AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Barnwood: What Now?
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has run afterwards. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Barnwood itself or out in Hucclecote. Normally that is draining and thoroughly purging it on the spot around Barnwood — so keep your ignition and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Where the motor has run, stop safely straight away, then turn the vehicle off. It is a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever in Gloucestershire you are.
Barnwood forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Just now, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It might be the BP, or perhaps the another forecourt nearby, or a different station in Barnwood.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants freeing. Ask the staff to help you push the car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Barnwood
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in on the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Homes just off Fairwater Park are hit as much as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and stays put, however long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain it on your drive, whether that is around Barnwood or out in Elmbridge. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Barnwood?
Filled up, drove away, and before long the engine was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Wotton Court, say, or the way towards Gloucester — a trip of under 3 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Through the filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Exit at the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M5, under 3 miles from Barnwood. Do not restart the vehicle 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
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right by your diesel cap — news to you. Throughout Gloucestershire, nobody is safe from it.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies here — run or unrun — and one further stage. Any work on your car frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stuck in the car park outside Gloucester, or by Barnwood Reading Room, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Barnwood: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's drive in Barton, or in a rush by Barnwood Church of England Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch the motor at all. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Do this: act as if it got in, and don't start your motor. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
Every AdBlue drain in Barnwood shares these stages
Every case has the same start to the work. Filling station, driveway, Wooton Hall Social Club's car park or a road by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — our van reaches the vehicle, and three questions follow: what liquid, which amount, and if it ran. Answers set the work; the quote follows on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
Emptying your tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. Last are your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a check of your car. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Before we go, it is tested to confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel. If it's spotted early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Barnwood, for a moment
Barnwood is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Gloucester in Gloucestershire, situated near the River Severn at an elevation of around 28 metres. Barnwood is characterized by its semi-detached housing and is close to nearby places such as Elmbridge and Coney Hill. Barnwood has a population of approximately 3085 residents and is within walking distance of Gloucester city centre. Barnwood is also near Wotton, another local suburb.
Barnwood and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Coney Hill and Wotton have the same teams as Barnwood, a residential suburb, along with other places over GL postcodes. Giving us your GL4 3 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Walls Sports and Social Club or in a car park in the middle of Barnwood, it does not need to move. Wherever it sits, that is where it is cleared. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Gloucestershire Coroners Court or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine not started: phone, leaving it switched off. Run already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, in Barnwood and Gloucestershire, on 0333 366 0103.