Bower Fold: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the motor has run since it went in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Bower Fold itself or out in Copley. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. In Bower Fold, that is generally drained and flushed on the spot. Already started? Stop when safe, then turn everything off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Wherever across Greater Manchester it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
At the pump in Bower Fold: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the Tesco, or perhaps the Texaco, or another forecourt in Bower Fold.
Put simply: there is no better spot to be to discover it. No pump has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the pump wants clearing. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Bower Fold
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. It takes place on drives just off Mottram Road as frequently as anywhere.
Put simply: if your car hasn't moved since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. On the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody takes the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. After that, ring. Out in Fern Bank or here around Bower Fold, the draining is done at your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Bower Fold?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Perhaps it was on Old Road, maybe on the way out towards Manchester, under 10 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Mileage decides how far it goes: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Leave at the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M67, under 3 miles from Bower Fold. No test starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Call, saying what distance your vehicle was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only had the car a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Greater Manchester.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or company agreements.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us second, because settling it early cuts time. Stranded by the centre or at Stalybridge till the firm replies, your car stays switched off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Bower Fold?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Stalyhill Junior School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Mottram Rise.
In short: a spill round the filler leaves your motor unharmed. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn the key. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Bower Fold shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere your car stands — The British Protection's car park, a street by St Peter's RC Church, a driveway, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus if your engine has been run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the price, and those answers shape the job too.
Draining your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, no matter how long you wait. Clean diesel is put in once the filter is cleaned or replaced, and your car is then tested. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment we arrive.
The last step is starting the engine. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians go. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is caught soon, permanent damage is very unusual. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Bower Fold itself
Bower Fold is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Greater Manchester, with an elevation of 169 metres and a mix of detached housing. Bower Fold lies approximately 8 miles east of Manchester city centre and is close to nearby places such as Fern Bank and Woodlands. Bower Fold is part of the larger urban area surrounding Manchester, with easy access to the city and its amenities. Bower Fold has a population of around 2572 residents, living in predominantly detached homes.
AdBlue drains in Bower Fold, and across Greater Manchester too
Woodlands and Castle Hall have the identical teams as Bower Fold, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout SK postcodes. Telling us your SK15 2 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Parked heading to Cheetham Park, or bang in the centre of Bower Fold, your car stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Gorse Hall or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Engine not started: ring, and leave it switched off. Run already: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Bower Fold or wherever in Greater Manchester.