What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Haselbury Plucknett
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it went in. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever your car is — Haselbury Plucknett or Furringdons Cross. Usually that is draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot in Haselbury Plucknett — and so keep your ignition and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. Already run? Stop when you safely can, then switch everything off. A larger job, then, yet the same opening step.
Below: the cases we see, wherever in Somerset. Pick yours.
At the pump around Haselbury Plucknett: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Possibly you're at the Valero, possibly at the Texaco, maybe somewhere else around Haselbury Plucknett.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. Only the tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken any in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Ring us from the forecourt once your car sits in a space — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then save the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is cleared where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Haselbury Plucknett
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Driveways near North Perrott Road see it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Put the keys indoors overnight — otherwise a person might drive it away at breakfast — then call us. Puddle Town or Haselbury Plucknett: whichever your drive is, that's where it gets cleared. The equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Haselbury Plucknett: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long the engine was running unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Swan Hill, say, or the route towards Wells — a trip of under 25 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it too on a bigger run, once your filter and lines have it. It goes deeper with every mile covered and each restart.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, and switch your engine off. Services further on are too far: from the M5, under 25 miles out of Haselbury Plucknett, take the first junction. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance had it go? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've only had this vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. Across Somerset, nobody is immune.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with one added step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Stuck by St Michael's or at Crewkerne till someone replies, your car remains switched off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Haselbury Plucknett?
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think it did. Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Look familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Haselbury Plucknett Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in West Chinnock.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never touch your motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
Next: act as though it went in, then keep the engine off. Phone with the details: we would sooner find a clean tank than empty one after the motor has been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Haselbury Plucknett shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions come when we reach the car — at a filling station, a drive, a road beside St Martin or the car park outside the pub in the village: the fluid, the amount, and if it has run. Answers shape the job; the quote follows on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
Then your tank is drained and the system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Last come the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your car. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Starting the car comes at the end. With clean diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running smoothly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it is spotted soon, permanent damage is very uncommon. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Haselbury Plucknett
Haselbury Plucknett is a village in Somerset, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 51 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Haselbury Plucknett lies near several other small settlements, including Puddle Town, North Perrott, and Middle Chinnock. Haselbury Plucknett is located approximately 22 miles from the city of Wells and around 121 miles from London. Haselbury Plucknett has a population of around 719 residents.
AdBlue drains about Haselbury Plucknett and across Somerset
Haselbury Plucknett is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, North Perrott and Middle Chinnock among them, across the TA postcode area. Quickest of all: a TA18 7 postcode to show your location.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Rushy Wood or in a car park in the middle of Haselbury Plucknett, it does not need to move. Our engineers drain it where it is. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near St Margaret or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine never started: phone, and leave it alone. Run by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, across Haselbury Plucknett and Somerset, on 0333 366 0103.