What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kemble Wick
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it was put in. Not run yet? Then leave the car that way, whether the vehicle is — Kemble Wick or Chelworth. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine both off. In Kemble Wick, that is typically drained and flushed on the spot. Stop the moment you safely can and switch off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever in Gloucestershire you happen to be.
At the petrol pump around Kemble Wick: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you're standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Perhaps you're at the Esso, possibly at the Tesco, perhaps somewhere else around Kemble Wick.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Still inside that tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your car is in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — and save the receipt. Can't move the car by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt sensible, so it can be drained where it is.
At home around Kemble Wick with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Drives near Wick Road get it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and remains there, however long the night.
Keep the keys in the house overnight — or someone might drive it away first thing — and call us. We drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Kemble Wick or out in Woodlands. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Kemble Wick?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning roughly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Anywhere along Limes Road or heading to Gloucester — under 25 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a bigger run, after the fuel filter and pipework have it. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch it off. Kemble Wick lies under 10 miles from the M4; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Phone, and say what distance the car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the car hardly a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was just next to the diesel. Throughout Gloucestershire, no one is immune.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Kemble, or near Saint Michael? Leave your engine off throughout.
Kemble Wick: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe at a friend's drive in Oaksey, or in a rush outside Kemble Primary School at the school run.
In short: spillage near your filler leaves the motor no harm. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up your car will suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a better result than an already-run one emptied.
Kemble Wick: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation gets the same opening to the job. Three questions are asked when our engineers arrive — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by All Saints or the car park outside the pub in the village: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has been started. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our quote, and those replies shape the work too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Finally are the filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Finally, we start the engine. Our engineers make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel before leaving. Lasting damage is very uncommon when it's spotted quickly, and the whole job is done where the car is. Payment comes that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many policies include misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Kemble Wick
Kemble Wick is a small hamlet in Gloucestershire, situated inland at an elevation of around 105 metres. Kemble Wick lies near the villages of Woodlands and Poole Keynes, and is close to the larger village of Kemble. Kemble Wick is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, and is located approximately 17 miles from Gloucester and 82 miles from London.
Kemble Wick and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
As a rural hamlet, Kemble Wick shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Kemble, Poole Keynes — all the way through GL postcodes. The whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts GL7 6.
No towing is needed, be it stopped in the centre of Kemble Wick or in a lay-by en route to Bob's Copse, and so leave it put. The drain happens right there. Ring and ask rather than guess when you are close to Kemble War Memorial, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
If it has not started, ring then keep it that way. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Gloucestershire and in Kemble Wick — after you pull over, turn off then ring, if it has run.