Maisemore: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started afterwards. Anywhere the car stands — Walham, Maisemore — never run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Usually that is emptying and properly rinsing it right there in Maisemore — and so keep your key and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. When the motor has run, stop safely straight away, then switch it off. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Gloucestershire it happened.
At the pump in Maisemore: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Perhaps you are at the Tesco, perhaps at the Texaco, possibly somewhere else in Maisemore.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to move away from the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — and keep the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away is drained where it is at the petrol pump.
At home in Maisemore with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had been lit all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Homes just off Persh Lane get caught out as much as anywhere else.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not moved since, it's close to the pump case. On the floor of your tank is where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: the keys indoors, so no one drives the vehicle anywhere first thing. Then, ring. We drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's around Maisemore or out in Lassington. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Maisemore?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Rectory Close, maybe on the way out towards Gloucester, under 3 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a longer run, once the filter and pipework have it. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: pick a safe spot, pull in, and switch your engine off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M5, under 5 miles from Maisemore. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Tell us know the mileage covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever around Gloucestershire, might do the same.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it's run. Any work on the car often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Hanging on for a reply at the car park outside Gloucester, or near Maisemore Village Hall? Keep the car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Maisemore?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. What cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Highnam, or in a rush outside Highnam CofE Primary Academy on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to your engine. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in your tank will be pulled in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it got in, and don't start the engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain around Maisemore has in common
The job opens identically, whatever the case. Three things come when we arrive — at a filling station, a drive, a road by Saint Giles or the car park at The White Hart: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has been started. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies shape the work.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of it rinses out unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers get there.
The final step is starting the car. Before our technicians leave, it is checked to confirm it runs correctly on clean diesel. Permanent damage is very rare when it is spotted early, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while you wait is worthwhile.
About Maisemore
Maisemore is a village in Gloucestershire, situated on the banks of the River Severn at an elevation of around 29 metres. Maisemore lies close to the city of Gloucester, with Lassington, Over, and Highnam Green nearby. Maisemore has a population of approximately 538 residents, predominantly living in detached housing. Maisemore is located near the M5 motorway, about 95 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains in Maisemore, and across Gloucestershire too
Being a village, Maisemore has the same vans as the nearby towns — Highnam Green, Over — all the way across GL postcodes. Your location comes clearest from a postcode that starts GL2 8.
Central Maisemore or a lay-by near Cuckoo Pen Brake: either way it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for this drain. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets cleared. Tricky to explain? Close to Saint Oswald's Tower or a border? Checking is better than assuming, and so ring.
The one-line version
Motor never started: phone, leaving it alone. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Maisemore or anywhere in Gloucestershire.