AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Pincock: What Now?
All of that turns on one fact: whether your motor has been run after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Wherever the vehicle is — Astley Village, Pincock — don't start an engine that hasn't been started yet. Usually this means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Pincock — and so keep your key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over once safe, then switch it off. A bigger job, yes, but the same first step.
Compare your case to one of the list below, wherever around Lancashire you happen to be.
On a Pincock forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, bottle still in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. Whether Tesco, Asda or anywhere else around Pincock, the case is the same.
The point: of all places to find out, this is the best. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one part past it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to free up the pump. Get the staff to lend a hand rolling it into a bay, save the bottle, then ring us right there. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Pincock drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it was just by the bin that the cap got a second look. Right off Fieldside Avenue is not less likely from anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since leaves this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. On the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Your move: keys indoors, so nobody takes your car anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. Your drive is where it is drained, whether in Pincock or Bolton Green. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Pincock?
A mile or two after topping up, your engine began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Wigan Road, perhaps, or the route towards Preston — a run of under 10 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a longer run, once your filter and lines have had it. It goes deeper with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then turn your motor off. Services farther on are too far: from the M6, under a mile out of Pincock, take the next junction. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say what distance your vehicle was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a car you have had for a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet was right beside your diesel. Wherever you happen to be across Lancashire, every driver can slip up.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added stage. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under many hire and company contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Stuck near Euxton Parish Church or outside Euxton Balshaw Lane until someone replies, your car remains switched off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Pincock?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. A faint ammonia whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Balshaw Lane Community Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Runshaw Moor.
Put simply: spillage near the filler leaves your engine unharmed. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be sucked in by firing up your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and don't turn the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Pincock: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever the car is — Euxton Mills's car park, a road by Euxton Parish Church Gate, a drive, a filling station — the van gets there and we ask about the fluid, the quantity, plus if the motor has been run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told our quote, and those answers shape the job too.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then is the filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the car. Not started? Then about half an hour on site is most jobs.
The last step is starting the car. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it's caught early, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents as you wait pays.
About Pincock and where it is
Pincock is a village in Lancashire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 49 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Pincock lies approximately 7 miles from Preston and is surrounded by nearby places such as Bolton Green, Charnock Green, and Euxton. Pincock has a population of around 1093 residents and is located in the North West region of England, about 183 miles from London. Pincock's riverside setting provides a unique character to the village.
AdBlue drains about Pincock and across Lancashire
Being a village, Pincock has the same vans as the nearby towns — Euxton, Charnock Green — all the way across PR postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning PR7 6.
Central Pincock or a lay-by near The Geoff Witts Millenium Green: either way it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. Draining is done on the spot. Assuming won't help near Yarrow Valley Country Park, on a county line or somewhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
Your situation, in one line
Where it hasn't started, ring and keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Pincock and anywhere across Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.