What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blagdon
All of that hinges on a single fact: if the engine has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around Blagdon itself or out in Rickford. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Blagdon. Where your motor has been run, pull in safely first, then switch the vehicle off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever in Somerset you are.
On a Blagdon forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Possibly you are at the Pace, maybe at the Esso, maybe somewhere else around Blagdon.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it gets. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to move away from the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will help roll it — then save the bottle. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Blagdon, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it's only by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Houses just off Station Road get hit as often as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low in that tank and waits. A night standing changes nothing.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone may take it away at breakfast — and call us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Blagdon or out in West End. Late-night empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Blagdon: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Anywhere on Mead Lane or else heading towards Wells — under 10 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Distance decides how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Stop safely — that's the first step — then turn it off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M5, under 10 miles from Blagdon. It won't have cleared, so there is no point restarting to find out. Call, saying how far your car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel one, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be across Somerset, every motorist could slip up.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, but with an added step. Plenty of hire and company agreements need the owner's approval before work.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it beforehand saves time. Stuck near Blagdon Village Club or at Yatton till someone replies, the vehicle stays turned off the whole time.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Blagdon
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think it did. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Bourne, or rushing by Blagdon Primary School at the school run.
Put simply: a spill near your filler leaves the engine no harm. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: assume it went in, and keep your motor off. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one once it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
The common ground in each Blagdon AdBlue drain
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Forecourt, drive, Queen Adelaide's car park or a road beside Saint Andrew's — the van reaches the vehicle, and three answers come next: which liquid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those replies shape the work too.
Draining the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Lastly, we fire it up. We make sure it runs correctly on new diesel before we leave. Our engineers do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been noticed quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Blagdon itself
Blagdon is a small village situated on the shores of Blagdon Lake in Somerset, with a mix of detached homes and rural scenery. Blagdon sits at an elevation of 111 metres, surrounded by rolling hills and woodland, and is located near the villages of West End, Street End, and East End. Blagdon is approximately 8.8 miles from the city of Wells and 112.3 miles from London, making it a rural retreat with easy access to urban centres. Blagdon has a population of around 648 residents, living in predominantly detached houses.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, Blagdon included
Street End and East End have the same vans as Blagdon, a village, along with further places over BS postcodes. Giving us a BS40 7 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Centre of Blagdon or a lay-by near The Mead: wherever it sits, your car doesn't need to move an inch for the drain. Where it sits, that is where it gets emptied. Awkward to pin down? Close to Blagdon Pumping Station & Visitor Centre or a county line? Asking beats guessing, so ring.
Your scenario, summed up
Unstarted? Leave the car that way and ring. Run by now: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Blagdon or anywhere in Somerset.