AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Fox Platt, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your engine has been started since. Not started so far? Then leave the car like that, whether your vehicle is — Fox Platt or Brook Bottom. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush plus a drain, done just where your vehicle stands around Fox Platt. Where your engine has run, stop safely first, then turn the car off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Anywhere around Greater Manchester it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Fox Platt forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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. Perhaps you are at the Texaco, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else in Fox Platt.
Put simply: there is no better spot to be to spot it. Just the tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Get the attendants to lend a hand pushing it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us right there. Draining it there at the pump is possible when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Fox Platt
Several days had gone by with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Just off West Grove is no different from any other place.
In short: if the car has not moved since, it's nearly equal to finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Next: prevent any early drive by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether around Fox Platt or Mossley Cross. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Fox Platt?
Topped up, drove away, and soon the engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Possibly it was on Old Brow, maybe on the way out towards Manchester, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Distance decides how far it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, and turn your engine off. Fox Platt lies under 5 miles from the M60; there, come off at the first junction rather than pressing on for the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Any driver, anywhere around Greater Manchester, could do it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Many hire and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off for work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we get there than after. If you are stranded in the car park outside Mossley (Manchester), or by Seel Park, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Fox Platt?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. A slight ammonia smell hangs near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Bottoms, or rushing by Livingstone Primary School at the school run.
Put simply: spillage round your filler does the engine unharmed. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Assume it got in, and never turn your key. Phone with the details: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than empty one once your motor has run.
What every AdBlue drain in Fox Platt has in common
Every situation gets the same opening to the work. Three questions are asked when we arrive — at a filling station, a drive, a street beside Mossley Parish Church or the car park at The Gillery: the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told our quote, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals form and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
We start it at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we make sure it is running correctly, and then we head off. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very rare when it has been noticed soon. Payment is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Fox Platt itself
Fox Platt is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated on the riverside with a mix of terraced housing. Fox Platt has a population of around 4403 people and is located near several nearby places, including Mossley Cross, Mossley Brow, and Mossley. Fox Platt sits at an elevation of 203 metres, relatively close to the city of Manchester, which is approximately 8.6 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Fox Platt, and across Greater Manchester too
Fox Platt is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Mossley Brow and Mossley among them, across the OL postcode area. A postcode starting OL5 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked heading to Mossley Park, or right in the centre of Fox Platt, the vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. Wherever it sits, that's where it is cleared. Phone and check rather than guess if you are by Mossley Methodist Church, near a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the car that way and phone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Fox Platt and anywhere around Greater Manchester on 0333 366 0103.