What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wade Hall
One thing counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your engine has run since. Not started so far? Then leave the car like that, wherever your vehicle sits — Wade Hall or The Straits. Normally that means emptying and thoroughly purging it right there in Wade Hall — so leave the key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then turn everything off. A bigger job, yes, but the same first step.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere in Lancashire you happen to be.
On a Wade Hall forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you took off was not the right one. Whether Tesco, Morrisons or anywhere else in Wade Hall, the situation is identical.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Nothing has drawn it in, so the AdBlue stays just in your tank.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants freeing. Get the staff to help pushing it into a space, save the receipt, then ring us from there. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Wade Hall, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had passed with the dash light on. A bottle from the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it was only by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Right off Fox Lane is no different from anywhere.
The point: no miles since leaves this almost as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. At the floor of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent any early drive by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. In Lower House or here around Wade Hall, the draining happens at your driveway. Late-night empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Wade Hall?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. West Paddock, say, or the way to Preston — a trip of under 10 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it too on a bigger trip, once the fuel filter and pipework have had it. It travels deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the first step — then switch everything off. Service stations further along can wait: on the M6, under 3 miles out of Wade Hall, take the next junction. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Let us hear the mileage driven as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It is a motor you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Throughout Lancashire, nobody is immune.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, only with one added step. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under many rental and company agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians arrive than after. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Leyland, or beside Crossways Day Centre? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Wade Hall?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of St Anne's Catholic Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Leyland: either fit.
The upshot: the engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting your car would pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and don't turn your key. Phone with the details: we'd sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one after your motor has been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Wade Hall shares these steps
No matter the case, one start applies. Three questions are asked when we reach your car — at a forecourt, a driveway, a road beside Lowerhouse Community Centre or the car park outside The Crofters: the liquid, the amount, and if it has been started. Replies set the job; the price follows by phone whilst no one has left yet.
Then that tank is emptied and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. If the motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes last. With new diesel in, it runs while we check it is running properly, and then we go. If it is spotted early, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Wade Hall itself
Wade Hall is a suburban area located on the riverside in Lancashire, with an elevation of around 25 metres. Wade Hall sits near the city of Preston, approximately 5 miles away, and is close to other nearby places such as Lower House and Seven Stars. Wade Hall has a population of around 5416 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Wade Hall is situated in the North West region of England, about 185.6 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Wade Hall, and across Lancashire too
Seven Stars and Broadfield have the same vans as Wade Hall, a residential suburb, along with other towns over PR postcodes. A postcode starting PR25 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, be it stopped in the centre of Wade Hall or on a layby heading to Brickfield Wood, so leave it where it is. The van drains it where it stands. Guessing doesn't help near Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, close to a border or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle off and phone. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Lancashire and in Wade Hall — after you pull over, turn off then phone, if it's run.