What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Town Green
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has been started since. Anywhere your car is — Ashton-in-Makerfield, Town Green — don't run a motor that has not run yet. Normally this means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Town Green — so leave the ignition and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. Already started? Stop once safe, then switch it off. It is a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Further down: the cases we see, wherever in Greater Manchester. Pick the one that fits.
Town Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are 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. Be it Esso, Asda or somewhere else in Town Green, the situation is the same.
In short: no better place exists to spot it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Ring us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — then save the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets drained where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Town Green drive?
The warning light had been on for days. 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. Homes just off Wotton Drive are caught out as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's close to the pump case. On the bottom of your tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Put the keys in the house tonight — or a person might drive it off first thing — and phone us. We drain it on your drive, whether that's in Town Green or out in Stubshaw Cross. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Town Green?
A mile or two after filling up, your motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Somewhere along Golborne Road or else on the road to Salford — under 15 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a longer trip, after the filter and lines have it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the first step — then switch it off. On the M6, under 3 miles from Town Green, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever in Greater Manchester, could do the same.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on whether it has run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. Keep the vehicle off as the answer comes, whether you are parked outside Bryn or close to Edge Green Street Stadium.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Town Green?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? A rushed top-up by the gates of St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School, or a call to a friend in Bryn Gates: both fits.
The upshot: the engine is not harmed by some AdBlue splashed on the outside. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be drawn in by starting the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Assume it was put in, and never start the engine. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats draining one after it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in each Town Green AdBlue drain
The work opens the same way, whichever the case. Three things are asked once our engineers reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a street beside St Luke or the car park at Harrow Inn: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Then that tank is cleared and your system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. Never started? Then about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Last, we fire it up. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our engineers leave. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it is spotted soon, long-term damage is very uncommon. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Town Green itself
Town Green is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated inland at an elevation of 57 metres. Town Green is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting the area's residential nature. Town Green is located near several other local places, including Stubshaw Cross, Ashton Heath, and Edge Green, and is approximately 13.4 miles from the city of Salford. Town Green has a population of around 3253 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains around Town Green and across Greater Manchester
Being a residential suburb, Town Green has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Edge Green, Ashton Heath — right through WN postcodes. A postcode starting WN4 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, whether stopped centrally in Town Green or on a lay-by heading to Stubshaw Park, and so leave it put. The van empties it in place. Assuming doesn't help beside Old smallpox hospital site, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and check.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Town Green and anywhere in Greater Manchester on 0333 366 0103.