AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wordsworth Terrace, and What to Do Next
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This single question decides nearly everything else from here. Not started so far? Then keep the car that way, whether the car sits — Wordsworth Terrace or Stanger. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, done right where the vehicle sits in Wordsworth Terrace. Already run? Pull over once safe, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Below: the cases we meet, anywhere in Cumbria. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Wordsworth Terrace forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Perhaps you're at the Oakhurst Petrol Station, perhaps at the Essex Garage, possibly somewhere else in Wordsworth Terrace.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up just to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the pump is fine when it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Wordsworth Terrace with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it's just by the bin that the cap got your eye. It occurs on drives just off Lorton Road as regularly as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether around Wordsworth Terrace or Cockermouth. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Wordsworth Terrace?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Victoria Road, say, or the way towards Carlisle — a run of under 25 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector see it too on a longer run, after the filter and pipework have it. It goes deeper with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, and turn your motor off. Service stations further on are too far: on the Southwaite Services Northbound, under 25 miles out of Wordsworth Terrace, take the first junction. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. About what distance did it go? Say so as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this car hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right by the diesel cap — news to you. Throughout Cumbria, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Maryport, or near Quaker Meeting House? Leave your engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Wordsworth Terrace?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Bridekirk, or rushing outside Fairfield Primary School on the school run.
In short: a spill round your filler does the engine unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up your car will pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it was put in, and don't start your key. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than draining one once it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in each Wordsworth Terrace AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions come when our technicians arrive — on a forecourt, a drive, a street beside Dinosaur Lamppost or the car park outside The Swan: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Those answers settle this work, and you get our quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, since deposits form and some metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Finally come the filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running correctly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is noticed soon, long-term damage is very unusual. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Wordsworth Terrace, for a moment
Wordsworth Terrace is a locality situated on the riverside in Cumbria, with an elevation of 64 metres. Wordsworth Terrace lies near the towns of Cockermouth and Papcastle, and is approximately 23 miles from Carlisle. Wordsworth Terrace has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most common. Wordsworth Terrace is located in the North West region of England, about 256 miles from London.
Wordsworth Terrace and Cumbria: AdBlue drains across the area
Wordsworth Terrace is a small village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Goat and Papcastle among them, across the CA postcode area. Telling us your CA13 9 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Kirkbank Drying Green or in a car park in the middle of Wordsworth Terrace, it does not need to move. We drain the vehicle where it is. Awkward to explain? By All Saints Church or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, so ring.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever case, in Wordsworth Terrace and Cumbria, on 0333 366 0103.