AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Diggle, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it got in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Diggle itself or out in Harrop Green. Usually this is draining and properly flushing it on the spot around Diggle — and so keep your ignition and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. When the engine has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then switch the car off. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the job grows.
Anywhere across Greater Manchester it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a Diggle forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Be it Gulf, Shell or anywhere else in Diggle, the case is identical.
The upshot: of all places to notice, the forecourt is the best. Just your tank has AdBlue; not one component past it has drawn any in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to move away from the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear is cleared where it is at the pump.
At home in Diggle with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the drive — and it was just at the bin that the cap caught a second look. Houses just off Ward Lane are caught out as often as everywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — or someone may drive it off first thing — and phone us. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Diggle or Weakey. The pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Diggle: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Perhaps it was on Spurn Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Manchester, under 15 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Mileage sets how far it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn your engine off. Diggle sits under 5 miles from the M62; there, come off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. It won't have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to check. Phone us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days back, the car was new to you. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits right next to your diesel. Anyone, wherever around Greater Manchester, could do it.
The upshot: just as above, divided by if it ran, only with an added stage. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. If you're stranded in the car park outside Greenfield, or by Thomas Telford, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Diggle?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Diggle School, or a call to a friend in Carr: either fits.
Put simply: spillage round the filler does the engine no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Do this: behave as if it did, and don't start the motor. Phone and give the details: we would sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after the motor has been run.
The common ground in every Diggle AdBlue drain
Each case gets the same opening to the work. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Gate Inn or a side street close to Kilngreen Church, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your motor has run. Answers set the job; the price follows by phone whilst no one has set off yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts far more here than with petrol. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where the engine hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
Our engineers start the car last. Our engineers confirm it runs smoothly on clean diesel before leaving. If it is noticed quickly, the car very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into many policies.
About Diggle itself
Diggle is a village in Greater Manchester, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of 189 metres. Diggle lies approximately 11.7 miles east of Manchester and 162.5 miles north of London, with nearby places including Weakey, Holly Grove, and Marslands. Diggle has a population of around 1154 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Diggle is characterized by its riverside setting, which influences the local landscape and environment.
AdBlue drains in Diggle, and across Greater Manchester too
Throughout OL postcodes, the teams covering Diggle — a village — work surrounding towns as well, Holly Grove and Marslands included. The location is quickest from a postcode beginning OL3 5.
Stopped en route to Diggle Park, or bang in the heart of Diggle, the vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. We drain the vehicle where it stands. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you are by St Chad, near a border, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, in one line
Unstarted? Keep the car that way and phone. Run already: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Diggle or wherever across Greater Manchester.