Pool Meadow: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? This single point settles almost everything else from here. Over in High Orchard or here around Pool Meadow, an unrun engine must stay that way. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush plus a drain, done right where your vehicle sits around Pool Meadow. Stop the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. Step one remains unchanged, even though the work grows.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Gloucestershire it happened.
On a Pool Meadow forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you opened was not the right one. Be it Texaco, Tesco or somewhere else around Pool Meadow, the case is identical.
Put simply: no better spot exists to discover it. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue sits only inside your tank.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Three jobs: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the bottle kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Pool Meadow
On your dash, a reminder had shown all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Driveways close to Westend Terrace get it as much as any other street.
The point: no miles since makes this nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. At the bottom of your tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so no one takes your vehicle off first thing. Then, phone. The Island or Pool Meadow: whichever your drive is, that's where it gets emptied. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
On the road around Pool Meadow with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, your engine started playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. It might have been driving for Gloucester, under a mile away, or just along Westend Parade.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Past your filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. On the M5, under 5 miles from Pool Meadow, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far the vehicle went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the car hardly a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Gloucestershire.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we turn up is faster, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Leave the car switched off as the reply comes, whether you're waiting at Gloucester or close to Gloucester All Blues Rugby Football Club.
Pool Meadow: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like smell lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A rushed stop by the gates of Kingsholm Church of England Primary School, or a call to a friend in Kingsholm: either fit.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Turning on the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would draw it in.
Your move: act as if it got in, and don't start your engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you noticed.
Each AdBlue drain around Pool Meadow shares these steps
Every case gets the same start to the job. We come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Lower George Inn or a side street close to Archdeacon Meadow Playing Field, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether your motor has been run. Replies set the job; the quote follows on the call while no one has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally are the fuel filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment we arrive.
Starting the car comes last. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our technicians leave. Permanent damage is very uncommon when it is noticed soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Pool Meadow itself
Pool Meadow is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Gloucester, situated near the river at a low elevation of around 11 metres. Pool Meadow sits in close proximity to the city centre, being only 0.6 miles away, and is near other local areas such as The Island and Over. Pool Meadow is characterized by its predominantly flat-type housing, which is home to a population of approximately 1223 residents.
Pool Meadow and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Over and Gloucester have the identical vans as Pool Meadow, a residential suburb, along with further places throughout GL postcodes. Your location comes quickest from a postcode beginning GL1 2.
Parked heading to Westgate Leisure Area, or right in the centre of Pool Meadow, your vehicle stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. We drain the car where it sits. Tricky to explain? Close to Old Customs House or a border? Asking beats guessing, and so ring.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and call. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Gloucestershire and within Pool Meadow — once you pull over, turn off and phone, if it has run.