Olveston: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on one fact: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Olveston itself or out in Awkley. Normally that means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot in Olveston — so keep the key and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. Where your motor has been run, pull in somewhere safe first, then turn the vehicle off. Step one stays the same, even though the job is bigger.
Below: the situations our technicians meet, anywhere in Gloucestershire. Pick yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Olveston forecourt
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere around Olveston, then — BP, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else close by.
In short: there is no better place to be to spot it. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
What to do: do not get back in and start the vehicle to clear the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a space — the staff will help push it — then save the bottle. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Olveston drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. Just off Vicarage Lane is no different from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the floor of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys indoors, and so no one takes the vehicle off first thing. Then, phone. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it in Olveston or Tockington. Late-night clears outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Olveston?
A short way beyond topping up, the engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. The Street, say, or the way towards Bristol — a trip of under 10 miles.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. It goes further with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then switch the motor off. Olveston lies under a mile from the M48; there, pull off at the first junction rather than pressing on to the services. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. About what distance had it gone? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week back, it was new to you. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue inlet was just next to your diesel. Any driver, anywhere around Gloucestershire, might make it.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Pilning, or beside Saint Mary the Virgin? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Olveston?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. A faint ammonia whiff lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. The gates of Olveston Church of England Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Ingst.
Put simply: a spill near the filler does your engine unharmed. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in your tank would be sucked in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't crank it. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a better result than a run one emptied.
Olveston: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same start to the work. Our engineers come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at White Hart or a side street near Olveston Methodist Church, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if the engine has run. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies set the job.
Draining the tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, however long it sits. Next is your filter — cleaned, or swapped where needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment we get there.
The final step is firing it up. Our engineers make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel before leaving. We do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very rare when it has been noticed early. Paying is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents as we travel is worthwhile.
About Olveston itself
Olveston is a village in Gloucestershire, situated near the coast and approximately 9 miles from Bristol. Olveston lies at an elevation of 21 metres, close to the Severn Estuary, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Tockington and Elberton. Olveston has a population of around 1009 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Olveston is also within commuting distance of major cities, being around 105 miles from London.
Olveston and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over BS postcodes, the teams serving Olveston — a coastal village — work nearby places as well, Elberton and Old Down included. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts BS35 4.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to The Bee Garden or in a car park in the middle of Olveston, it does not need to move. We drain it where it is. Tricky to pin down? By Moat or a county line? Asking is better than assuming, so phone.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Olveston and anywhere across Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.