What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wilpshire
Everything turns on a single detail: if your engine has been run after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Over in Clayton-le-Dale or right around Wilpshire, an unrun engine should remain that way. Usually that is emptying and properly flushing it right there around Wilpshire — so leave the ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. When the engine has been run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch the car off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Lancashire it happened.
At the petrol pump in Wilpshire: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Be it BP, Gulf or anywhere else in Wilpshire, the situation is identical.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. Only that tank has AdBlue; no part beyond it has taken any in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then save the receipt. Can't move the vehicle beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Wilpshire drive?
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. It occurs on driveways just off Ribchester Road as often as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. At the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Wilpshire or Salesbury. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Wilpshire?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Knowsley Road, say, or the route to Preston — a trip of under 10 miles.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue through by now. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Wilpshire sits under 3 miles from the M65; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. It won't have cleared, and so there is no point restarting to find out. Let us know the distance driven as you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had the vehicle barely a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Throughout Lancashire, nobody is immune.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or not — plus one further step. Many rental and company agreements require the owner's sign-off before work.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians get there than after. Stuck by Saint Peter or outside Ramsgreave & Wilpshire till the firm answers, the car stays switched off the whole time.
Wilpshire: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Copster Green, or in a rush outside Salesbury Church of England Primary School on the school run.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler never reach your motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank would be sucked in by turning on your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and don't start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain around Wilpshire has in common
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Wilpshire Hotel or a side street close to Holy Souls, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether your engine has been run. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies shape the work.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Clean diesel goes in after the filter is cleaned or changed, and your car is finally checked. Where the engine has not been started, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. Before we leave, it's checked to confirm it runs smoothly on clean diesel. If it is caught quickly, the vehicle 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 that day, no money in advance. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents as you wait pays.
About Wilpshire
Wilpshire is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated approximately 9 miles north of Preston and 186 miles northwest of London. Wilpshire sits at an elevation of around 153 metres, amidst the rolling countryside of the Ribble Valley. Wilpshire is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is surrounded by nearby places such as Salesbury, Brownhill, and Ramsgreave. Wilpshire has a population of around 2204 residents.
AdBlue drains around Wilpshire, and across Lancashire too
Wilpshire is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Brownhill and Ramsgreave among them, across the BB postcode area. A postcode starting BB1 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Wilpshire or a lay-by towards Hazel Moor: either way it sits, the car doesn't need to move at all for us. Our engineers drain the car where it sits. Assuming won't help beside Trinity Church, on a county line or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Wilpshire and anywhere in Lancashire on 0333 366 0103.