East Brent: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That single question decides almost everything else from here. Not run yet? Then keep it that way, wherever your car is — East Brent or Brent Knoll. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where the vehicle sits in East Brent. Already run? Stop when safe, then turn everything off. A larger job, yes, but the same opening move.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever in Somerset you happen to be.
East Brent forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Possibly you are at the Shell, perhaps at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else in East Brent.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; no component past it has drawn it in.
Freeing the pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Ring us from the forecourt once your car is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then keep the bottle. Stuck by the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
East Brent, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had passed with the dash light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used at the drive. Houses just off Brent Road get caught out as much as anywhere else.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits.
Next: the keys in the house, so no one takes the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. Out in Rooks Bridge or right here in East Brent, the drain is done on your driveway. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
On the road around East Brent with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way after filling up, the engine started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. East Drive, perhaps, or the route to Wells — a trip of under 15 miles.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how far it goes: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then turn your engine off. Service stations farther on can wait: on the M5, under a mile out of East Brent, use the first junction. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to check. Phone, and say how far the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Somerset.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we arrive than after. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Highbridge & Burnham, or near East Brent Village Hall? Keep your car off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in East Brent
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Lympsham, or in a rush outside East Brent Church of England First School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to your engine. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the car. Ring with the details: we'd sooner find a clean tank than empty one after the motor has run.
The common ground in each East Brent AdBlue drain
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Brent Knoll Inn's car park, a road beside St. Mary's Church, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and if your motor has been run. Replies shape the job; the price follows by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and none of it rinses away unaided. Then comes your filter — cleaned, or swapped when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians get there.
The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been caught quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About East Brent and where it is
East Brent is a small village in Somerset, situated inland near the Somerset Levels, with an elevation of around 8 metres above sea level. East Brent lies close to several nearby villages, including Rooks Bridge, Edingworth, and Battleborough, and is approximately 12.9 miles from the city of Wells. East Brent has a population of around 672 people, predominantly living in detached houses.
AdBlue drains around East Brent and across Somerset
As a rural village, East Brent has the same vans as the surrounding places — Battleborough, Edingworth — all the way through TA postcodes. Giving us a TA9 4 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Shipton's Copse or in a car park in the middle of East Brent, it does not need to shift. The van empties it in place. Guessing won't help near Brent Knoll Camp, on a county line or anywhere awkward to describe; ring and check.
In one line: your scenario
Motor not started: phone, leaving it alone. Started by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever it is, across East Brent and Somerset, on 0333 366 0103.