Newtown: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that hinges on one fact: if the engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Anywhere the vehicle is — Hoole, Newtown — never start an engine that has not run yet. Leave your engine and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Newtown. Pull over the minute it is safe then switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Cheshire it happened.
Newtown forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Be it Shell, Esso or somewhere else around Newtown, the situation is identical.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it can be. No pump has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays just in your tank.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. A few jobs: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt saved, and a call to us from where you stand. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear is drained right at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Newtown
For days the dash had been nagging 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. Just off Stuart Place is not less likely from any other place.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the forecourt. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops low in that tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by keeping the keys indoors, then phone us. Chester or Newtown: whichever your driveway is, that's where it gets drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Newtown?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Perhaps it was on Trafford Street, possibly on the way out towards Chester, under a mile away.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. The injection pump and each injector see it as well on a bigger trip, once the fuel filter and pipework have had it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. On the M53, under 3 miles from Newtown, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Let us know the mileage covered as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be in Cheshire, any motorist can slip up.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Leave it off while the reply comes, whether you're waiting outside Chester or close to Salvation Army Chester.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Newtown
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think so. A slight ammonia smell lingers near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in Bache.
In short: a spill near your filler leaves your motor no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked is a better result than an already-run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain around Newtown has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Stanley Arms or a side street close to Christ Church, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has been run. Answers set the work; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
Draining your tank comes next, then a full flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Next comes the filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
The last step is starting the engine. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it is running correctly, and then we head off. Lasting damage is very uncommon when it's caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in many policies.
About Newtown and where it is
Newtown is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Chester in Cheshire, England, with a riverside setting and an elevation of 23 metres. Newtown sits close to the city centre, approximately 0.4 miles from Chester, and is near other nearby places such as Boughton and Abbots Meads. Newtown has a population of around 10385 people and predominantly consists of flat-type housing.
Newtown and Cheshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Newtown is a new town, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Boughton and Abbots Meads among them, across the CH postcode area. Giving us a CH1 3 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Stopped heading to St Anne's Field Play Area, or right in the heart of Newtown, the vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. Draining is done on the spot. Guessing won't help near Northgate Arena, on a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Leave it that way then ring. Run already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, in Newtown and Cheshire, on 0333 366 0103.