AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hillside, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has run since. Anywhere the vehicle is — New Town, Hillside — never start a motor that has not run yet. Leave the motor and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Hillside. Already started? Pull over once safe, then switch everything off. Step one remains the same, even though the job is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Somerset it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Hillside forecourt
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Perhaps you're at the Texaco, possibly at the BP, perhaps somewhere else around Hillside.
The point: of every spot to find out, this is the best. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits just inside the tank.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Have the attendants to lend a hand rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
Hillside, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it's just at the bin that the cap caught a second look. It happens on driveways just off Fennel Lane as regularly as anywhere.
The point: no miles since leaves this nearly as good to finding it at the pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles low in the tank and waits. A night parked alters none of that.
Next: stop an early drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Your drive is where it is emptied, whether around Hillside or Axbridge. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road in Hillside with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the top-up. Perhaps it was on Horn's Lane, maybe on the way out towards Wells, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Through your filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then switch your motor off. On the M5, under 5 miles from Hillside, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the mileage covered when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Somerset.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians get there than after. Stuck by Church of St John the Baptist or at Worle till the firm answers, your car stays switched off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Hillside
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. A slight ammonia-like smell lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. A hurried stop by the gates of Axbridge Church of England First School Academy, or a visit to a friend in Weare: either fit.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't reach your engine at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Starting the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
Your move: act as though it did, and don't start your engine. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats draining one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain around Hillside has in common
The work opens the same way, whichever the situation. Three things are asked once our technicians reach your car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by King John's Hunting Lodge;King John's Hunting Lodge (Axbridge Museum) or the car park at The Lamb Inn: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has been started. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told the price, and those answers shape the job too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because crystals form and some metals corrode, and none of that rinses away unaided. Last come the filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the vehicle. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Our technicians start the engine at the end. Before we go, it's checked to make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been noticed quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Hillside itself
Hillside is a suburban area in Somerset, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 55 metres, with terraced housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Hillside is located near the city of Wells, approximately 9.3 miles away, and is also close to other nearby places such as Axbridge, Cross, and Hale Coombe. Hillside has a population of around 1719 residents and is part of the wider South West region of England. Hillside is positioned relatively far from London, at a distance of 117 miles.
AdBlue drains around Hillside and across Somerset
Hillside is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Cross and Hale Coombe among them, across the BS postcode area. Fastest of all: a BS26 2 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Rose Wood or in a car park in the middle of Hillside, it doesn't need to move. Draining happens on the spot. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you're by Cross Memorial Hall, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, ring then leave it that way. Started already? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Hillside and Somerset, on 0333 366 0103.