AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bank Heath, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it went in. Out in Lowton St Marys or here around Bank Heath, an unrun engine must stay that way. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, done right where your vehicle sits around Bank Heath. Already run? Stop once safe, then switch it off. A larger job, yes, yet the identical first move.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, anywhere around Greater Manchester you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Bank Heath forecourt
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Possibly you're at the Paul Hesketh, possibly at the Asda, maybe somewhere else around Bank Heath.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Just that tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn any in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to free up the pump. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a bay — the attendants will help push it — then save the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
Bank Heath, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it was just by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Drives close to Briar Road see it as much as anywhere.
In short: if the car has not been driven since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — or a person might drive it away first thing — then call us. Golborne or Bank Heath: wherever your drive is, that is where it gets drained. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Bank Heath?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Maybe driving for Salford, under 15 miles away, or simply down Nook Lane.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. On the M6, under 3 miles from Bank Heath, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to find out. Roughly what distance did it go? Say so as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car barely a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Greater Manchester.
The point: just as above, split by if it ran, but with one added step. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded by Golborne Sports & Social Club or outside Newton-Le-Willows until the firm answers, the vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Bank Heath?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan, or on a friend's drive in Lane Head.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to the motor. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Assume it got in, and never start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean beats draining one once it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain in Bank Heath has in common
Every situation has the same opening to the job. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Hare and Hounds or a side street near Golborne Library, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if the motor has run. Replies set the work; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians turn up.
The last step is firing it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it is running correctly, and then we go. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is noticed early, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Payment comes that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover is included in many policies.
About Bank Heath itself
Bank Heath is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 41 metres. Bank Heath lies near several nearby places, including Golborne, Lowton Heath, and Lowton, and is approximately 12 miles from the city of Salford. Bank Heath has a population of around 5370 people and is characterised by predominantly semi-detached housing. Bank Heath is located in the North West region of England, about 170 miles from London.
AdBlue drains round Bank Heath and across Greater Manchester
Lowton Heath and Lowton get the same vans as Bank Heath, a residential suburb, plus other towns over WA postcodes. A postcode starting WA3 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, whether stopped centrally in Bank Heath or in a layby en route to Lowton Heath, so keep it put. Draining is done right there. Assuming doesn't help beside Lowton and Golborne Community Church, close to a county line or anywhere awkward to describe; ring and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Where it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Greater Manchester and within Bank Heath — once you stop, turn off and phone, if it's run.