What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tardy Gate
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the motor has been run since it went in. Anywhere the car is — Penwortham Lane, Tardy Gate — never run an engine that has not run yet. Usually this means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot in Tardy Gate — and so keep your key and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It is a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Further down: the cases we meet, anywhere around Lancashire. Choose the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Tardy Gate forecourt
Only at this point, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Be it Shell, Sainsbury's or anywhere else around Tardy Gate, the case is the same.
In short: there is no better spot exists to spot it. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Do this: stay out of the car, even if the pump wants freeing. Phone us from the forecourt once the car sits in a bay — the attendants will help push it — and save the receipt. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine when it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Tardy Gate with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just by the bin that the cap caught a second look. It takes place on driveways just off Moss Street as frequently as anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since leaves it almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and remains there, however long it waits.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody drives the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. Then, ring. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Tardy Gate or out in Lostock Hall. Late-night clears beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Tardy Gate?
A mile or two after topping up, the engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on Linden Drive, perhaps on the way out towards Preston, under 3 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a longer trip, once your filter and pipework have had it. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then switch your motor off. On the M65, under a mile from Tardy Gate, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Roughly how far had it gone? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, it was new to you. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right by the diesel inlet — news to you. Anywhere you happen to be around Lancashire, every motorist could slip up.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies here — run or not — plus one extra stage. Many rental and company agreements need the owner's sign-off before work.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Stuck near Green's Dance Club or at Lostock Hall until the firm replies, your car stays turned off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Tardy Gate
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A hurried stop by the gates of Lostock Hall Community Primary School, or a call to a friend in Bamber Bridge: both fits.
Put simply: a spill near the filler leaves the motor unharmed. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up the car would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and don't start the motor. Ring with the details: we'd sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one after the engine has run.
The common ground in every Tardy Gate AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whichever your case. Filling station, drive, Victoria's car park or a street by St James Church Hall — the van comes to your car, and three questions follow: which fluid, what amount, and whether it ran. Replies shape the job; the quote comes on the call while no one has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in after the fuel filter has been flushed or changed, and the car is finally checked. Never started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Starting the engine comes last. Our check that it runs properly on new diesel comes before we leave. If it is spotted quickly, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as we travel is worthwhile.
About Tardy Gate itself
Tardy Gate is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Lancashire, with a relatively low elevation of 40 metres. Tardy Gate lies close to the city of Preston, approximately 2.3 miles away, and is near other local places such as Lostock Hall and Farington Moss. Tardy Gate has a population of around 6429 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing.
Tardy Gate and Lancashire: AdBlue drains across the area
Cuerden Green and Farington Moss have the same vans as Tardy Gate, a residential suburb, along with further places over PR postcodes. The whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts PR5 5.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Tardy Gate or in a layby heading to St Cuthberts Playing Field, and so leave it put. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets drained. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you are close to Parish Church of St James, near a boundary, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your scenario
Unstarted? Keep it that way then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Tardy Gate and anywhere across Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.