AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Greenacres Moor: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it was put in. Not started yet? Then leave it like that, wherever the vehicle sits — Greenacres Moor or Top of Moor. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine both off. Across Greenacres Moor, that is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Stop the moment you safely can and switch off, if it has been run. It's a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Wherever in Greater Manchester it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Greenacres Moor forecourt
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the right one. It might be the Tesco, or perhaps the Shell, or another forecourt in Greenacres Moor.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
What to do: do not get back in and start it to clear the petrol pump. A few things: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, so it can be drained where it is.
Greenacres Moor, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. It occurs on drives just off Greenacres Road as regularly as anywhere.
The point: zero driving since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and remains put, however long the night.
Next: stop any early-morning move by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. Clarksfield or Greenacres Moor: wherever your driveway is, that is where it is drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Greenacres Moor?
Topped up, drove away, and before long your motor was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Possibly it was on Plane Street, possibly on the way out towards Manchester, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a longer trip, once the fuel filter and lines have it. It goes further with every extra mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the Broadway, under 3 miles from Greenacres Moor. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Phone, and say how far your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Greater Manchester.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added step. Any work on your car often needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded by St Barnabas or at Mossley (Manchester) until the firm answers, your car stays switched off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Greenacres Moor?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's drive in Spring Hill, or in a rush by St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to your engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Turning on the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and never start the motor. Phone with the details: we would rather find a clean tank than drain one after your engine has run.
The common ground in every Greenacres Moor AdBlue drain
Every case gets the same start to the work. We come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside New Crown Inn or a side street close to St Annes Church, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the engine has been run. Those replies determine this work, and you get the quote by phone, before anyone heads out.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Last are your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the vehicle. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Our engineers fire it up at the end. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers head off. Long-term damage is very rare if it is caught quickly, and the whole job is done where your car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Greenacres Moor, for a moment
Greenacres Moor is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated approximately 7.8 miles from Manchester city centre. Greenacres Moor sits at an elevation of 209 metres, forming part of the residential landscape around Oldham. Greenacres Moor is characterised by its predominantly terraced housing stock, with nearby neighbourhoods including Clarksfield and Townfield.
Greenacres Moor and Greater Manchester: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout OL postcodes, the vans serving Greenacres Moor — a residential suburb — reach surrounding towns too, Townfield and Greenacres among them. Telling us your OL4 2 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Stopped heading to Becket Meadows, or bang in the heart of Greenacres Moor, your vehicle stays put — there's no need to move it anywhere. Our van drains it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Bilal Jamia Mosque or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Greenacres Moor and anywhere around Greater Manchester on 0333 366 0103.