Pool Hey: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on one fact: if your motor has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Pool Hey itself or out in Blowick. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. In Pool Hey, such a case is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. When the motor has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then turn the vehicle off. Stage one remains unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, wherever across Lancashire. Choose the one that fits.
At the pump in Pool Hey: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the correct one. Be it Tesco, BP or anywhere else around Pool Hey, the case is identical.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to free up the pump. A few jobs: a push into a bay with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear is emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Pool Hey
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it's only at the bin that the cap got a second look. Right off Pool Hey Lane is not different from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is close to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise a person may take it off first thing — then call us. Brown Edge or Pool Hey: wherever your drive sits, that's where it gets emptied. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Pool Hey with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way after topping up, the motor began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Anywhere on Southport Road or else on the road to Preston — under 15 miles away.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
Pull in safely — that's the first job — then switch it off. Pool Hey lies under 10 miles from the M58; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pushing on for the services. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Roughly how far did it go? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the vehicle barely a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Anyone, wherever across Lancashire, might do it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. If you're stranded in the car park outside Meols Cop, or by Kew Evangelical Church, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Pool Hey?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Kew Woods Primary School, or a call to a friend in Snape Green: both fits.
The upshot: the motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed around the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up the vehicle would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn the engine. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats draining one after it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
Pool Hey: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The work begins the same way, whichever the situation. Forecourt, drive, The Old Duke's car park or a road by Church of Saint Francis of Assisi — the van comes to the car, and three answers come next: what fluid, what amount, and if it has run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals build up and some metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. Next comes the fuel filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Where your engine has not run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Finally, our engineers start the car. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before we head off. If it's spotted early, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while you wait is worthwhile.
About Pool Hey, for a moment
Pool Hey is a small coastal suburban area in Lancashire, situated near the cities of Preston and Southport. Pool Hey sits at a low elevation of around 4 metres, close to the shoreline of the Irish Sea. Pool Hey is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, with nearby places including Brown Edge, Carr Cross, and Jacks Mere.
AdBlue drains around Pool Hey, and across Lancashire too
Carr Cross and Jacks Mere get the identical teams as Pool Hey, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout PR postcodes. Fastest of all: a PR8 5 postcode for your location.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Twists Covert or in a car park in the middle of Pool Hey, it does not need to move. Draining happens right there. Tricky to pin down? Close to Haig Avenue or a border? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way and phone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Pool Hey and anywhere around Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.