Moss Side: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has been started since. Over in Cocker Bar or right in Moss Side, an unrun engine should stay unrun. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush plus a drain, done right where the car sits in Moss Side. Where your motor has been run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then turn it off. A larger job, yes, but the same first step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Lancashire it happened.
At the pump in Moss Side: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Maybe you are at the Tesco, possibly at the Morrisons, possibly somewhere else around Moss Side.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs freeing. Three jobs: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is drained where it is at the pump.
At home in Moss Side with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. 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 near The Meadows get it as much as any other street.
In short: if your car has not been driven since, it's almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. Being unable to blend, AdBlue settles to the base inside the tank and waits. A night standing changes none of that.
Next: keys indoors, so nobody drives the car anywhere at breakfast. Then, ring. Your drive is where it is emptied, whether around Moss Side or Seven Stars. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Moss Side?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving to Preston, under 5 miles away, or simply down The Orchard.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. Distance sets how far it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a sensible spot, stop, then turn the engine off. On the M6, under 3 miles from Moss Side, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the mileage covered as you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week ago, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you are around Lancashire, any driver can be caught.
In short: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on if it's run. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Settling it before we arrives is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Keep the car switched off while the reply arrives, whether you're parked at Leyland or near St James.
Moss Side: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think it did. Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe at a friend's drive in Earnshaw Bridge, or rushing outside Moss Side Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
Take it that it was put in, and don't start the engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Moss Side AdBlue drain
The job opens identically, whatever the case. Filling station, drive, Dunkirk Hall's car park or a road beside Leyland Baptist Church — the van reaches the car, and three questions follow: which liquid, what amount, and whether it has run. Answers set the work; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits build up and certain metals are attacked, and none of that washes out unaided. Last come your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is starting the car. Before we leave, it's checked to be sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's caught soon, lasting damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents as you wait is worthwhile.
About Moss Side itself
Moss Side is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated near the River Ribble at an elevation of 23 metres. Moss Side lies approximately 4.9 miles from Preston and is part of the wider North West region. Moss Side has a mix of housing types, but detached homes are the most common, and its population is around 5001 residents. Moss Side is close to nearby places such as Seven Stars, Midge Hall, and The Straits.
AdBlue drains across Lancashire, Moss Side included
Being a residential suburb, Moss Side shares its vans with the nearby towns — The Straits, Midge Hall — right through PR postcodes. Telling us a PR26 7 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Parked en route to Moss Side Village Green, or right in the heart of Moss Side, the car stays where it is — there is no need to shift it anywhere. The van empties it in place. Assuming won't help near Midge Hall Methodist Church, on a border or anywhere hard to pin down; phone and check.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Leave the car that way and phone. Run already: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Moss Side or anywhere in Lancashire.