East Chinnock: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of it hinges on one fact: if your motor has been run after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not run so far? Then leave it like that, whether the vehicle sits — East Chinnock or Hardington Moor. Leave your engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in East Chinnock. When the engine has run, stop safely straight away, then turn the vehicle off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere in Somerset you happen to be.
East Chinnock forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Just now, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It might be the Murco, or perhaps the BP, or another station in East Chinnock.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Just the tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to move away from the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt once the car is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the bottle. If it cannot be moved, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
East Chinnock, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
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. Right off Forge Lane is no different from any other place.
Put simply: if your car has not moved since, it's almost as good as spotting it at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop any early move by keeping your keys in the house, then ring us. Out in Hardington Mandeville or here in East Chinnock, the draining is done on your driveway. Our equipment runs quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
East Chinnock: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond filling up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on Fordhay, maybe on the way out towards Wells, under 25 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger trip, once your filter and pipework have it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the first job — then turn everything off. Service stations farther along are too far: on the M5, under 25 miles out of East Chinnock, take the first junction. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it go? Tell us when you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only driven this vehicle a week. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was right next to your diesel. Any driver, wherever around Somerset, could do the same.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — and one further step. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's approval before work.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stuck in the car park at Crewkerne, or by East Chinnock Village Hall, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, East Chinnock?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. A faint ammonia whiff lingers near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. The gates of West Coker CofE VC Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's drive over in Odcombe.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the vehicle would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Do this: act as though it did, and don't start the engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
East Chinnock: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The work opens the same way, whichever your situation. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Wooden Top Inn's car park, a road beside The Blessed Virgin Mary, a drive, a forecourt — our van arrives and asks about the fluid, the quantity, plus if the engine has been run. Those replies settle the work, and you hear our price on the phone, before anybody heads out.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Where the engine hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most jobs.
Starting it comes last. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before our technicians leave. Lasting damage is very unusual when it is spotted soon, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. It is worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as you wait is worthwhile.
About East Chinnock, briefly
East Chinnock is a small village in Somerset, situated near the River Parrett and surrounded by rolling hills. East Chinnock has a low elevation of around 44 metres and is located near several other villages, including Hardington Mandeville and Middle Chinnock. East Chinnock is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is a relatively small community with a population of approximately 503 people.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, East Chinnock included
As a village, East Chinnock has the same vans as the surrounding places — West Coker, Middle Chinnock — right across BA postcodes. A postcode starting BA22 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of East Chinnock or a lay-by near Allicombe Plantation: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to move an inch for us. Where it stands, that is where it is drained. Guessing won't help beside St Martin of Tours, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
Your scenario, in one line
Still unrun? Keep it that way then ring. Run by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever it is, across East Chinnock and Somerset, on 0333 366 0103.