AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Clay Bottom: What Now?
Everything turns on a single fact: whether your engine has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Clay Bottom itself or out in Crofts End. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine still off. In Clay Bottom, such a case is generally drained and flushed where it stands. When the engine has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch the vehicle off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical opening move.
Anywhere around Bristol it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Clay Bottom forecourt
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you opened wasn't the correct one. It could be the Valero, or the Tesco, or a different station in Clay Bottom.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants clearing. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
Clay Bottom, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Bought a container, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. It takes place on drives just off Clay Bottom as frequently as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. On the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent any early-morning drive by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is in Clay Bottom or out in Rose Green. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Clay Bottom with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, the engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Perhaps it was on Dubbers Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Bristol, under 3 miles away.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue through already. Past the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. It travels further with every mile covered and every restart.
Your move: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Clay Bottom sits under a mile from the M32; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Tell us know the distance driven when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right by your diesel cap — a surprise to you. Throughout Bristol, no one is safe from it.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts here — run or unrun — plus one further step. Many hire and company contracts require the owner's approval before repairs.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Stapleton Road, or by Absolutely Karting, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Clay Bottom?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of May Park Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's drive over in Ridgeway.
In short: a spill round the filler leaves your engine no harm. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in the tank would be drawn in by turning on your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, and leave the engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Clay Bottom AdBlue drain
Every case has the same start to the job. Filling station, driveway, Queens Head's car park or a road beside Eastville Park Community Hub — the van reaches your vehicle, and three questions come next: which liquid, what amount, and if it ran. Answers set the job; the quote comes by phone while no one has set off yet.
Then the tank is drained and the 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. Next is your filter — flushed, or replaced when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Where the motor has not run, allow about half an hour on site, for most jobs.
The last step is starting the engine. Our technicians make sure it runs correctly on new diesel before leaving. Permanent damage is very unusual when it's spotted soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Clay Bottom itself
Clay Bottom is a suburban area located on the riverside in Bristol, with an elevation of 44 metres above sea level. Clay Bottom sits approximately 2.6 miles from Bristol city centre, within a short distance of nearby places such as Rose Green and Clay Hill. Clay Bottom is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing stock, reflecting the typical architectural style of the region. Clay Bottom is home to around 8272 residents, according to approximate population figures.
AdBlue drains round Clay Bottom and across Bristol
Clay Bottom is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Clay Hill and Upper Eastville among them, across the BS postcode area. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts BS5 7.
Centre of Clay Bottom or a layby towards Royate Hill Local Nature Reserve: wherever it sits, the car never needs to move an inch for us. Where it stands, that is where it is cleared. Awkward to explain? Close to Eastville Park Nissin Hut or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, so phone.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Clay Bottom and anywhere in Bristol on 0333 366 0103.