--- title: Houndsmoor: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/houndsmoor-somerset/ location: Houndsmoor county: Somerset latitude: 51.021480 longitude: -3.247190 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-23 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Houndsmoor, and What to Do Next One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has been started afterwards. Not run yet? Then keep it that way, wherever the car sits — Houndsmoor or Chipley. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where the vehicle stands in Houndsmoor. Where the motor has run, pull in safely first, then switch the car off. A larger job, then, yet the same first move. Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Somerset it happened. ## On a Houndsmoor forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel Just now, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Anywhere in Houndsmoor, then — Esso, Wellington Flogas, or somewhere else nearby. Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in. Next: resist the urge to start it just to move away from the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt. ## At home around Houndsmoor with AdBlue in the diesel tank The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It takes place on drives just off Weekmore Lane as frequently as anywhere. What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops to the base inside your tank and waits. One night standing alters none of that. What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it is drained, whether around Houndsmoor or Milverton. Late-night drains beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet. ## Houndsmoor: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel? Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe it was on Huntash Lane, perhaps on the way out towards Exeter, under 25 miles away. Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Past the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further. Next: find a sensible place, pull in, then turn the engine off. Houndsmoor lies under 5 miles from the M5; on it, pull off at the first junction rather than pushing on for the services. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying how far the vehicle was driven. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors It's a motor you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Any driver, anywhere in Somerset, could do the same. What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner frequently needs to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and company contracts. Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Keep it off as the answer comes, even if you are parked outside Taunton or close to Methodist Church. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Houndsmoor At times, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; but the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. A hurried stop by the gates of Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School, or a call to a friend in Bindon: either fits. What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to your engine. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the car will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either. Take it that it went in, and never turn the engine. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one after it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed. ## The common ground in every Houndsmoor AdBlue drain The work opens the same way, whatever the case. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Globe or a side street near St Michael's, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and if your engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers shape the work. AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Clean diesel is put in after your filter is flushed or replaced, and the car is then tested. Where your motor has not been started, allow about half an hour on site, for most cases. Our engineers start it last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running correctly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is caught quickly, permanent damage is very rare. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way. ## About Houndsmoor itself Houndsmoor is a small suburban area situated on the riverside in Somerset, with a mix of detached housing and a population of around 740 residents. Houndsmoor sits at an elevation of 78 metres, near the villages of Milverton and Weekmoor, and is located approximately 24 miles from Exeter. Houndsmoor is part of a wider area that includes nearby Preston Bowyer, and is connected to the surrounding countryside by a network of roads and footpaths. Houndsmoor is also within commuting distance of larger cities, being around 139 miles from London. ## AdBlue drains in Houndsmoor, and across Somerset too Weekmoor and Preston Bowyer get the identical vans as Houndsmoor, a residential suburb, plus other towns over TA postcodes. Your whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning TA4 1. Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Aslant Covert or in a car park in the middle of Houndsmoor, it does not need to shift. The van drains it in place. Ring and check rather than guess if you're by Milverton Sports Recreational Ground, on a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain. ## The one-line version If it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Houndsmoor and anywhere in Somerset on 0333 366 0103.