What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Slyne
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has been started since. Wherever the car is — Hare Runs, Slyne — don't start an engine that hasn't been started yet. Leave your engine and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Slyne. Already started? Stop when safe, then turn it off. A bigger job, yes, but the same first step.
Match your case to one of the ones below, wherever across Lancashire you happen to be.
On a Slyne forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the right one. It might be the Esso, or perhaps the Shell, or another station around Slyne.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. Still inside your tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is fine when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Slyne drive?
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used on the drive. Right off Main Road is not different from anywhere.
The point: no miles since leaves this nearly as good to finding it at the pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in the tank and waits. One night parked alters nothing.
Next: stop an early-morning drive by keeping your keys in the house, then ring us. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Slyne or Hest Bank. The pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Slyne?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Maybe it was on Bottomdale Road, maybe on the way out towards Lancaster, under 3 miles away.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: pick a sensible spot, stop, then switch the engine off. On the M6, under 3 miles from Slyne, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. About what distance did it go? Tell us when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Lancashire, nobody is immune.
In short: one extra step on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it's run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Leave it off while the answer arrives, whether you're parked outside Bare Lane or close to Christadelphian Hall.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Slyne
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Halton.
The point: your motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Starting the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would suck it in.
Your move: behave as if it got in, and never start your engine. 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 each AdBlue drain in Slyne has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the work. Our technicians come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Slyne Lodge or a side street near St Luke's Church, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if the engine has been run. Answers shape the job; the quote follows by phone whilst no one has left yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither rinses away unaided. Then comes the filter — flushed, or replaced where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers arrive.
Our engineers start the engine last. Our test that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon if it has been caught soon. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Slyne
Slyne is a small village in Lancashire, situated near the coast and approximately 2.6 miles from Lancaster. Slyne sits at an elevation of around 45 metres, overlooking the surrounding countryside and the nearby coastline. Slyne has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most common, and its population is around 582 residents. Slyne is close to other local places, including Hest Bank and Bolton-le-Sands.
AdBlue drains in Slyne, and across Lancashire too
Slyne is a coastal village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Bolton Town End and Bolton-le-Sands among them, across the LA postcode area. Quickest of all: a LA2 6 postcode for your location.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Hest Bank Recreation Ground or in a car park in the middle of Slyne, it doesn't need to shift. Where it stands, that's where it gets cleared. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to Memorial Hall or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
If it hasn't started, phone and leave it that way. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Lancashire and in Slyne — after you pull over, switch off and phone, if it has run.