AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Nastend: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the engine has been run since it was put in. Anywhere the car is — Churchend, Nastend — don't start a motor that has not run yet. Usually that is emptying and thoroughly purging it right there around Nastend — and so leave your key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Pull over the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere in Gloucestershire you are.
On a Nastend forecourt with 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. Somewhere around Nastend, then — Shell, Texaco, or anywhere else nearby.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs clearing. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will help push it — then keep the receipt. Draining it right at the pump is fine if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Nastend with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Just off Arthur Keene Close is not different from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's close to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and remains there, however long the night.
Put your keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may take it off first thing — then phone us. Out in Newtown or right here around Nastend, the draining is done at your driveway. Late-night clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Nastend with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Maybe it was on Thomas Tudor Way, maybe on the way out towards Gloucester, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. Mileage decides how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first job — then switch everything off. Nastend lies under a mile from the M5; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pushing on for the services. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point restarting to find out. Tell us hear the mileage driven as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only driven this car a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right by your diesel inlet — news to you. Anyone, anywhere around Gloucestershire, could make it.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those turn on if it has run. Many rental and fleet contracts need the owner's approval for work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. Leave the vehicle off as the answer arrives, whether you are parked at Stonehouse or near Saint Michaels and All Angels.
Nastend: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. What cap was taken off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of Great Oldbury Primary Academy in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Nupend.
In short: a spill round your filler leaves your motor no harm. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank would be sucked in by turning on your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and never start the engine. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank checked counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
Every AdBlue drain in Nastend shares these steps
Whatever the situation, one opening applies. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Magpies Social Club or a side street near Stonehouse Methodist, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and if the motor has been run. Those replies settle the work, and you get our price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last come your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. Where your engine has not run, expect roughly half an hour on site, in most jobs.
We fire it up at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it is running correctly, and then we leave. When it is spotted quickly, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Nastend
Nastend is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Gloucestershire, with an elevation of 29 metres above sea level. Nastend lies approximately 8 miles from Gloucester and 95 miles from London, making it a relatively rural community. Nastend is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, which reflects its quiet and residential nature. Nastend is surrounded by other small settlements, including Newtown and Chipmans Platt.
AdBlue drains about Nastend and across Gloucestershire
Over GL postcodes, the teams serving Nastend — a rural hamlet — reach nearby towns as well, Chipmans Platt and Oldend among them. Giving us your GL10 3 postcode pins you fastest of all.
No towing is needed, be it parked in the centre of Nastend or in a lay-by heading to Berryfields, and so keep it where it is. Wherever it stands, that's where it is emptied. Phone and check instead of guessing if you're by St Josephs Catholic Church, on a boundary, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
Your situation, in one line
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Nastend and anywhere across Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.