AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Clifton Wood, and What to Do Next
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has been started since. Anywhere the car is — Bristol, Clifton Wood — never start a motor that hasn't run yet. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush plus a drain, carried out just where your car sits in Clifton Wood. When your motor has run, pull in safely straight away, then switch the car off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Anywhere across Bristol it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the pump around Clifton Wood: 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. It might be the Esso, or the Harvest Energy, or a different forecourt around Clifton Wood.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Have the attendants to lend a hand pushing it into a space, save the bottle, then ring us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away is cleared right at the petrol pump.
At home in Clifton Wood with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the dash light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Homes just off Goldney Avenue 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 stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and stays there, however long it waits.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone may drive it away first thing — and phone us. Our technicians drain it on your drive, whether that's in Clifton Wood or out in Hotwells. Late-night empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Clifton Wood?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Anywhere on Constitution Hill or heading to Bristol — under a mile away.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Through the filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first step — then switch it off. Clifton Wood lies under 3 miles from the M32; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Roughly how far had it gone? Tell us as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be in Bristol, any driver could be caught.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts here — run or not — and one further step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Settling it before we turn up is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Stuck by St. Andrew's Clifton old church site or outside Clifton Down till someone answers, your vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Clifton Wood: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Which cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. Maybe on a friend's drive in Clifton, or rushing by Christ Church Church of England Primary School on the school run.
The upshot: the engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue splashed on the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it got in, and never turn the engine. Phone with what you saw: we would rather confirm a clean tank than empty one once your motor has been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Clifton Wood shares these steps
The job opens the same way, whichever the situation. Forecourt, driveway, The Lansdown's car park or a street beside Memorial — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: which fluid, which amount, and whether it has run. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told our price, and those answers shape the work too.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers get there.
Starting the engine comes last. Before our technicians leave, it is checked to be sure it runs smoothly on new diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it is noticed soon, long-term damage is very uncommon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents as we travel pays.
About Clifton Wood itself
Clifton Wood is a suburban area located on the riverside in Bristol, with a mix of old and new buildings, including a high proportion of flats. Clifton Wood sits at an elevation of 73 metres, close to the city centre and nearby areas like Hotwells and Victoria Park. Clifton Wood is part of the larger Bristol urban area, which has a long history of trade and commerce, and is situated near Canons Marsh. Clifton Wood is well connected, being only 0.6 miles from Bristol city centre and 107.1 miles from London.
Clifton Wood and Bristol: AdBlue drains across the area
Clifton Wood is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Victoria Park and Canons Marsh among them, across the BS postcode area. The whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode beginning BS8 1.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Bellevue Garden or in a car park in the middle of Clifton Wood, it doesn't need to move. Draining is done on the spot. Tricky to pin down? By Queen Mother's 80th Birthday or a border? Checking beats assuming, and so phone.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Leave it that way and ring. Run by now? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever it is, in Clifton Wood and Bristol, on 0333 366 0103.