AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ryeworth: What Now?
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has run afterwards. Not started so far? Then keep the car that way, whether the car sits — Ryeworth or Moor End. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where the vehicle stands around Ryeworth. Where your motor has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then turn it off. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Gloucestershire it happened.
On a Ryeworth forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you took off was not the correct one. Maybe you are at the Esso, perhaps at the BP, possibly somewhere else in Ryeworth.
The point: of all places to find out, this is the best. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the queue needs clearing. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear gets cleared right at the pump.
Ryeworth, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Right off Ryeworth Road is no less likely from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop an early drive by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. Charlton Kings or Ryeworth: whichever your drive is, that is where it gets emptied. The equipment runs quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Ryeworth: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe heading for Gloucester, under 10 miles away, or simply along Hambrook Terrace.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, and turn your engine off. Service stations further on are too far: from the M5, under 5 miles out of Ryeworth, use the next junction. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point starting it again to check. Roughly how far did it gone? Tell us as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was right next to the diesel. Throughout Gloucestershire, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under plenty of rental and fleet agreements.
Sorting it before the van turn up is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Keep the car off as the answer comes, even if you are waiting at Cheltenham Spa or near Charlton Kings Cricket Club.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Ryeworth?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like smell hangs around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Glenfall Community Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's drive out in Little Herberts.
The upshot: the motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the outside. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Turning on the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would draw it in.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start the motor. Ring with the details: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than drain one once the engine has been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Ryeworth has in common
The job opens the same way, whatever the situation. Anywhere your vehicle is — London Inn's car park, a street beside Poco Culina @ Planted, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has turned over. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies set the job.
Draining the tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long it sits. Clean diesel is put in after your filter is cleaned or replaced, and the car is then tested. Where the engine hasn't been started, expect about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Our technicians start the engine last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running smoothly, and then we head off. If it's spotted soon, the car very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Payment is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Ryeworth
Ryeworth is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Gloucestershire, with a mix of housing types although predominantly detached homes. Ryeworth sits at an elevation of 94 metres, close to the city of Gloucester and near neighbouring areas such as Charlton Kings and Ham. Ryeworth is located within the wider Gloucester urban area, approximately 8.7 miles from the city centre. Ryeworth has a population of around 3778 residents.
AdBlue drains in Ryeworth, and across Gloucestershire too
Being a residential suburb, Ryeworth shares its vans with the nearby places — East End, Ham — all the way through GL postcodes. A postcode starting GL52 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Ryeworth or a layby near Hartlebury Way Open Space: wherever it is, the vehicle never needs to move an inch for us. The van drains it where it stands. Awkward to explain? By Stocks and Whipping Post or a border? Asking beats guessing, so ring.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Leave it that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Ryeworth and anywhere in Gloucestershire on 0333 366 0103.