--- title: Wotton-under-Edge: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/wotton-under-edge-gloucestershire/ location: Wotton-under-Edge county: Gloucestershire latitude: 51.637690 longitude: -2.351640 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-10 --- # Wotton-under-Edge: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your engine has run since. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle that way, whether your car sits — Wotton-under-Edge or Bradley. Usually that is draining and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot around Wotton-under-Edge — and so keep the ignition and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. Pull over the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. It's a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change. Wherever in Gloucestershire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours. ## On a Wotton-under-Edge forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel You're 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 Shell, or the Gulf, or a different station in Wotton-under-Edge. What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in. Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Phone us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a bay — the attendants will help push it — then save the receipt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Wotton-under-Edge The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, too late. Driveways near Long Street get it as much as anywhere. The upshot: zero miles since leaves it almost as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and remains put, no matter how long the night. What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether in Wotton-under-Edge or Holywell. Late-night drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Wotton-under-Edge? A short way beyond topping up, your motor began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Maybe heading to Gloucester, under 25 miles away, or just down Clarence Road. Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. More miles, more starts: further it goes. Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then turn the motor off. Services further on can wait: from the M5, under 5 miles out of Wotton-under-Edge, take the next junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About how far did it go? Say so when you phone. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank A week back, the car was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the two fillers sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. Throughout Gloucestershire, nobody is immune. Meaning? Whichever case above applies too — run or unrun — plus one further step. Any work on your car frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms. Settling it before we turn up is faster, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stuck in the car park at Cam & Dursley, or by The Library, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off. ## Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Wotton-under-Edge? Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. A slight ammonia-like smell hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Blue Coat CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Bradley Green. In short: spillage round your filler does your engine no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either. Take it that it got in, and don't start the key. Ring with the details: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one after the engine has been run. ## Wotton-under-Edge: what each AdBlue drain has in common Every case gets the same opening to the job. Forecourt, drive, Beer Mongery Inc.'s car park or a street beside Wotton Baptist Church — our van reaches the vehicle, and three answers follow: which liquid, what amount, and if it ran. Answers set the job; the quote comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet. Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in after the filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is then checked. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs. Our engineers start the car last. Before our engineers leave, it's checked to be sure it runs properly on clean diesel. Permanent damage is very rare when it is spotted 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, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels. ## About Wotton-under-Edge Wotton-under-Edge is a town situated in the valley of the River Frome in Gloucestershire, with a population of around 5628 people. Wotton-under-Edge has a mix of housing types, but detached homes are the most prevalent, and the town is surrounded by nearby places such as Holywell, Synwell, and Coombe. Wotton-under-Edge sits at an elevation of 88 metres above sea level, approximately 16 miles southwest of Gloucester and 96 miles west of London. ## AdBlue drains across Gloucestershire, Wotton-under-Edge included Synwell and Coombe get the same teams as Wotton-under-Edge, a riverside town, along with other places throughout GL postcodes. The whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode beginning GL12 7. Central Wotton-under-Edge or a layby towards Full Moon Wood: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to move an inch for this drain. Wherever it stands, that is where it is drained. Awkward to explain? By Catholic Church of the Holy Cross or a border? Asking is better than assuming, and so ring. ## Your scenario, in one line If it has not started, ring and keep it off. Run already: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Wotton-under-Edge or wherever in Gloucestershire.