What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mount Pleasant
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has been run since it was put in. Not run so far? Then leave the car that way, wherever your vehicle is — Mount Pleasant or Thrupp. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine still off. Across Mount Pleasant, that is typically emptied and flushed on the spot. Pull over the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Gloucestershire it happened.
Mount Pleasant forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Just now, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It could be the BP, or perhaps the Tesco, or a different station around Mount Pleasant.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, even if the queue needs clearing. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away is cleared right at the pump.
At home around Mount Pleasant with AdBlue in the 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. It takes place on drives just off Spider Lane as regularly as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's almost as good as finding out at the pump. At the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. Our engineers drain the car on your drive, whether that is around Mount Pleasant or out in Stroud Hill. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Mount Pleasant?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Daisy Bank, perhaps, or the way to Gloucester — a run of under 10 miles.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then turn the engine off. On the M5, under 5 miles from Mount Pleasant, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the distance covered as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days ago, it was new to you. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. Across Gloucestershire, no one is safe from it.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on whether it has run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Stroud, or by Holy Trinity, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Mount Pleasant: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". What cap was taken off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of Stroud Valley Community Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's drive over in Uplands.
The upshot: your engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the car will pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start your motor. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a better result than a run one emptied.
The common ground in each Mount Pleasant AdBlue drain
No matter the situation, a single start applies. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Crown & Sceptre (Free House) or a side street close to Trinity Rooms, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the engine has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our quote, and those answers decide the job too.
Then that tank is cleared and your system rinsed 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. Finally are your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your vehicle. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, our engineers fire it up. Before we head off, it's tested to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it is caught quickly, and the whole job is done where the car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Mount Pleasant, for a moment
Mount Pleasant is a suburban area in Gloucestershire, situated near the riverside and close to the city of Gloucester. Mount Pleasant has a mix of semi-detached housing and is located near other local places such as Stroud Hill and Bowbridge. Mount Pleasant sits at an elevation of around 104 metres, within the wider landscape of the South West region. Mount Pleasant is part of the commuter belt, with London approximately 90 miles to the east.
Mount Pleasant and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Bowbridge and Butterrow get the same teams as Mount Pleasant, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout GL postcodes. Telling us your GL5 1 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Daisy Bank or in a car park in the middle of Mount Pleasant, it does not need to move. We drain the car where it stands. Awkward to pin down? Close to Hill Chapel Christian Centre or a border? Checking beats guessing, and so ring.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Mount Pleasant and anywhere in Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.