AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cheadle Heath, and What to Do Next
Has your motor run since the AdBlue went in? That one question settles almost everything else from here. Not run so far? Then keep the car like that, whether your vehicle is — Cheadle Heath or Adswood. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine both off. In Cheadle Heath, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then switch everything off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever around Greater Manchester you are.
At the petrol pump in Cheadle Heath: 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. Maybe you're at the Morrisons, perhaps at the BP, possibly somewhere else in Cheadle Heath.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it gets. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue stays just inside the tank.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away gets cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Cheadle Heath drive?
On the dash, a reminder had been lit all week. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it's only at the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Homes just off Heathside Road are hit as often as everywhere else.
In short: if your car has not been driven since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Your move: keys in the house, and so no one drives the car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your driveway is where it gets drained, whether in Cheadle Heath or Cheadle. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Cheadle Heath?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Stockport Road, say, or the way to Manchester — a trip of under 10 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. It's been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then switch the motor off. Services farther along are too far: from the M60, under a mile out of Cheadle Heath, use the first junction. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to find out. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just had the car for days. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Greater Manchester, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Any work on your car often requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we get there than after. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Stockport, or near Grace Baptist Church? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Cheadle Heath?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of Cheadle Heath Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway out in East Didsbury.
In short: a spill round the filler leaves the motor unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave the engine off. Checking a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone then describe to us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain around Cheadle Heath has in common
Every situation gets the same start to the work. Three questions are asked once we arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a street beside Cheadle Heath Sports Club or the car park at LMRCA Railway Club: the liquid, the quantity, and whether it has run. Replies set the work; the price follows on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals build up and some metals corrode, and neither washes away unaided. Next comes your filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If your engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before we go. When it is noticed early, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Cheadle Heath
Cheadle Heath is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated near the River Mersey at an elevation of 51 metres. Cheadle Heath lies close to the towns of Cheadle and Edgeley, and is approximately 5.8 miles from Manchester city centre. Cheadle Heath has a population of around 6662 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Cheadle Heath is also near Heaton Mersey, another local suburb.
AdBlue drains around Cheadle Heath and across Greater Manchester
Cheadle Heath is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Edgeley and Heaton Mersey among them, across the SK postcode area. The whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode beginning SK3 0.
Parked heading to Carrs Road Park, or right in the heart of Cheadle Heath, your vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to move it anywhere. Draining happens on the spot. Tricky to explain? By 1st Cheadle Heath Scout Group or a county line? Checking beats guessing, and so phone.
Your scenario, in one line
Motor never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Cheadle Heath and anywhere across Greater Manchester on 0333 366 0103.