What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lower Roe Cross
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the motor has been run since it went in. Wherever your car is — Warhill, Lower Roe Cross — never run a motor that has not been started yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine both off. In Lower Roe Cross, that is typically drained and flushed on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Greater Manchester it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Lower Roe Cross forecourt
Only at this point, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Whether Shell, BP or anywhere else in Lower Roe Cross, the case is identical.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Still in that tank, with no fuel pulled through: that is where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and start the car to clear the petrol pump. Get the attendants to help rolling it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear is emptied where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Lower Roe Cross drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. Bought a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Just off Old Road is not less likely from any other place.
The upshot: zero driving since leaves it almost as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. At the floor of your tank is where AdBlue stays, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Your move: keys indoors, so no one takes your car anywhere at breakfast. After that, ring. Spout Green or Lower Roe Cross: whichever your drive is, that's where it gets emptied. Our equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Lower Roe Cross: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe it was on Hall Drive, possibly on the way out towards Manchester, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first job — then switch everything off. Services further along are too far: from the M67, under a mile out of Lower Roe Cross, take the first junction. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Call us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a motor you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by your diesel cap — news to you. Wherever you happen to be across Greater Manchester, any motorist can slip up.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Many hire and company agreements require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. Keep it off as the answer comes, even if you are parked at Broadbottom or near Statue of L.S. Lowry.
Lower Roe Cross: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. A faint ammonia smell lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of Mottram CofE Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's driveway out in Mottram Rise.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to your engine. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by firing up your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and don't turn the engine. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank checked counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain in Lower Roe Cross has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the work. Wherever your car stands — Waggon and Horses's car park, a road beside Longdendale Recreation Centre, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks about the liquid, the amount, and whether your engine has turned over. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told the quote, and those answers decide the work too.
Then that tank is cleared and your system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel goes in after your filter is flushed or changed, and the car is finally tested. Where your motor hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Firing it up comes last. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it is running correctly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is noticed early, long-term damage is very rare. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Many policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Lower Roe Cross
Lower Roe Cross is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Greater Manchester, with a mix of detached housing and scenic views. Lower Roe Cross sits at an elevation of 233 metres, overlooking the surrounding landscape. Lower Roe Cross is located near several nearby places, including Spout Green, Roe Cross, and Mottram in Longdendale, and is approximately 9.5 miles from Manchester. Lower Roe Cross has a population of around 1143 residents.
AdBlue drains across Greater Manchester, Lower Roe Cross included
Roe Cross and Mottram in Longdendale have the same vans as Lower Roe Cross, a residential suburb, along with further places over SK postcodes. Giving us your SK14 6 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No towing is needed, be it stopped in the centre of Lower Roe Cross or on a layby en route to Etherow Lodge Park, and so keep it put. Draining is done right there. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near St. Michael and All Angels Parish Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the car off then phone. Started already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, in Lower Roe Cross and Greater Manchester, on 0333 366 0103.