AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kingswood: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your motor has been run since it was put in. Over in Hanham or here in Kingswood, an unstarted engine must remain that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine both off. Across Kingswood, such a case is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Where your motor has run, pull in safely straight away, then switch the car off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Anywhere across Gloucestershire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Kingswood forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Possibly you are at the Saintsbury's, maybe at the Texaco, perhaps somewhere else around Kingswood.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. Just that tank has AdBlue; no part past it has drawn it in.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — and so do not get back in. Get the attendants to help pushing it into a space, save the bottle, then ring us right there. Can't move the car beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Kingswood
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it's only at the recycling that the cap got your eye. It takes place on driveways just off Conham Vale as frequently as anywhere.
In short: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's nearly equal to finding out at the pump. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles low inside that tank and waits. One night parked alters nothing.
Next: keys in the house, and so nobody drives your car off first thing. Then, ring. Our engineers drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Kingswood or out in Jeffries Hill. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Kingswood?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way beyond the top-up. Anywhere on Upper Conham Vale or else on the road towards Bristol — under 5 miles away.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a longer trip, once your filter and lines have had it. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first step — then turn everything off. On the M32, under 3 miles from Kingswood, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there's no point restarting to check. About what distance did it go? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just had the car for days. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you are in Gloucestershire, every driver can slip up.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. The owner often has to sign off any work, under many rental and company agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians arrive than after. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Lawrence Hill, or beside Christ Church? Leave your car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Kingswood?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. A slight ammonia whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Christ Church Hanham CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in St Annes Park.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler don't touch the motor at all. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Do this: behave as though it got in, and don't start the engine. Checking a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you noticed.
Each AdBlue drain around Kingswood shares these steps
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Swan Inn's car park, a road by Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks for the fluid, the quantity, plus if your motor has been run. Answers shape the job; the price follows by phone while nobody has left yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits form and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses away unaided. Then comes the filter — flushed, or replaced when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the car. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job after the moment we get there.
Our engineers fire it up last. Before our technicians go, it's checked to confirm it runs smoothly on clean diesel. We do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been spotted early. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while we travel pays.
About Kingswood, for a moment
Kingswood is a locality situated on the riverside in Gloucestershire, with a relatively low elevation of 56 metres. Kingswood lies close to the city of Bristol, being only 3.1 miles away, and is near other places such as Jeffries Hill and Conham. Kingswood has a population of approximately 2590 people and predominantly features terraced housing. Kingswood is also located within commuting distance of London, at around 103.4 miles away.
AdBlue drains about Kingswood and across Gloucestershire
Conham and Crews Hole get the identical teams as Kingswood, a small village, along with further towns throughout BS postcodes. A postcode starting BS15 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Hanham FC or in a car park in the middle of Kingswood, it doesn't need to move. The van drains it in place. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near Hanham United Reformed Church or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your situation, in one line
Unstarted? Leave it off then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Kingswood and anywhere across Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.