What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cleevemount
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has been run since it went in. Anywhere the vehicle is — Fairview, Cleevemount — never start an engine that hasn't run yet. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where the car stands around Cleevemount. Stop the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Further down: the cases we see, anywhere around Gloucestershire. Pick yours.
At the pump around Cleevemount: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Be it BP, Bouncers Lane Service Station or anywhere else around Cleevemount, the situation is identical.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still inside the tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the queue needs clearing. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — then keep the receipt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine when it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Cleevemount
The warning light had been on for days. 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. Just off Cakebridge Road is no different from anywhere.
In short: if the car has not been driven since, it is almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Put your keys in the house tonight — or someone may drive it away at breakfast — and phone us. Your drive is where it gets drained, whether in Cleevemount or Pittville. The pumping kit runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
On the road around Cleevemount with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading for Gloucester, under 10 miles away, or just along Cleevemount Road.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. It has been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a sensible place, pull in, and switch your motor off. On the M5, under 5 miles from Cleevemount, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense starting it again to check. Tell us hear the mileage covered as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, it was new to you. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue cap sits just beside the diesel. Throughout Gloucestershire, nobody is immune.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or not — and one extra step. Plenty of hire and company contracts need the owner's approval before work.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Cheltenham Spa, or near Nest for Pittville? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Cleevemount?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. A slight ammonia whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Oakwood Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's driveway over in Oakley.
The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. If there is AdBlue in your tank, turning on your car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Do this: act as though it did, and don't start your engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in every Cleevemount AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, The Airs & Graces's car park or a road by Harvest Field Church — our van reaches the car, and three questions come next: which liquid, what quantity, and whether it has run. Those replies decide the work, and you get our price by phone, before anybody heads out.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, no matter how long you wait. Last come your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the vehicle. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Our engineers start the engine at the end. Before we head off, it is tested to confirm it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been caught early. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while we travel is worthwhile.
About Cleevemount and where it is
Cleevemount is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Gloucestershire, with an elevation of 62 metres. Cleevemount lies approximately 8.5 miles from Gloucester and 87.3 miles from London, forming part of the larger urban area. Cleevemount is characterised by its semi-detached housing and proximity to nearby places such as Pittville and Lynworth. Cleevemount has a population of around 6170 residents.
AdBlue drains across Gloucestershire, Cleevemount included
Over GL postcodes, the vans serving Cleevemount — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, Lynworth and Whaddon included. Your location is clearest from a postcode beginning GL52 3.
No towing is required, whether parked centrally in Cleevemount or on a lay-by en route to Pittville School Playing Field, and so keep it where it is. Where it stands, that is where it gets drained. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Parklands Community Centre or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way then phone. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, across Cleevemount and Gloucestershire, on 0333 366 0103.