Bothenhampton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on a single fact: if the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not run yet? Then leave the vehicle that way, whether the car sits — Bothenhampton or Walditch. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where your vehicle sits in Bothenhampton. Pull over the moment you safely can then switch off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Compare your case to one of the list below, anywhere around Dorset you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Bothenhampton forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Possibly you're at the Morrisons, possibly at the Esso, perhaps somewhere else around Bothenhampton.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it can be. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just in that tank.
Do this: stay out of the car, however much the queue wants clearing. A few jobs: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it can't be moved, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Bothenhampton
Days had passed with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Driveways close to Quarry Lane get it as much as anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. Wych or Bothenhampton: whichever your driveway sits, that's where it is emptied. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Bothenhampton: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Main Street, say, or the route towards Wells — a trip of under 50 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it too on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and pipework have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: pull up anywhere sensible, then switch the motor off. On the M5, under 25 miles from Bothenhampton, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
It is a motor you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Dorset.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under many rental and fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians get there than after. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Maiden Newton, or beside Bothenhampton Village Hall? Leave your engine off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Bothenhampton
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. A faint ammonia-like smell lingers near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Skilling, or rushing outside Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School at the school run.
In short: spillage near the filler leaves the engine no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the car would pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Your move: behave as though it did, and never start your motor. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Bothenhampton: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Our engineers come to the vehicle, whether it's at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Crown Inn or a side street close to Holy Trinity, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has run. Answers set the work; the price follows by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
Then your tank is cleared and your system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Finally are the filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians turn up.
Lastly, our technicians start it. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it is running smoothly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it is noticed soon, permanent damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Bothenhampton itself
Bothenhampton is a suburban area in Dorset, situated near the coast and close to the town of Bridport. Bothenhampton has a population of around 1458 people and is characterized by predominantly detached housing. Bothenhampton sits at an elevation of 22 metres, looking out towards the sea. Bothenhampton is located near other local places such as Wych and Bridport, and is about 125.9 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Bothenhampton and across Dorset
New Zealand and Bridport have the identical teams as Bothenhampton, a residential suburb, plus other places over DT postcodes. Giving us your DT6 4 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Central Bothenhampton or a lay-by near John Holt Play Area: either way it sits, the car never needs to shift an inch for the drain. Our van drains it where it stands. Guessing won't help beside Rise Market And Bakery, on a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Bothenhampton and anywhere around Dorset on 0333 366 0103.