Mount Hill: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That single point settles nearly everything else from here. Not run so far? Then leave it that way, wherever your vehicle is — Mount Hill or Stone Hill. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where the car sits in Mount Hill. Pull over the minute it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. A larger job, yes, but the identical first step.
Wherever in Gloucestershire it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the petrol pump in Mount Hill: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Be it Asda, Saintsbury's or somewhere else around Mount Hill, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Still inside that tank, with nothing pulled through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Your move: keep out of the car, even if the pump needs freeing. Have the attendants to help rolling it to a bay, save the bottle, then phone us from there. Stuck by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, and so we can drain the car where it is.
At home around Mount Hill with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Homes just off Elm Road are caught out as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits.
Put the keys in the house tonight — or a person might drive it away first thing — and phone us. In Potterswood or here around Mount Hill, the drain is done at your drive. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Mount Hill?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Anywhere on Kelston Grove or on the road towards Bristol — under 5 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that's the next job — then turn everything off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M32, under 3 miles from Mount Hill. No test restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You've only driven the car for days. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was just beside your diesel. Anywhere you are in Gloucestershire, every motorist could be caught.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies here — run or unrun — plus one further step. Any work on the car frequently requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, because sorting it early cuts time. Hanging on for an answer in the car park outside Keynsham, or near Church of the Ascension? Leave your engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Mount Hill?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A rushed stop by the gates of Beacon Rise Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Cadbury Heath: both fits.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to the engine. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Turning on the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Do this: behave as if it did, and don't start the motor. Inspecting a tank that proves clean beats draining one once it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in Mount Hill shares these steps
The work opens identically, whatever your case. Our technicians come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Cross Keys or a side street close to Vue, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if your engine has been run. Answers shape the work; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
Then your tank is drained and the fuel system purged 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. Last come the filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
We fire it up at the end. Before our engineers go, it is tested to confirm it runs properly on clean diesel. When it's spotted quickly, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Mount Hill itself
Mount Hill is a suburban area located inland in Gloucestershire, with an elevation of around 105 metres. Mount Hill sits near the city of Bristol, approximately 4.2 miles away, and is close to nearby places such as Potterswood and Hanham. Mount Hill has a population of around 7386 people and predominantly consists of semi-detached housing. Mount Hill is also situated near Woodstock, and is about 102.3 miles west of London.
Mount Hill and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout BS postcodes, the teams serving Mount Hill — a residential suburb — reach nearby towns too, Woodstock and Hanham included. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning BS15 9.
Centre of Mount Hill or a layby towards Payne Green: either way it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to shift at all for the drain. Our van empties it in place. Ring and check instead of guessing if you're close to Longwell Green Leisure Centre, on a border, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Run by now: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Mount Hill or wherever across Gloucestershire.