AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bath Street, and What to Do Next
One thing counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your motor has been started afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Bath Street itself or out in Churchend. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor both off. In Bath Street, such a case is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. Already started? Stop when safe, then switch everything off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare your case to a situation from the ones below, anywhere around Gloucestershire you are.
At the petrol pump in Bath Street: AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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 Shell, Texaco or anywhere else around Bath Street, the situation is identical.
In short: there is no better place to be to spot it. Still inside the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Bath Street
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the driveway. Drives near Bath Road get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the floor of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so no one drives the car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's in Bath Street or out in Middle Street. The pumping kit works quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Bath Street: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Swallowcroft, perhaps, or the way towards Gloucester — a run of under 10 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, and turn your motor off. Service stations further on can wait: on the M5, under a mile out of Bath Street, take the first junction. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Roughly how far did it go? Tell us when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days back, the car was new to you. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Across Gloucestershire, no one is safe from it.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the cases above, which depend on if it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Stuck by Saint Michaels and All Angels or at Stonehouse till someone answers, your car remains switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Bath Street?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Eastington Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's drive over in Claypits.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler never reach the engine at all. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by turning on the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, and leave the motor off. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank checked is a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
Bath Street: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come once we reach the car — at a filling station, a driveway, a street by St Peter's Church or the car park at The Old Badger: the fluid, the quantity, and whether it has run. Those answers determine this work, and you hear our quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out unaided; that is why the flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally are the filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Where the motor hasn't been started, expect about half an hour once we arrive, for most jobs.
Starting the car comes last. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before our engineers leave. Long-term damage is very unusual when it is caught soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents as you wait pays.
About Bath Street
Bath Street is a locality in Gloucestershire, situated near the coast in the South West region of England. Bath Street lies at an elevation of 29 metres, close to the nearby places of Middle Street, Eastington, and Cress Green. Bath Street is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, reflecting the area's residential nature. Bath Street is located approximately 9.1 miles from Gloucester and 95.6 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Bath Street, and across Gloucestershire too
Throughout GL postcodes, the vans covering Bath Street — a coastal area — work surrounding places as well, Eastington and Cress Green included. Fastest of all: a GL10 3 postcode for where you stand.
Centre of Bath Street or a lay-by near Owen Harris Memorial Ground: wherever it is, your vehicle never needs to move an inch for this drain. Draining is done right there. Assuming doesn't help near St Andrew, on a border or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
The one-line version
If it hasn't started, ring and leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Bath Street and anywhere around Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.