AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kemble: What Now?
Everything turns on one fact: whether your motor has started since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not run yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever the vehicle is — Kemble or Thames Head. Normally that is draining and thoroughly purging it right there around Kemble — and so keep the key and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over once safe, then turn everything off. Step one stays unchanged, even though the job grows.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Gloucestershire it happened.
On a Kemble forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Whether Esso, Tesco or anywhere else around Kemble, the situation is the same.
In short: no better spot exists to spot it. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt once the vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then save the bottle. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Kemble with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Houses just off A429 are hit as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided your car has not moved since, it's second to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Put the keys indoors tonight — or a person might drive it away first thing — and phone us. In Ewen or right here around Kemble, the drain is done on your driveway. The pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Kemble: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. Possibly it was on Windmill Road, possibly on the way out towards Gloucester, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: pick a safe spot, pull in, then turn your engine off. On the M4, under 10 miles from Kemble, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere across Gloucestershire, could make the same.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts here — run or unrun — and one further step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, since settling it beforehand saves time. Waiting for a reply at the car park at the nearest station, or near Kemble Village Hall? Keep the engine off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Kemble
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think so. A slight ammonia whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. It might have been on a friend's drive in Woodlands, or in a rush by Kemble Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no harm to the motor. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Next: assume it got in, then leave the motor off. Ring with the details: we'd sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one once your engine has been run.
The common ground in each Kemble AdBlue drain
Whatever the situation, a single start is used. Three questions are asked when we reach your car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by Kemble War Memorial or the car park outside The Tavern Inn: the fluid, the quantity, and if it has run. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers set the work.
Then the tank is emptied and the system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter is cleaned or changed, and the car is then tested. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job after the moment our engineers get there.
Lastly, we start the engine. Before we head off, it's tested to make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. When it's spotted early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Paying comes on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Kemble and where it is
Kemble is a village in Gloucestershire, situated on the banks of the River Thames, with a mix of rural and riverside scenery. Kemble sits at an elevation of around 112 metres, near the villages of Ewen and Poole Keynes, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Kemble is located near the Cotswold Water Park and is close to the city of Gloucester, while also being within commuting distance of London, approximately 82 miles away.
Kemble and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over GL postcodes, the vans covering Kemble — a village — reach surrounding towns as well, Kemble Wick and Poole Keynes among them. Telling us your GL7 6 postcode finds you quickest of all.
No moving is needed, whether parked in the centre of Kemble or on a lay-by en route to Highstubs Plantation, so keep it where it is. The van empties it in place. Awkward to explain? By All Saints or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, so ring.
The one-line version
Engine never started: ring, and leave it alone. Run already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever it is, in Kemble and Gloucestershire, on 0333 366 0103.