Overton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on one fact: whether the motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave it like that, wherever your car sits — Overton or Framilode. Leave the engine and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Overton. When the motor has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then turn it off. It's a larger job, though stage one does not change.
Match your case to one of the ones below, wherever across Gloucestershire you are.
On a Overton 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 Overton, then — Esso, Texaco, or somewhere else nearby.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to spot it. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn it in.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Overton
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Driveways near Arlingham Road get it as much as anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since leaves it nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: the keys indoors, and so no one takes your vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, phone. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Overton or out in Fretherne. Night-time drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Overton: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Possibly it was on Pound Lane, maybe on the way out towards Gloucester, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. Past your filter, along the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Leave by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M5, under 5 miles from Overton. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Phone us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You've only had this car a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Gloucestershire.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it's run. Any work on the car frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or company terms.
Settling it before we arrives is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stuck near Saint Mary the Virgin or outside Cam & Dursley till the firm replies, your car stays switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Overton?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Lakefield CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Saul.
Put simply: spillage round the filler leaves the engine no harm. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: assume it went in, and keep the motor off. Ring and give the details: we would rather find a clean tank than empty one after the engine has run.
Overton: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions are asked once our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a road by Arlingham Free Church or the car park at the pub in the village: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers set the work.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals build up and some metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. Next comes the filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Never started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Our engineers start the engine at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it is running properly, and then we leave. Long-term damage is very rare when it is noticed quickly, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Paying comes on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Overton and where it is
Overton is a small hamlet in Gloucestershire, situated near the coast and close to the cities of Gloucester and Bristol. Overton sits at a low elevation of around 24 metres, with the Severn Estuary nearby, and is characterized by detached housing. Overton is part of a network of small settlements, including nearby Fretherne, Arlingham, and Priding, in the rural landscape of south Gloucestershire.
AdBlue drains in Overton, and across Gloucestershire too
Arlingham and Priding have the identical teams as Overton, a rural hamlet, along with further places over GL postcodes. Telling us a GL2 7 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Smith's Wood or in a car park in the middle of Overton, it doesn't need to shift. Our engineers drain the car where it is. Tricky to explain? By Saint James the Great or a county line? Checking beats guessing, so ring.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off and call. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Overton and anywhere around Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.