What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bathpool
All of that turns on one fact: whether the engine has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle is — Ruishton, Bathpool — don't start an engine that hasn't run yet. Usually this means emptying and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot around Bathpool — so leave your ignition and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Wherever around Somerset it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the pump around Bathpool: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you took off was not the correct one. Somewhere around Bathpool, then — Sainsbury's, BP, or anywhere else nearby.
In short: there is no better spot exists to spot it. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits just in the tank.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the pump. Ring us from the forecourt once the car is in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and keep the receipt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine when it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Bathpool
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Right off St Quintin Park is no different from any other place.
In short: if your car has not moved since, it is almost equal to spotting it at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and remains there, however long it waits.
Keep your keys in the house overnight — otherwise a person may drive it away first thing — then phone us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it in Bathpool or Maidenbrook. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Bathpool?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way beyond the fill. Hyde Lane, say, or the route to Wells — a trip of under 25 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a longer trip, once the filter and pipework have had it. It goes further with every mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Service stations further on can wait: from the M5, under a mile out of Bathpool, take the next junction. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Roughly how far did it go? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is right next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Wherever you happen to be across Somerset, any motorist can be caught.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or unrun — and one extra step. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under many rental and company agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians arrive than after. Hanging on for a reply in the car park outside Taunton, or near Bathpool Chapel, Church of the Nazarene? Keep the engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Bathpool?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. A faint ammonia smell lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A rushed stop by the gates of West Monkton Church of England School, or a call to a friend in Langaller: both fits.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't reach your motor at all. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
Do this: act as if it got in, and don't start your engine. Phone and give the details: we'd sooner find a clean tank than empty one once your engine has run.
Bathpool: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same opening to the job. Forecourt, driveway, The Bathpool Inn's car park or a street beside Odeon — the van reaches your vehicle, and three answers come next: which fluid, which amount, and if it ran. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told the price, and those replies shape the job too.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Next comes the filter — flushed, or swapped where necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the car. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians turn up.
Our engineers start it last. We make sure it runs correctly on new diesel before we leave. We do the entire job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been spotted soon. Payment is that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into plenty of policies.
About Bathpool and where it is
Bathpool is a village in Somerset, situated on the riverside at a low elevation of around 14 metres. Bathpool lies near several other small settlements, including Maidenbrook, Halcon, and Monkton Heathfield, and is approximately 22 miles from the city of Wells. Bathpool has a population of around 863 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Bathpool is also within commuting distance of larger cities, being around 131 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Bathpool, and across Somerset too
Bathpool is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Halcon and Monkton Heathfield among them, across the TA postcode area. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode beginning TA2 8.
Stopped en route to Hankridge Riverside, or right in the heart of Bathpool, your vehicle stays where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. Our engineers drain the car where it is. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you are close to M5 Crash Memorial, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
In one line: your scenario
Motor not started: phone, leaving it alone. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Bathpool or anywhere across Somerset.