What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Astley
One thing matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has run afterwards. Not run so far? Then keep the vehicle like that, wherever the car sits — Astley or Higher Green. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine still off. Across Astley, such a case is generally emptied and flushed where it stands. Stop the moment you safely can and switch off, if it has been run. It's a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Greater Manchester it happened.
At the pump around Astley: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Astley, then — the nearest petrol station, BP, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it can be. Just your tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has taken any in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the pump is possible if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Astley drive?
For days the dashboard had been warning you. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the driveway — and it's just by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Homes just off Manchester Road are caught out as often as anywhere else.
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 your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep your keys indoors overnight — or someone may drive it off first thing — then phone us. We drain the car on your driveway, whether that is in Astley or out in Blackmoor. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Astley with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Anywhere along Princes Avenue or heading to Salford — under 10 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it too on a bigger run, after your filter and pipework have it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in safely — that is the next step — then turn everything off. Astley lies under 3 miles from the M60; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying how far the car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've just had the car for days. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Greater Manchester, nobody is safe from it.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on if it has run. The owner often needs to approve any work, under many hire and company agreements.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, since settling it beforehand saves time. Leave the vehicle switched off while the answer arrives, whether you're waiting outside Atherton or close to St Stephen's CE Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Astley?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. A slight ammonia-like smell lingers around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. The gates of St Stephen's CofE Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's drive over in Astley Green.
The point: the motor is not harmed by some AdBlue splashed on the filler. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't crank it. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Astley: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation has the same start to the job. Three things come when we reach the car — at a forecourt, a drive, a street beside Cross or the car park outside Miners Arms: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has run. Replies set the work; the price comes by phone while nobody has set off yet.
Then your tank is emptied and your system cleaned 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 does not rinse out on its own. Finally come your filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. Where the engine hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Starting the car comes at the end. We check it runs properly on fresh diesel before we leave. When it's caught quickly, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Astley
Astley is a village in Greater Manchester, situated on the riverside at a low elevation of around 25 metres. Astley lies near the cities of Salford and Manchester, with nearby places including Blackmoor, Lark Hill, and Town Lane. Astley has a population of approximately 2647 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Astley is located about 169 miles northwest of London, in the North West region of England.
AdBlue drains around Astley, and across Greater Manchester too
As a village, Astley has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Town Lane, Lark Hill — all the way through M postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode that starts M29 7.
Centre of Astley or a layby towards Nook Pits Wood: either way it sits, your vehicle never needs to shift an inch for the drain. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it is. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're close to St Ambrose Barlow, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, summed up
If it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Greater Manchester and in Astley — once you pull over, turn off and phone, if it's run.