Clevedon: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of it turns on one detail: if the engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Out in Kenn or here in Clevedon, an unstarted engine should remain that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine still off. In Clevedon, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a bigger job, yet stage one does not change.
Below: the situations we meet, anywhere around Somerset. Choose yours.
At the petrol pump around Clevedon: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you opened was not the right one. Possibly you are at the BP, maybe at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else in Clevedon.
Put simply: no better place exists to discover it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the staff assisting, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away is drained where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Clevedon drive?
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the drive — and it's just by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Houses just off Kenn Road are caught out as often as anywhere else.
The upshot: no miles since leaves it almost as good to finding it at the pump. On the floor of your tank is where AdBlue waits, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Your move: keys indoors, so nobody drives the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. After that, ring. In East Clevedon or right here in Clevedon, the draining is done at your driveway. Our pumping kit works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Clevedon?
A short way beyond filling up, the motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Anywhere on Chapel Hill or on the road to Bristol — under 15 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. Distance sets how far it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. It travels further with each mile covered and each restart.
Stop safely — that's the next step — then switch everything off. Clevedon lies under a mile from the M5; on it, come off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Tell us know the distance driven as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a motor you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Anyone, wherever around Somerset, could make it.
In short: one extra stage on top of the situations above, and those turn on if it's run. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's approval under rental or company agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we get there than after. Stuck by Clock Tower or outside Yatton until someone answers, the vehicle remains turned off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Clevedon?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Walton in Gordano.
The upshot: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Starting the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
Take it that it went in, and don't start your key. Phone and give the details: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once the engine has run.
What each AdBlue drain in Clevedon has in common
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Three things are asked once our engineers arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a street beside Clevedon Town Hall or the car park outside Harveys: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has run. Those replies settle this work, and you get our quote on the phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally are your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. Where your engine hasn't run, expect about half an hour once we arrive, for most jobs.
Finally, we fire it up. Before our engineers go, it is tested to confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel. When it is noticed quickly, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Clevedon and where it is
Clevedon is a coastal town in Somerset, situated on the Bristol Channel at an elevation of around 10 metres. Clevedon has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are predominant, and the town is close to nearby places like East Clevedon, West End, and Walton St Mary. Clevedon is located near the city of Bristol, approximately 10.9 miles away, and is about 117.3 miles west of London. Clevedon's coastal setting has influenced its development and character.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, Clevedon included
West End and Walton St Mary get the identical vans as Clevedon, a coastal town, plus other places throughout BS postcodes. Quickest of all: a BS21 6 postcode for your location.
No towing is needed, whether parked in the centre of Clevedon or on a layby en route to Jesmond Road Park, and so leave it where it is. Where it stands, that's where it gets drained. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Theatre Shop or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, summed up
Engine never started: phone, and leave it switched off. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Somerset and within Clevedon — once you pull over, switch off and phone, if it has run.