What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Woodhouses
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the engine has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around Woodhouses itself or out in Street End. Usually this means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Woodhouses — and so leave the key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Already started? Stop once safe, then switch everything off. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Greater Manchester it happened.
At the pump in Woodhouses: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It could be the EG On the Move, or the Tesco, or another station around Woodhouses.
The point: of all places to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the queue wants clearing. Three jobs: a shove into a bay with the attendants assisting, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain it in place.
At home in Woodhouses with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it was just by the recycling that the cap got your eye. It occurs on drives just off Ashton Road as often as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly 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 your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. In Woodhouse Green or right here in Woodhouses, the drain happens on your drive. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Woodhouses?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. It might have been heading for Manchester, under 5 miles away, or simply along Failsworth Road.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Through the filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn your engine off. Service stations further on can wait: on the M60, under a mile out of Woodhouses, take the first junction. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far the vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only driven this car for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Across Greater Manchester, nobody is immune.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with an added step. The owner often needs to approve any work, under many rental and company contracts.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stuck by Woodhouses Mission Church or outside Ashton-Under-Lyne till someone answers, the car stays switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Woodhouses?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Bottom of Woodhouses.
The point: your engine isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
Your move: behave as if it did, and don't start the engine. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Woodhouses has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, Street Bridge Inn's car park or a road by Woodhouses Cricket Club — the van comes to your vehicle, and three questions come next: which fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is essential, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and neither washes away unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
We fire it up at the end. Before our engineers go, it is checked to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it is noticed quickly, permanent damage is very uncommon. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Woodhouses, for a moment
Woodhouses is a small village in Greater Manchester, situated on the edge of a lake at an elevation of 112 metres. Woodhouses lies close to several nearby communities, including Woodhouse Green and Daisy Nook, and is within a short distance of Manchester. Woodhouses has a population of around 661 people and is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock. Woodhouses is also near to Holt Lane End, another local settlement.
AdBlue drains about Woodhouses and across Greater Manchester
As a village, Woodhouses shares its vans with the nearby towns — Holt Lane End, Daisy Nook — all the way across M postcodes. Telling us a M35 9 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Parked heading to Failsworth Macedonia Cricket Club, or right in the centre of Woodhouses, your vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. Wherever it sits, that is where it is emptied. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near Failsworth Soccer Centre or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave it off then ring. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Greater Manchester and within Woodhouses — after you stop, turn off then ring, if it's run.