Abbey Meads: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the motor has run since it was put in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Abbey Meads itself or out in Groundwell. Normally that means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Abbey Meads — and so leave your key and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. When the engine has been run, pull in safely first, then switch it off. Stage one remains the same, even though the work grows.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever in Wiltshire you are.
On a Abbey Meads forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It could be the Asda, or perhaps the BP, or another station around Abbey Meads.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs clearing. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Can't move the vehicle beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Abbey Meads drive?
For days the dash had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the drive. It occurs on drives just off Thamesdown Drive as often as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car has not been driven since, it's close to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and stays put, however long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it is emptied, whether around Abbey Meads or Ash Brake. Our equipment works quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
On the road in Abbey Meads with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Perhaps it was on Elstree Way, maybe on the way out towards Oxford, under 50 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, and switch the motor off. On the M4, under 5 miles from Abbey Meads, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Let us hear the mileage covered as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just driven this vehicle for days. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is just by the diesel cap — news to you. Anywhere you happen to be in Wiltshire, every motorist could be caught.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added stage. Plenty of rental and company contracts require the owner's sign-off before work.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Swindon, or beside The Well? Leave your engine off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Abbey Meads
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. A slight ammonia smell lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Hyde, or in a rush by Abbey Meads Community Primary School at the school run.
The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled around the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by firing up your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it got in, then leave your motor off. Ring with the details: we would rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after your engine has run.
The common ground in every Abbey Meads AdBlue drain
No matter the case, a single opening is used. Anywhere your vehicle is — The Abbey Mead's car park, a street beside Groundwell Ridge Roman Site, a driveway, a forecourt — our van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, plus if the motor has been run. The price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Then your tank is cleared and the system purged 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 does not rinse out on its own. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The final step is starting the engine. We make sure it runs smoothly on new diesel before we leave. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it is caught early, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Check your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover is built into plenty of policies.
About Abbey Meads itself
Abbey Meads is a suburban area in Wiltshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 107 metres. Abbey Meads lies near the villages of Ash Brake and Blunsdon St Andrew, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Abbey Meads is located approximately 25 miles from Oxford and 72 miles from London, making it a commuter-friendly location. Abbey Meads has a population of around 5783 residents.
Abbey Meads and Wiltshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Abbey Meads is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, St Andrews Ridge and Blunsdon St Andrew among them, across the SN postcode area. Your whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts SN25 4.
No towing is required, be it stopped centrally in Abbey Meads or on a lay-by heading to Ash Meadow, and so keep it where it is. The drain is done right there. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near Blunsdon Abbey or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off then ring. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Abbey Meads or wherever in Wiltshire.