What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Marsh Green
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has been run since it got in. Out in Kitt Green or right in Marsh Green, an unrun motor must remain that way. Leave the engine and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Marsh Green. Pull over the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Anywhere around Greater Manchester it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
Marsh Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you opened was not the right one. It could be the BP, or perhaps the Esso, or a different station around Marsh Green.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Nothing has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits only inside that tank.
Freeing the pump is no reason to run it — and so do not get back in. Get the staff to help rolling it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
Marsh Green, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had gone by with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Right off Pembroke Road is no less likely from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Being unable to blend, AdBlue drops low inside your tank and stays. One night standing alters nothing.
Next: the keys in the house, so nobody takes your vehicle off first thing. After that, ring. Worsley Hall or Marsh Green: whichever your driveway sits, that's where it gets emptied. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Marsh Green with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way after topping up, the engine started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Possibly it was on Kitt Green Road, perhaps on the way out towards Preston, under 15 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. It goes further with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, and switch your engine off. On the M6, under 3 miles from Marsh Green, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there's no sense starting it again to find out. Tell us hear the mileage driven as you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Greater Manchester.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies here — run or not — plus one further step. Any work on the car often needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we turn up is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stuck by Marsh Green Community Centre or at Gathurst till the firm answers, the car remains switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Marsh Green?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Marsh Green Primary School, or a call to a friend in Martland Mill: either fits.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never touch your motor at all. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start it. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
Marsh Green: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the case, a single opening is used. Anywhere the car stands — Kitt Green Tavern's car park, a street by St Barnabas, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus whether your motor has been run. Those replies determine the work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, so it does not wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where the engine hasn't been started, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The last step is starting it. We confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel before we go. We do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been noticed quickly. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Marsh Green
Marsh Green is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated inland at an elevation of 37 metres. Marsh Green lies approximately 14.7 miles from Preston and is near notable places such as Worsley Hall and Norley. Marsh Green has a population of around 4898 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing.
AdBlue drains across Greater Manchester, Marsh Green included
Marsh Green is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Norley and Laithwaite among them, across the WN postcode area. Giving us your WN5 0 postcode pins you fastest of all.
No moving is needed, whether stopped centrally in Marsh Green or in a lay-by heading to Central Park, and so leave it where it is. The van drains it in place. Assuming doesn't help near Marsh Green Branch Library, on a border or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
Your scenario, in one line
Where it has not run, phone and keep it off. Started already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, across Marsh Green and Greater Manchester, on 0333 366 0103.