Lees: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the motor has been run since it went in. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around Lees itself or out in Bank Top. Leave your motor and the ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Lees. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical first step.
Further down: the cases our technicians see, anywhere in Greater Manchester. Choose yours.
On a Lees forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. Somewhere around Lees, then — Gulf, Shell, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. Just the tank has AdBlue; no part beyond it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Phone us from the forecourt after your car sits in a space — the attendants will help push it — and save the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away gets cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Lees drive?
The warning light had been on for days. 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. It occurs on driveways just off Elliot Street as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car has not been driven since, it is second to the pump case. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue settles to the base inside the tank and waits. One night standing changes none of that.
Next: stop an early-morning drive by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. In Leesfield or right here around Lees, the draining happens on your drive. Night-time empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Lees?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way beyond the top-up. Maybe driving for Manchester, under 10 miles away, or simply along Mellor Street.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue up. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Stop safely — that's the first step — then turn everything off. Service stations farther along are too far: from the Broadway, under 5 miles out of Lees, take the first junction. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. About how far had it gone? Say so as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be around Greater Manchester, any motorist can slip up.
The upshot: just as above, split by if it ran, but with an added step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Mossley (Manchester), or near Sub Space? Keep your car off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Lees
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Which cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Salem, or rushing by St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School on the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch the motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Do this: act as though it got in, and don't start your engine. Phone with the details: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after your engine has run.
What every AdBlue drain around Lees has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the job. Wherever your vehicle stands — Angel Inn's car park, a road beside Lees Library, a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the amount, plus if your engine has been run. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next is the filter — cleaned, or swapped where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers get there.
Starting the engine comes last. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. If it is spotted early, the car very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Lees and where it is
Lees is a town in Greater Manchester, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 187 metres, with Lees being close to the nearby settlements of Leesfield, Hey, and County End. Lees is located approximately 8.2 miles from Manchester and 162.4 miles from London, with Lees having a population of around 31632 people. Lees is characterised by its predominantly terraced housing stock, with Lees being a typical example of a North West England town.
Lees and Greater Manchester: AdBlue drains across the area
Lees is a riverside town, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Hey and County End among them, across the OL postcode area. A postcode starting OL4 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped en route to Lees Park, or bang in the centre of Lees, the vehicle stays put — there's no need to move it at all. Draining is done right there. Awkward to pin down? Close to St Thomas or a border? Checking beats guessing, so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Run by now: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Lees or anywhere across Greater Manchester.