AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Barwick, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it went in. Over in Clifton Maybank or right in Barwick, an unrun engine should remain that way. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush plus a drain, carried out just where the vehicle stands in Barwick. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Somerset it happened.
At the pump in Barwick: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the petrol 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 Morrisons, or perhaps the Tesco, or another forecourt in Barwick.
In short: there is no better place to be to discover it. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and start the car to clear the petrol pump. Have the staff to help rolling it to a bay, save the receipt, then ring us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away is cleared right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Barwick drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Houses just off Bridle Way get hit as often as anywhere else.
Meaning? As long as your car hasn't been driven since, it is close to the forecourt case. At the bottom of your tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Lower Key or Barwick: whichever your drive is, that's where it gets cleared. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Barwick?
A short way beyond filling up, the engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Mill Lane, say, or the route to Wells — a trip of under 25 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Through the filter, through the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a sensible spot, stop, and turn your engine off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M5, under 25 miles from Barwick. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Roughly what distance had it gone? Tell us as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere around Somerset, might make it.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies here — run or not — plus one extra stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Keep the vehicle off as the answer arrives, whether you're parked outside Yeovil Junction or close to St Mary Magdalene.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Barwick?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of which cap. Look familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Nash.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch the engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the 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 went in, and keep the motor off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Barwick AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions come when our technicians arrive — at a filling station, a drive, a road beside Jack the Treacle Eater or the car park at Royal Oak: the fluid, the amount, and if it has run. Replies set the work; the quote follows on the call while no one has left yet.
Emptying your tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, however long it sits. Next is your filter — flushed, or replaced when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our technicians start the engine at the end. Before our engineers leave, it's checked to confirm it runs properly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is noticed early, permanent damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Many policies include misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Barwick
Barwick is a small village in inland Somerset, situated at an elevation of around 40 metres, and is located near the villages of Lower Key, Stoford, and Darvole. Barwick has a population of approximately 528 residents and is characterized by semi-detached housing. Barwick is about 19.9 miles from the city of Wells and around 115.5 miles from London, placing it in a rural setting within the South West region.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, Barwick included
Over BA postcodes, the vans serving Barwick — a rural village — work surrounding towns too, Stoford and Darvole among them. Your location is clearest from a postcode that starts BA22 9.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School or in a car park in the middle of Barwick, it doesn't need to shift. Where it sits, that's where it gets drained. Ring and check instead of guessing if you're close to Barwick Obelisk, on a boundary, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Motor not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Barwick and anywhere around Somerset on 0333 366 0103.