AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Reedley: What Now?
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? That one point decides almost everything about what comes next. Out in Little Marsden or right in Reedley, an unrun engine must remain unrun. Normally this means emptying and properly flushing it on the spot around Reedley — so leave the key and motor off then call 0333 366 0103. When the engine has run, stop safely first, then turn the car off. It is a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Compare what happened to a situation from the ones below, anywhere across Lancashire you happen to be.
Reedley forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Possibly you're at the Esso, perhaps at the Texaco, possibly somewhere else in Reedley.
Put simply: no better spot to be to discover it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the queue needs clearing. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Reedley
For days the dash had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Just off Beech Grove is not less likely from any other place.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not been driven since, it's second to the pump case. At the floor of the tank is where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Put your keys indoors tonight — or someone may drive it off first thing — and call us. Brierfield or Reedley: whichever your drive is, that is where it gets emptied. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Reedley?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way beyond the top-up. Maybe it was on Rydal Close, maybe on the way out towards Bradford, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Past your filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. Every restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Next: pick a sensible place, pull in, and turn the motor off. On the M65, under a mile from Reedley, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week ago, it was new to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet was just beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Lancashire.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added step. The owner often needs to approve any work, under plenty of rental and fleet contracts.
Next: phone the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. If you are stuck in the car park outside Brierfield, or by St Luke the Evangelist, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Reedley?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. Which cap came off, you can't say; but the bottle feels less than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. A hurried top-up by the gates of Reedley Primary School, or a call to a friend in Marsden Height: both fits.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to the motor. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in your tank would be pulled in by starting the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it got in, and never start the key. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it has been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
The common ground in every Reedley AdBlue drain
The job opens identically, whichever the case. Filling station, driveway, The Prairie's car park or a road by St Cuthbert — the van reaches your vehicle, and three answers follow: what fluid, which amount, and if it ran. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the job.
Draining your tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long you wait. Finally come your filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of the vehicle. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our engineers start the engine at the end. Before we leave, it is tested to be sure it runs smoothly on new diesel. If it is spotted quickly, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Reedley itself
Reedley is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated inland at an elevation of 194 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Reedley lies near the towns of Brierfield and Burnley, and is close to the Waterside area. Reedley is located approximately 19 miles from Bradford and 182 miles from London, making it a relatively accessible location. Reedley has a population of around 6947 people, according to recent estimates.
Reedley and Lancashire: AdBlue drains across the area
Burnley Lane and Waterside get the same teams as Reedley, a residential suburb, plus further places throughout BB postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning BB10 2.
Parked en route to Heyhead Park, or right in the heart of Reedley, the vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. We drain the car where it is. Guessing doesn't help near Junction 12, close to a border or somewhere hard to describe; phone and check.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Keep it off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Reedley and anywhere around Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.