What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wilderswood
Has your engine run since the AdBlue went in? This single question settles almost everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Wilderswood itself or out in Bottom o th Moor. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine still off. Across Wilderswood, such a case is typically emptied and cleaned where it stands. Already started? Pull over when safe, then turn it off. Step one remains unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Compare what happened to a situation from the ones below, wherever in Greater Manchester you happen to be.
Wilderswood forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only now, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It might be the Texaco, or perhaps the BP, or another station in Wilderswood.
The point: of all places to find out, this is the best. Still inside that tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to move away from the petrol pump. Have the attendants to lend a hand pushing it into a space, save the bottle, then phone us right there. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Wilderswood
Days had passed with the dash light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it's only at the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Driveways near Brownlow Road get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? Provided the car hasn't moved since, it is second to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: the keys in the house, so no one drives your car off first thing. After that, phone. Out in Montcliffe or right here in Wilderswood, the drain happens at your driveway. Our pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Wilderswood?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Berwyn Close, possibly on the way out towards Preston, under 15 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Next: find a safe spot, pull in, and switch the engine off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M61, under 3 miles from Wilderswood. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance driven when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever across Greater Manchester, might make the same.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — plus one extra stage. Work on the vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or company agreements.
Settling it before the van turn up is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stuck in the car park outside Blackrod, or by Horwich Heritage Centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Wilderswood?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Beacon Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Grimeford Village.
Put simply: spillage near your filler leaves your motor unharmed. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
Do this: act as though it did, and never start the motor. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clear tank checked counts as a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain around Wilderswood has in common
No matter the situation, a single start is used. Three questions come once our engineers reach your car — at a filling station, a driveway, a street beside Horwich Community Centre or the car park outside The Rivington: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Those answers determine this work, and you hear our price on the phone, before anybody heads out.
Draining the tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Fresh diesel is put in after your filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is then checked. If your engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
We start the car last. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our engineers head off. When it is noticed soon, the car very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Wilderswood, briefly
Wilderswood is a locality in Greater Manchester, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 209 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Wilderswood lies near several other small places, including Montcliffe, Horwich, and Wallsuches, and is approximately 12.4 miles from Preston. Wilderswood is also relatively far from London, at a distance of around 176.9 miles. Wilderswood has a small population of around 546 residents.
AdBlue drains across Greater Manchester, Wilderswood included
Over BL postcodes, the teams covering Wilderswood — a small village — reach surrounding towns too, Horwich and Wallsuches among them. Fastest of all: a BL6 6 postcode for where you stand.
Centre of Wilderswood or a lay-by towards the green space at the edge of the village: either way it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for us. We drain the car where it is. Ring and ask rather than guess if you are close to Holy Trinity Church, near a border, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car that way then ring. Run by now: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Wilderswood or anywhere across Greater Manchester.