AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Woodmancote, and What to Do Next
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This one point decides almost everything else from here. Not run yet? Then keep the vehicle that way, wherever your car sits — Woodmancote or The Rangers. Leave your motor and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Woodmancote. Pull over the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the work grows.
Wherever in Gloucestershire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Woodmancote forecourt
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Maybe you're at the Texaco, perhaps at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else in Woodmancote.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue stays only inside your tank.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is possible if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Woodmancote
On the dash, a warning had been lit for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used at the driveway. Just off Uley Road is no different from anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles low inside your tank and stays. A night parked alters nothing.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. In Highfields or right here around Woodmancote, the drain happens on your drive. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Woodmancote?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way after the fill. Lister Street, perhaps, or the route towards Gloucester — a run of under 15 miles.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger trip, after your filter and pipework have had it. It goes deeper with every mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Service stations further along are too far: on the M5, under 3 miles out of Woodmancote, use the first junction. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Phone, saying what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
A week ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Gloucestershire.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with an added step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Stranded near Bethany Chapel or at Cam & Dursley until the firm answers, the vehicle stays switched off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Woodmancote
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. A slight ammonia-like whiff lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. It might have been on a friend's drive in Farfield, or rushing outside Dursley Church of England Primary Academy at the school run.
Put simply: a spill round the filler leaves the motor no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by turning on your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it went in, and don't turn the key. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a better outcome than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Woodmancote AdBlue drain
Each situation gets the same start to the work. Filling station, drive, Old Bell Hotel's car park or a road by St Mark — our van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, which amount, and whether it ran. Those answers determine this work, and you hear the quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits form and certain metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. Our test that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our engineers go. Our engineers do the entire job where your car is, and lasting damage is very unusual if it has been noticed soon. Paying comes on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into many policies.
About Woodmancote itself
Woodmancote is a suburban area in Gloucestershire, situated near the River Severn at an elevation of 79 metres. Woodmancote lies within commuting distance of Gloucester, approximately 13.5 miles away, and is also within reach of nearby towns such as Dursley. Woodmancote has a population of around 4440 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Woodmancote is located in the South West region, about 96 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains in Woodmancote, and across Gloucestershire too
Over GL postcodes, the teams covering Woodmancote — a residential suburb — reach nearby towns as well, Dursley and Townsend included. Your location comes clearest from a postcode beginning GL11 4.
Centre of Woodmancote or a layby towards Dursley Recreation Ground: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to shift at all for us. The drain is done on the spot. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near Chantry Centre or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not started, ring and leave it off. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Gloucestershire and within Woodmancote — after you pull over, switch off then ring, if it has run.