AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Quenington: What Now?
Has the motor run since the AdBlue went in? That one point decides almost everything about what comes next. Anywhere your car is — Milton End, Quenington — don't start a motor that has not been started yet. Leave your engine and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Quenington. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical first step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Gloucestershire it happened.
At the pump in Quenington: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you opened was not the correct one. Somewhere in Quenington, then — Shell, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue needs clearing. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt sensible, so we can drain the car in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Quenington
For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught a second look. Right off Church Road is no less likely from any other place.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is second to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: keys in the house, so nobody drives your car anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that's in Quenington or out in Netherton. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Quenington?
A short way beyond filling up, your motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on The Green, perhaps on the way out towards Gloucester, under 25 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. It has been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: find a sensible spot, stop, and turn your engine off. On the M4, under 15 miles from Quenington, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it gone? Say so as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a car you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Gloucestershire, no one is safe from it.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on whether it's run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Kemble, or near St Swithin's Church? Keep your engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Quenington?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia whiff lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. The gates of Hatherop Church of England Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's drive out in Sunhill.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Your move: behave as if it got in, and don't start your motor. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it has been run — so ring and tell us what you saw.
What each AdBlue drain around Quenington has in common
No matter the case, one opening applies. Our technicians come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Keeper's Arms or a side street close to St John the Baptist, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether the motor has run. Those replies settle the work, and you hear the price by phone, before anybody heads out.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why a full flush, after this drain, counts far more here than with petrol. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where the motor has not run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
The last step is firing it up. Our test that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it's caught soon, long-term damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Quenington itself
Quenington is a small village in Gloucestershire, situated on the banks of the River Coln at an elevation of around 116 metres. Quenington lies near the villages of Netherton, Coln St Aldwyns, and Hatherop, and is approximately 21 miles from Gloucester. Quenington has a population of around 539 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Quenington is located in the South West region, about 73 miles west of London.
Quenington and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
As a village, Quenington shares its vans with the surrounding places — Hatherop, Coln St Aldwyns — all the way through GL postcodes. Giving us a GL7 5 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Fir Copse or in a car park in the middle of Quenington, it doesn't need to move. The van empties it in place. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you're by St Nicholas, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Leave it off and phone. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Gloucestershire and within Quenington — once you pull over, switch off and phone, if it has run.