Shaw: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your engine run since the AdBlue got in? That one question settles nearly everything else from here. Over in Lower Rushcroft or here in Shaw, an unstarted engine should stay unrun. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Shaw. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It's a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, anywhere around Greater Manchester you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Shaw forecourt
Just at this point, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Anywhere in Shaw, then — Shell, Red Rose Filling Station, or anywhere else nearby.
In short: there is no better place to be to discover it. No pump has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits only inside your tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Can't move the vehicle beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Shaw
For days the dash had been nagging you. 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. Right off Crompton Way is not less likely from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car has not moved since, it's second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and remains put, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Shaw or out in Moss Hey. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Shaw?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading for Manchester, under 10 miles away, or simply down Regent Street.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue up. The injection pump and each injector get it too on a longer run, after the fuel filter and pipework have it. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Next: find a sensible place, stop, and switch your motor off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M62, under 3 miles from Shaw. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Call, and say how far your vehicle was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to your diesel. Any driver, wherever in Greater Manchester, could make it.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or not — plus one further stage. Work on your vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or company terms.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Keep it off as the reply comes, whether you're waiting outside Rochdale or close to Crompton Library.
Shaw: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. A rushed top-up by the gates of Beal Vale Primary School, or a call to a friend in Shaw Side: both fits.
The upshot: your motor is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the outside. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Your move: act as if it got in, and never start your motor. Phone with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your engine has been run.
Shaw: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The job begins identically, whichever the situation. Anywhere your vehicle stands — The Pineapple's car park, a street beside British Legion, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, and if your engine has turned over. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told our quote, and those replies shape the job too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals form and some metals corrode, and none of it rinses away unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians turn up.
Firing it up comes at the end. We check it runs correctly on fresh diesel before we leave. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it's spotted quickly, long-term damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Shaw, for a moment
Shaw is a town situated in a riverside setting within Greater Manchester, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Shaw and Crompton, located near the Oldham district. Shaw is positioned close to Manchester, making it a notable settlement in the area. The town has a long history, having previously been part of Lancashire before becoming part of Greater Manchester.
AdBlue drains about Shaw and across Greater Manchester
Throughout OL postcodes, the teams serving Shaw — a riverside town — work nearby places too, Cowlishaw and Small Brook among them. Telling us a OL2 8 postcode finds you fastest of all.
No towing is required, whether stopped in the centre of Shaw or on a layby heading to Memorial Gardens, so keep it where it is. The drain is done on the spot. Guessing won't help beside Playhouse 2, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and ask.
Your situation, in one line
Engine not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Shaw or anywhere in Greater Manchester.