AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Murdishaw: What Now?
All of it turns on one fact: if your engine has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Out in Windmill Hill or right around Murdishaw, an unrun engine should remain that way. Normally that means draining and properly rinsing it on the spot in Murdishaw — and so keep your ignition and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Stage one stays the same, even though the job grows.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Cheshire it happened.
At the pump around Murdishaw: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Maybe you're at the Shell, perhaps at the Asda, possibly somewhere else in Murdishaw.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. No pump has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays just in the tank.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the pump wants freeing. Three jobs: a shove into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Murdishaw
For days the dash had been nagging you. Bought a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, too late. It takes place on driveways just off Aldersgate Avenue as often as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
Your move: the keys indoors, so nobody takes the vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, ring. Your driveway is where it is emptied, be it in Murdishaw or Norton Cross. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Murdishaw: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Anywhere on Chiswick Close or else on the road towards Chester — under 15 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then switch the motor off. On the M56, under a mile from Murdishaw, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About what distance did it gone? Tell us as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a car you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Cheshire.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with an added step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers get there than after. If you are stuck in the car park outside Runcorn East, or by Murdishaw Community Centre, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Murdishaw
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Which cap came off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool, or on a friend's drive in Preston Brook.
Put simply: a spill near your filler does your engine unharmed. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Firing up the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not crank it. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Murdishaw: what each AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, a single opening applies. Wherever the vehicle is — The Queen of Hearts's car park, a road by Murdishaw Youth Centre, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the quantity, plus if the engine has been run. Those replies settle this work, and you get the price by phone, before anybody sets off.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals build up and some metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Next is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Starting it comes last. Our test that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our technicians leave. If it's spotted early, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Murdishaw itself
Murdishaw is a suburban area in Cheshire, situated near the coast and approximately 13 miles from Chester. Murdishaw has a relatively low elevation of 48 metres and is characterized by predominantly terraced housing. Murdishaw is part of a larger urban landscape that includes nearby places such as Norton Cross and Norton. Murdishaw is located in the North West region of England, about 165 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across Cheshire, Murdishaw included
Over WA postcodes, the vans covering Murdishaw — a residential suburb — work surrounding towns as well, Norton and Town Park among them. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning WA7 6.
Centre of Murdishaw or a layby near Railway Plantation: wherever it sits, the vehicle never needs to shift an inch for us. The van empties it in place. Awkward to explain? By Brookvale Recreation Centre or a border? Asking beats guessing, so ring.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Murdishaw or wherever across Cheshire.