--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Butleigh: What Now canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/butleigh-somerset/ location: Butleigh county: Somerset latitude: 51.098330 longitude: -2.686970 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-05 --- # Butleigh: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has been run since it was put in. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Butleigh itself or out in West Town. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush after a drain, done right where the car sits around Butleigh. Stop the minute you safely can and switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same. Below: the situations our engineers see, anywhere around Somerset. Pick the one that fits. ## Butleigh forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump 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. Somewhere around Butleigh, then — Shell, Morrisons, or anywhere else nearby. What it means: this is the best spot to find out. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue stays only in that tank. Your move: keep out of the car, even if the queue wants freeing. A few things: a push into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Can't move it by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is. ## Butleigh, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank For days the dash had been nagging you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Drives close to Chapel Lane get it as much as anywhere. What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and stays put, however long the night. Your move: the keys in the house, so no one drives your vehicle anywhere at breakfast. Then, phone. Wickhams Cross or Butleigh: whichever your drive sits, that's where it is emptied. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night. ## Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Butleigh? A short way after filling up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Possibly it was on Sub Road, maybe on the way out towards Wells, under 10 miles away. Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. More driving, more starts: further it travels. Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, and switch your engine off. Butleigh lies under 15 miles from the M5; on it, come off at the first junction instead of pushing on for the services. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Phone us and say how far you drove. ## A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank? You've only had this vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere across Somerset, might make the same. What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements require the owner's approval before work. Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Keep the car switched off while the answer arrives, whether you're waiting at Castle Cary or close to Butleigh Millenium Stone. ## Butleigh: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Look familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Butleigh Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Kingweston. Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't touch the engine at all. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the car would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either. Your move: behave as if it did, and don't start your engine. Ring with what you saw: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the motor has run. ## Butleigh: what each AdBlue drain has in common The job opens identically, whichever your situation. Forecourt, driveway, Rose and Portcullis's car park or a road by St Leonard — the van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: what fluid, which amount, and if it ran. Those replies settle this work, and you get the price on the phone, before anyone heads out. A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits form and some metals corrode, and none of that rinses away unaided. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there. Our engineers start it at the end. Before our technicians head off, it's checked to confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and long-term damage is very rare if it has been spotted quickly. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels. ## About Butleigh itself Butleigh is a small village in inland Somerset, situated near the city of Wells and close to several nearby settlements including Wickhams Cross and Silver Street. Butleigh sits at an elevation of around 27 metres, in a rural area of the South West region. Butleigh has a population of approximately 761 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Butleigh is located about 7.8 miles from Wells and around 114 miles from London. ## AdBlue drains across Somerset, Butleigh included As a rural village, Butleigh has the same vans as the surrounding places — Butleigh Wootton, Silver Street — right through BA postcodes. A postcode starting BA6 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are. No towing is needed, be it stopped centrally in Butleigh or in a layby heading to Butleigh Village Green, and so keep it where it is. Draining is done right there. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near Butleigh Village Hall or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming. ## The one-line version Engine not started: ring, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Butleigh and anywhere around Somerset on 0333 366 0103.