AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in St Pauls, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has been run since it got in. Out in Linden or right in St Pauls, an unrun motor must stay that way. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor both off. In St Pauls, such a case is generally drained and flushed on the spot. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then switch it off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, wherever around Gloucestershire. Pick yours.
At the petrol pump around St Pauls: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It might be the Sainsbury's, or the Asda, or another station in St Pauls.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it gets. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and save the receipt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away gets drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around St Pauls
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, after the fact. Drives near Stroud Road see it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of that tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Put the keys in the house overnight — or someone may drive it off at breakfast — then call us. High Orchard or St Pauls: whichever your drive is, that's where it gets drained. Late-night clears outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around St Pauls with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Maybe driving for Gloucester, under a mile away, or simply down Seymour Road.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first job — then switch it off. Leave at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M5, under 3 miles from St Pauls. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. About what distance had it gone? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have only had the vehicle for days. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is just next to your diesel inlet — news to you. Across Gloucestershire, no one 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 often needs to sign off any work, under many rental and company contracts.
Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded by New Testament Church of God or at Gloucester till the firm answers, the vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around St Pauls?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". What cap was taken off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels less than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Paul's Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Barton.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to your motor. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Turning on the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Next: assume it got in, and leave your engine off. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one once it has been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
The common ground in each St Pauls AdBlue drain
No matter the situation, a single opening applies. Wherever the vehicle is — Linden Tree's car park, a road beside JDR Karting and Lasertag, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and asks for the liquid, the quantity, plus whether your motor has turned over. Replies set the work; the price comes by phone whilst no one has set off yet.
Draining that tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Clean diesel goes in once the filter has been cleaned or changed, and the car is finally checked. Where your engine hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour on site, in most cases.
The final step is starting the car. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before we head off. When it is noticed quickly, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About St Pauls itself
St Pauls is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Gloucester, situated near the riverside at an elevation of around 15 metres. St Pauls is characterized by its semi-detached housing and is close to nearby places such as High Orchard and Tredworth. St Pauls is a relatively small community with a population of approximately 8001 residents, and is within walking distance of Gloucester city centre.
St Pauls and Gloucestershire: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a residential suburb, St Pauls shares its vans with the nearby towns — Tredworth, Gloucester — right through GL postcodes. Your location is clearest from a postcode beginning GL1 5.
Central St Pauls or a layby towards Gloucester Park: either way it sits, the vehicle never needs to move an inch for the drain. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets drained. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to St. Paul's and St. Stephen's or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
If it has not started, phone and keep it that way. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across St Pauls and Gloucestershire, on 0333 366 0103.