AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Pownall Park, and What to Do Next
All of it turns on a single detail: whether the engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then keep it like that, wherever the car is — Pownall Park or Fulshaw Park. Usually this is emptying and thoroughly flushing it right there in Pownall Park — and so keep the ignition and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. Where your motor has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch the car off. It's a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Wherever around Cheshire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a Pownall Park forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It might be the Texaco, or perhaps the Asda Express, or another forecourt in Pownall Park.
The upshot: of all places to notice, the forecourt is the best. No pump has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a space — the staff will help push it — and keep the bottle. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear is cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Pownall Park drive?
Days had passed with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It occurs on drives just off Broad Walk as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is close to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and stays put, however long the night.
Your move: the keys in the house, and so nobody drives your car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Pownall Park or Lacey Green. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Pownall Park?
A mile or two after topping up, your motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on Gorsey Road, possibly on the way out towards Manchester, under 15 miles away.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a bigger run, after the filter and lines have had it. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Next: find a sensible spot, stop, and turn the engine off. Leave by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M56, under 3 miles from Pownall Park. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Cheshire.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with an added stage. The owner often has to sign off any work, under many hire and company contracts.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it early cuts time. Leave the car switched off while the answer comes, even if you are parked at Wilmslow or close to Pownall Park Tennis Club.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Pownall Park?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. A hurried stop by the gates of Gorsey Bank Primary School, or a call to a friend in Morley Green: both fit.
Put simply: a spill near your filler leaves your motor no harm. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up the vehicle will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Pownall Park has in common
Each situation gets the same start to the work. We come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Farmer's Arms or a side street near St Olaf's Chapel (remains of), and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has been run. Answers set the job; the price comes on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
Then your tank is drained and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Finally are your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your car. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
We fire it up last. Before our technicians go, it's tested to make sure it runs correctly on new diesel. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it is noticed early, lasting damage is very unusual. Paying is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy while we travel is worthwhile.
About Pownall Park itself
Pownall Park is a suburban area in Cheshire, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 85 metres. Pownall Park lies approximately 10 miles south of Manchester and is close to nearby places such as Lacey Green and Wilmslow. Pownall Park is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its residential nature. Pownall Park is also relatively far from London, at a distance of around 154 miles.
AdBlue drains in Pownall Park, and across Cheshire too
Over SK postcodes, the vans covering Pownall Park — a residential suburb — reach surrounding towns too, Wilmslow and Hilltop included. Fastest of all: a SK9 5 postcode to show your location.
No towing is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Pownall Park or in a layby en route to Carnival Field, so leave it where it is. We drain the vehicle where it sits. Guessing doesn't help near Chris Hall Memorial, on a county line or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
Your situation, summed up
Where it hasn't run, ring then keep it off. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Cheshire and within Pownall Park — once you stop, switch off then ring, if it has run.