such as Towngate, Bispham Green, and Hill Dale. Mawdesley has a population of around 603 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Mawdesley is located in the North West region of England, about 183.7 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Mawdesley, and across Lancashire too
Being a village, Mawdesley shares its vans with the nearby places — Hill Dale, Bispham Green — right across L postcodes. The location is clearest from a postcode that starts L40 2.
Central Mawdesley or a layby near Mawdesley Cricket Club: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to shift at all for the drain. Draining is done right there. Assuming doesn't help beside St. Peter and St. Paul, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and check.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep the car that way and ring. Run by now: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Mawdesley or anywhere across Lancashire.