AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Holts, and What to Do Next
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has been started afterwards. Not run yet? Then keep the car that way, whether your car is — Holts or Leesfield. Leave the engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Holts. Already started? Stop when safe, then turn it off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical first move.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever in Greater Manchester you happen to be.
On a Holts forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It could be the Gulf, or perhaps the Shell, or another station around Holts.
In short: no better place exists to spot it. Still inside the tank, and nothing pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the temptation to start it just to free up the pump. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Emptying it right at the petrol pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Holts drive?
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it was just by the recycling that the cap caught your eye. It takes place on drives just off Near Birches Parade as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Out in Nether Lees or here in Holts, the drain happens on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Holts?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the fill. Perhaps it was on Lees New Road, possibly on the way out towards Manchester, under 10 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through your filter, along the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe place, stop, and turn the motor off. On the M60, under 3 miles from Holts, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it gone? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've only driven the car a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Greater Manchester.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or not — plus one extra stage. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements need the owner's approval before repairs.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. If you're stuck in the car park outside Mossley (Manchester), or by St Agnes Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Holts: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of St Hugh's CofE Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive out in Pitses.
The upshot: your engine isn't hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Turning on the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
Take it that it was put in, and never start your engine. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain in Holts has in common
The work opens identically, whichever your case. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Red Lion's car park, a street beside St Thomas, a drive, a forecourt — our van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has turned over. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally are the filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of your car. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians turn up.
Our technicians start the car last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it's running properly, and then we go. Lasting damage is very rare when it's caught soon, and the entire job is done where your car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Holts itself
Holts is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated near the River Mersey and characterised by semi-detached housing. Holts sits at an elevation of 181 metres, approximately 8 miles from Manchester city centre. Holts is part of a larger urban landscape that includes nearby neighbourhoods such as Nether Lees and Top of Lane. Holts is connected to the wider region by its proximity to Manchester, a major city in the North West of England.
AdBlue drains around Holts and across Greater Manchester
Being a residential suburb, Holts has the same vans as the surrounding towns — County End, Top of Lane — all the way across OL postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning OL4 5.
Central Holts or a lay-by towards Oldham Golf Club: either way it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for us. The van drains it in place. Assuming won't help near Lees Library, close to a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Leave it off and phone. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, in Holts and Greater Manchester, on 0333 366 0103.