AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Weakey, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on one fact: if your motor has been run since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Out in Harrop Green or right in Weakey, an unstarted motor must remain that way. Usually this means draining and properly purging it on the spot in Weakey — so keep your key and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Step one stays the same, even though the work is bigger.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Greater Manchester it happened.
On a Weakey forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you're stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Anywhere in Weakey, then — Gulf, Shell, or anywhere else nearby.
The point: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. Just your tank holds AdBlue; no part beyond it has taken any in.
Next: resist the temptation to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. A few things: a push into a bay with the attendants assisting, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
At home around Weakey with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Houses just off Hillside Avenue are hit as much as everywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. In Diggle or right here in Weakey, the drain is done at your drive. Late-night drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Weakey?
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. Moor Crescent, say, or the way towards Manchester — a trip of under 15 miles.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more restarts: further it goes.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first job — then switch everything off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M62, under 5 miles from Weakey. It won't have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to check. Phone, and say what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car barely a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was right beside your diesel. Wherever you happen to be in Greater Manchester, any driver can be caught.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which depend on if it has run. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because settling it early cuts time. If you are stranded in the car park outside Greenfield, or by Thomas Telford, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Weakey: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia-like smell hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A rushed top-up by the gates of Diggle School, or a visit to a friend in Woolroad: both fit.
The point: the motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank would be sucked in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: act as if it did, and don't start your engine. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier result than a run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain in Weakey shares these steps
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Our engineers come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Gate Inn or a side street near Kilngreen Church, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and if the motor has been run. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear our quote, and those replies shape the job too.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system rinsed 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. Last are your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the car. Where the engine hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour on site, in most jobs.
Our engineers start it at the end. Our technicians confirm it runs properly on clean diesel before we go. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it's noticed quickly, permanent damage is very uncommon. Paying comes that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Weakey and where it is
Weakey is a suburban area in Greater Manchester, situated near the River Tame and close to the Pennine foothills. Weakey sits at an elevation of 191 metres, with views across the surrounding countryside. Weakey is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock and is located near other local places such as Diggle and Marslands. Weakey is approximately 11.6 miles from Manchester, making it a commuter base for the city.
AdBlue drains in Weakey, and across Greater Manchester too
Weakey is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Marslands and Holly Grove among them, across the OL postcode area. Quickest of all: a OL3 5 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Diggle Park or in a car park in the middle of Weakey, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that is where it gets drained. Awkward to pin down? Close to St Chad or a county line? Checking beats guessing, and so ring.
The one-line version
Motor not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Run by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever it is, in Weakey and Greater Manchester, on 0333 366 0103.