AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Berkley Down, and What to Do Next
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has run afterwards. Wherever the vehicle stands — Stonebridge, Berkley Down — never start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Leave the engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Berkley Down. Where the engine has been run, stop safely first, then switch it off. Stage one stays the same, even if the job grows.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Somerset it happened.
On a Berkley Down forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you're stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Somewhere around Berkley Down, then — Shell, Asda, or somewhere else close by.
In short: no better spot to be to discover it. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays just in your tank.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — so do not get back in. Have the staff to help rolling it to a space, save the bottle, 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 clear gets emptied where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Berkley Down drive?
On your dash, a reminder had shown for days. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Drives near Ludlow Close get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of that tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. In Easthill or here around Berkley Down, the drain is done on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road around Berkley Down with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the engine was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Maybe driving for Bath, under 15 miles away, or simply along Farley Close.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue up. It has been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, then switch the motor off. Exit at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M4, under 25 miles from Berkley Down. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call, and say what distance your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've only driven this car for days. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to your diesel. Anywhere you are across Somerset, any driver could slip up.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added step. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
Next: phone the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you are stuck in the car park outside Frome, or by All Saints, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Berkley Down
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Which cap was taken off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. It might have been on a friend's drive in Berkley Marsh, or in a rush outside Hayesdown First School at the school run.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler don't reach your engine at all. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting your car will suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and don't turn the key. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in every Berkley Down AdBlue drain
Every case gets the same opening to the work. Three questions are asked once our engineers arrive — on a forecourt, a driveway, a street beside Frome Leisure Centre or the car park outside Frome Flyer: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Answers set the job; the quote follows on the call while nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in once the fuel filter has been cleaned or changed, and the car is finally checked. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers get there.
Our engineers start the engine last. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before we leave. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it is noticed quickly, permanent damage is very unusual. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Many policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Berkley Down and where it is
Berkley Down is a locality situated on the riverside in Somerset, with an elevation of 84 metres and a mix of semi-detached housing. Berkley Down lies near the cities of Bath and Bristol, and is close to smaller settlements like Easthill and Hill Corner. Berkley Down is part of a larger area of residential and rural land, with Fromefield nearby. Berkley Down has a population of around 1794 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, Berkley Down included
Berkley Down is a small village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Hill Corner and Fromefield among them, across the BA postcode area. A postcode starting BA11 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, be it parked centrally in Berkley Down or on a lay-by heading to Fishlake Wood, and so leave it put. Our technicians drain the car where it sits. Ring and ask rather than guess when you are close to The Merlin, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Leave the car off then ring. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Somerset and in Berkley Down — after you stop, turn off then phone, if it's run.