AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Green Street, and What to Do Next
Everything hinges on one fact: whether your motor has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Green Street itself or out in Henley. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. Across Green Street, such a case is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. Stop the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. Stage one stays the same, even though the job is bigger.
Further down: the cases our engineers see, anywhere around Gloucestershire. Pick the one that fits.
Green Street forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Maybe you are at the Shell, maybe at the Tesco, maybe somewhere else in Green Street.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still inside your tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. Three jobs: a push into a bay with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Green Street drive?
Days had gone by with the warning light on. Bought a container, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Right off Green Street is not less likely from anywhere.
In short: if the car hasn't moved since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops low in the tank and waits. One night parked alters none of that.
Next: stop an early-morning move by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Green Street or out in Watermead. The equipment works quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Green Street?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon your motor was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Oldfield Road, perhaps, or the route to Gloucester — a trip of under 5 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next step — then switch it off. Leave by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M5, under 3 miles from Green Street. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just driven this vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Any driver, wherever around Gloucestershire, could make it.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies here — run or unrun — and one further step. Plenty of rental and company contracts need the owner's approval before work.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Leave the car switched off while the reply comes, whether you're waiting at Gloucester or close to Saint Patrick's Catholic Church.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Green Street
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Look familiar? The gates of Castle Hill Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Little Witcombe.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet don't reach your motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start it. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Green Street: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The work opens the same way, whatever your situation. Forecourt, drive, Whittle Inn's car park or a road by Brockworth Free Church — our van reaches the vehicle, and three answers follow: what liquid, which amount, and whether it has run. Replies shape the job; the price comes on the call while nobody has left yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If the engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running correctly, and then we leave. We do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been spotted soon. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy while we travel is worthwhile.
About Green Street itself
Green Street is a suburban area in Gloucestershire, situated near the River Severn at an elevation of around 71 metres. Green Street lies close to the city of Gloucester, with nearby places including Watermead, Coopers Hill, and Brockworth. Green Street has a population of approximately 2960 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing.
Green Street and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a residential suburb, Green Street has the same vans as the nearby towns — Brockworth, Coopers Hill — all the way through GL postcodes. A postcode starting GL3 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to POS 4 or in a car park in the middle of Green Street, it doesn't need to move. The van empties it in place. Assuming doesn't help near Cheese Rolling, close to a border or anywhere awkward to pin down; ring and ask.
The one-line version
Engine not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Started already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever it is, in Green Street and Gloucestershire, on 0333 366 0103.