What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Facit
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it got in. Not run yet? Then leave it that way, whether your car sits — Facit or Fold Head. Leave your motor and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Facit. Stop the moment it is safe and turn off, if it has already run. Step one remains the same, even though the work grows.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Lancashire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Facit forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It could be the Texaco, or the Shell, or a different station in Facit.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Still inside that tank, and nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — so don't get back in. Three things: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Can't move the car by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt safe, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Facit drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, too late. Driveways near Station Road get it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not moved since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits.
Keep your keys in the house overnight — or someone may take it off first thing — then call us. Millgate or Facit: whichever your driveway is, that's where it is drained. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Facit?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving for Manchester, under 15 miles away, or just along Hoyle Street.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a longer run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, and turn the engine off. On the A627(M), under 5 miles from Facit, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Let us hear the distance covered when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is just next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Wherever you are around Lancashire, any motorist could slip up.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — and one further step. Plenty of hire and company contracts require the owner's sign-off for work.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Hanging on for a reply in the car park at Walsden, or beside St John the Evangelist? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Facit
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. What cap was taken off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. A hurried top-up by the gates of Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth, or a visit to a friend in Wallbank: both fit.
The upshot: the motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the filler. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Take it that it got in, and don't start your key. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Facit AdBlue drain
Whatever the situation, a single opening is used. Forecourt, drive, Cock and Magpie's car park or a street beside The Ashcroft — our van comes to the car, and three answers follow: what liquid, which quantity, and whether it ran. Your price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Then is the filter — cleaned, or swapped when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
We start it last. Before our technicians leave, it's tested to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. We do the whole job where your car is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been spotted quickly. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Facit and where it is
Facit is a suburban area in Lancashire, situated near the lakeside at an elevation of 241 metres. Facit lies within commuting distance of Manchester, approximately 13 miles away, and is close to nearby places such as Millgate, Whitworth, and Shawforth. Facit has a population of around 1480 people and is characterised by predominantly terraced housing.
AdBlue drains about Facit and across Lancashire
As a residential suburb, Facit has the same vans as the nearby towns — Shawforth, Whitworth — right across OL postcodes. Fastest of all: a OL12 8 postcode for where you stand.
Stopped heading to Whitworth Memorial Gardens, or right in the heart of Facit, your car remains where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. Where it sits, that's where it gets drained. Ring and ask instead of guessing when you're close to Cowm Leisure Off Road Centre, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Motor not started: phone, leaving it alone. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, in Facit and Lancashire, on 0333 366 0103.