AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Longsight, and What to Do Next
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has run since. Not started so far? Then keep it that way, wherever the vehicle sits — Longsight or Infirmary. Leave your motor and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Longsight. Stop the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, wherever across Greater Manchester. Choose the one that fits.
On a Longsight forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Perhaps you are at the TotalEnergies, maybe at the Total, possibly somewhere else around Longsight.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — and so do not get back in. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it into a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. Emptying it right at the pump is possible if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Longsight, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit all week. Bought a container, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Drives near Clarence Road get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle has not been driven since, it's second to the pump case. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base in your tank and waits. One night parked alters none of that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Longsight or out in Rusholme. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Longsight?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Anywhere on Birch Lane or else heading towards Manchester — under 3 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how far it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Longsight sits under 3 miles from the Mancunian Way; on it, come off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say what distance the car was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It is a car you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is just next to your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Greater Manchester.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts too — run or unrun — and one further stage. Many hire and fleet contracts need the owner's approval for work.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Stuck by Church of the Pokrov or at Ardwick until the firm replies, your vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Longsight?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? A hurried top-up by the gates of St John's CofE Primary School, or a call to a friend in Gorton: either fits.
The upshot: your engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in the tank will be sucked in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave your motor off. Checking a tank that proves clean beats emptying one after it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you noticed.
Every AdBlue drain in Longsight shares these stages
The job begins the same way, whichever the case. Anywhere your car is — Red Lion's car park, a street beside GMBA, a drive, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has been run. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told our price, and those replies shape the job too.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Finally come the filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of your vehicle. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The final step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running properly, and then we leave. We do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been spotted quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover is built into plenty of policies.
About Longsight, for a moment
Longsight is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated near the River Mersey at an elevation of 51 metres, and is located approximately 2.2 miles from Manchester city centre. Longsight is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing stock, which reflects the area's historical development as a residential suburb. Longsight is close to nearby places such as Rusholme, Belle Vue, and West Gorton, and is part of the larger Manchester urban area. Longsight has a population of around 14308 people, according to recent estimates.
Longsight and Greater Manchester: AdBlue drains across the area
Longsight is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Belle Vue and West Gorton among them, across the M postcode area. Quickest of all: a M13 0 postcode to show your location.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Edlin Close Play Area or in a car park in the middle of Longsight, it doesn't need to move. Our van empties it where it stands. Awkward to pin down? Close to The Roby or a border? Checking beats guessing, and so phone.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, and leave it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Longsight and anywhere in Greater Manchester on 0333 366 0103.