AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Potterswood, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has run afterwards. Not started so far? Then keep the vehicle that way, wherever the car sits — Potterswood or Woodstock. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor still off. Across Potterswood, that is typically drained and flushed on the spot. Where the engine has been run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then turn the vehicle off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Below: the cases we see, wherever in Gloucestershire. Pick yours.
Potterswood forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you took off was not the correct one. Somewhere in Potterswood, then — Saintsbury's, Esso, or somewhere else nearby.
The point: of all places to notice, this is the best. Still in your tank, and nothing drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to run it — and so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the car sits in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the receipt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away is cleared where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Potterswood
The warning light had been on for days. 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. Drives close to Trevethin Close see it as much as any other street.
The upshot: zero miles since makes it almost equal to finding 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.
Keep your keys indoors overnight — or a person might drive it off first thing — then phone us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's in Potterswood or out in Mount Hill. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Potterswood?
A mile or two beyond filling up, your motor began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. It might have been heading to Bristol, under 5 miles away, or just down Dixon Close.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and each injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then switch the engine off. Potterswood sits under 3 miles from the M32; on it, come off at the first junction instead of pressing on for the services. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the mileage driven when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was just next to your diesel. Wherever you are across Gloucestershire, any driver can slip up.
In short: one extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner often has to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and fleet agreements.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, because sorting it beforehand saves time. If you are stranded in the car park at Lawrence Hill, or by Circomedia; The Batcave, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Potterswood
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Beacon Rise Primary School in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway out in Jeffries Hill.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet don't touch the engine at all. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Firing up the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
Next: assume it got in, and keep the motor off. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats draining one after it's been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
Every AdBlue drain in Potterswood shares these stages
No matter the situation, a single opening is used. Filling station, driveway, The Star's car park or a street by Kingswood School Bell — our van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: what liquid, what amount, and if it has run. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our price, and those replies shape the job too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses out unaided. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Where your engine hasn't been started, allow about half an hour once we arrive, for most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Our check that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is noticed early, 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 insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Potterswood itself
Potterswood is a suburban area located near Bristol in Gloucestershire, sitting at an elevation of 103 metres in the inland landscape of the South West region. Potterswood is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing and is situated close to nearby places such as Mount Hill and Hanham. Potterswood is also near Two Mile Hill and is part of the larger Bristol urban area, with the city centre just 3.8 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Potterswood, and across Gloucestershire too
Potterswood is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Hanham and Two Mile Hill among them, across the BS postcode area. Telling us your BS15 8 postcode finds you fastest of all.
No towing is needed, whether stopped in the centre of Potterswood or on a layby en route to Coalbrook Road, and so keep it put. The drain is done on the spot. Guessing won't help beside Potters Wood Methodist Church, close to a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Potterswood and anywhere in Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.