What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Leonard Stanley
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This one point decides almost everything about what comes next. Wherever the vehicle is — Ryeford, Leonard Stanley — never start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. In Leonard Stanley, that is generally drained and flushed where it stands. Pull over the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. A bigger job, then, yet the identical opening move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Gloucestershire it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Leonard Stanley forecourt
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the filler you opened wasn't the correct one. Perhaps you're at the Texaco, possibly at the Esso, maybe somewhere else in Leonard Stanley.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: don't get back in and start it to clear the pump. Ring us from the forecourt once the car sits in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — then save the receipt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
At home around Leonard Stanley with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown all week. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. Drives close to Mankley Road get it as much as any other street.
The upshot: zero miles since leaves it almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and stays. A night parked changes none of that.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Leonard Stanley or out in Kings Stanley. Night-time empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road in Leonard Stanley with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving to Gloucester, under 10 miles away, or simply along Woodlands.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Next: pick a sensible place, pull in, then switch your motor off. On the M5, under 3 miles from Leonard Stanley, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Gloucestershire.
The point: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Plenty of rental and company agreements need the owner's sign-off for work.
Settling it before we turn up is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for a reply in the car park at Stonehouse, or near Leonard Stanley War Memorial? Keep your car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Leonard Stanley?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". 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. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Middleyard.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never touch the engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Firing up your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
Take it that it went in, and don't start your engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean beats draining one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
Every AdBlue drain in Leonard Stanley shares these stages
The job opens identically, whatever the case. We come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at White Hart or a side street close to St Swithun's Church;St Swithun, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and whether your motor has run. Those answers settle this work, and you get our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
Then your tank is cleared and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians get there.
Finally, our technicians start it. Before our technicians head off, it's tested to make sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been noticed soon. Paying comes that day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Leonard Stanley, for a moment
Leonard Stanley is a village in Gloucestershire, situated on the riverside at a low elevation of around 50 metres. Leonard Stanley lies near the city of Gloucester, approximately 9 miles to the south, and is part of a network of nearby settlements including Kings Stanley and Stanley Downton. Leonard Stanley has a population of around 1702 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Leonard Stanley is located in the South West region, about 94 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains in Leonard Stanley, and across Gloucestershire too
Being a village, Leonard Stanley has the same vans as the nearby towns — Bridgend, Stanley Downton — right through GL postcodes. Quickest of all: a GL10 3 postcode for where you stand.
No towing is needed, whether parked in the centre of Leonard Stanley or in a layby heading to Stanley Wood, and so leave it put. Wherever it stands, that is where it is emptied. Assuming won't help beside King Stanley's Village Hall, close to a county line or anywhere hard to describe; phone and check.
The one-line version
Motor not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Started already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Leonard Stanley and Gloucestershire, on 0333 366 0103.