AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Gamston: What Now?
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has run since. Not started so far? Then leave the car like that, wherever your car sits — Gamston or Edwalton. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where your vehicle sits around Gamston. When your motor has run, stop safely straight away, then turn the vehicle off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Further down: the cases our engineers see, anywhere in Nottinghamshire. Choose the one that fits.
Gamston forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Anywhere in Gamston, then — Morrisons, Sainsbury's, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then save the bottle. Can't move the vehicle beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
At home in Gamston with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had passed with the dash light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it was only by the bin that the cap got a second look. It happens on drives just off Grange Farm as frequently as anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it's almost as good as spotting it at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Keep your keys indoors tonight — or a person may take it away first thing — and call us. We drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Gamston or out in Adbolton. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Gamston: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on Main Street, maybe on the way out towards Nottingham, under 3 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a longer run, once the filter and pipework have it. Each restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. On the M1, under 10 miles from Gamston, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there is no point restarting to check. Let us know the distance driven when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only driven this vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Nottinghamshire.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it has run. Plenty of rental and fleet agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Waiting for a reply in the car park at Nottingham, or near Gamston Village Hall? Leave the car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Gamston?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Pierrepont Gamston Primary School, or a call to a friend in West Bridgford: both fit.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't reach the engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Firing up the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave the motor off. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it's been run — so ring then tell us what you saw.
Gamston: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Anywhere your vehicle stands — The Gamston Lock's car park, a road beside Bull, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask about the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has been run. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told the quote, and those answers decide the work too.
Then the tank is emptied and the system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while we make sure it's running properly, and then we head off. Permanent damage is very rare when it's spotted early, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Gamston and where it is
Gamston is a village in Nottinghamshire, situated on the banks of the River Trent at an elevation of around 26 metres. Gamston lies close to the city of Nottingham, approximately 2.7 miles to the west, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Adbolton and Bassingfield. Gamston has a population of around 2171 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing.
Gamston and Nottinghamshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over NG postcodes, the teams covering Gamston — a village — reach surrounding towns too, Bassingfield and Holme Lane among them. A postcode starting NG2 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Ambleside Play Park or in a car park in the middle of Gamston, it does not need to shift. The van empties it in place. Guessing won't help near Gamston Community Hall, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Run by now? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever case, across Gamston and Nottinghamshire, on 0333 366 0103.