Westington: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started afterwards. Over in Aston Subedge or here in Westington, an unstarted motor must remain that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. Across Westington, that is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Below: the situations we meet, anywhere in Gloucestershire. Choose yours.
At the pump in Westington: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It might be the Willersey Garage, or the Texaco, or another forecourt around Westington.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it can be. Still in your tank, and no fuel pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the pump wants freeing. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Westington
Days had gone by with the dash light on. Picked up a bottle, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Drives close to Blind Lane get it as much as anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops to the base in the tank and stays. A night parked changes nothing.
Next: stop any early move by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. Your drive is where it is drained, be it around Westington or Littleworth. Late-night empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road in Westington with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, the engine started playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on Poplars Close, possibly on the way out towards Worcester, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Past the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Stop safely — that is the next step — then switch it off. Westington sits under 15 miles from the M5; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. About what distance had it gone? Tell us when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It is a motor you have had for a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap was right beside the diesel. Wherever you are around Gloucestershire, any driver could slip up.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Many rental and fleet contracts require the owner's approval before work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians turn up than after. Keep the vehicle switched off as the answer arrives, even if you are parked at Honeybourne or close to The Guild Craft Workshops.
Westington: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. It might have been on a friend's drive in Weston-sub-Edge, or in a rush outside St Catharine's Catholic Primary School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no damage to the engine. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up the car would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave the engine off. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than emptying one after it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
Each AdBlue drain in Westington shares these stages
The job begins identically, whatever your situation. Three things are asked when our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a road beside St Catharines or the car park at The Volunteer Inn: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because crystals form and certain metals corrode, and neither washes away unaided. Next comes your filter — flushed, or replaced where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is firing it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running smoothly, and then we go. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it's noticed soon, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Westington, briefly
Westington is a suburban area in Gloucestershire, situated on the riverside with a mix of detached housing and scenic views. Westington sits at an elevation of 158 metres, near the towns of Chipping Campden and Broad Campden, and is approximately 21 miles from Worcester. Westington has a population of around 852 residents, living in a predominantly detached housing environment. Westington is also close to the village of Littleworth, and is about 80 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains across Gloucestershire, Westington included
Being a residential suburb, Westington has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Broad Campden, Chipping Campden — right through GL postcodes. A postcode starting GL55 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Campden Wood or in a car park in the middle of Westington, it does not need to move. The van empties it in place. Awkward to pin down? Close to Campden Baptist Church or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, so ring.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, ring then leave it that way. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Gloucestershire and within Westington — once you pull over, switch off then ring, if it's run.