Simister: 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: whether the engine has been run since it went in. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle that way, whether the vehicle is — Simister or Rhodes. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. Across Simister, such a case is generally drained and flushed where it stands. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, yes, yet the identical opening step.
Below: the cases we see, anywhere across Greater Manchester. Pick the one that fits.
At the pump around Simister: AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Perhaps you are at the Sainsbury's, perhaps at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else in Simister.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Just the tank holds AdBlue; not one component past it has drawn it in.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
Simister, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it was only at the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Driveways close to Nutt Lane get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is second to the pump case. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles low inside the tank and waits. One night parked alters none of that.
Next: prevent an early move by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. We drain the car on your drive, whether that is in Simister or out in Bowlee. Our equipment runs quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Simister?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two after the fill. Farm Lane, perhaps, or the way to Manchester — a trip of under 5 miles.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Through the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, and turn your motor off. On the M62, under a mile from Simister, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Tell us know the distance covered as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, the car was new to you. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is just next to the diesel cap — news to you. Anyone, anywhere across Greater Manchester, might make the same.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or not — and one extra step. Any work on your car frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Settling it before the van turn up is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Hanging on for a reply in the car park outside Clifton, or beside St George? Leave your engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Simister?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. A slight ammonia whiff lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Oak Bank, or rushing by St Margaret's Church of England Primary School at the school run.
The point: your engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: assume it got in, then leave the engine off. Phone and give the details: we'd sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after your engine has been run.
Simister: what every AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the situation, one start is used. Three questions come once we arrive — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street by St Thomas or the car park at The Same Yet (J.W. Lees): the fluid, the quantity, and if it has run. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the replies shape the work.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that is why the flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Then is the filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting the car comes at the end. Our test that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians leave. Long-term damage is very rare when it is caught soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Simister, briefly
Simister is a small village in Greater Manchester, situated approximately 4.9 miles north of Manchester city centre. Simister sits at an elevation of around 108 metres, in a predominantly semi-detached residential area. Simister is surrounded by nearby places such as Bowlee, Rhodes Green, and Kirkhams, and is located inland in the North West region of England.
AdBlue drains around Simister, and across Greater Manchester too
As a rural village, Simister shares its vans with the nearby towns — Kirkhams, Rhodes Green — right through M postcodes. The location is quickest from a postcode that starts M25 2.
No moving is needed, be it stopped centrally in Simister or in a lay-by en route to Hazlitt Wood, and so leave it where it is. Our van drains it in place. Ring and ask instead of guessing when you're by The Temple, on a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine not started: phone, leaving it switched off. Run already: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Simister or wherever in Greater Manchester.