AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Langaller, and What to Do Next
Everything hinges on a single fact: if the engine has been run since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Langaller itself or out in Monkton Heathfield. Leave your engine and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Langaller. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical opening step.
Further down: the cases we see, wherever in Somerset. Choose yours.
On a Langaller forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Anywhere around Langaller, then — Murco, Sainsbury's, or anywhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up just to move away from the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — then save the bottle. 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.
At home around Langaller with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it was only at the bin that the cap got a second look. Houses just off Langaller Lane get hit as much as anywhere else.
In short: if your vehicle has not moved since, it's nearly 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 does not change that.
Put the keys in the house tonight — or someone may drive it away first thing — and phone us. Out in North End or right here in Langaller, the drain is done on your driveway. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Langaller?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a short way after the top-up. Langaller Roundabout, perhaps, or the route to Wells — a run of under 25 miles.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue through already. Past the filter, through the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: further it travels.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then switch the motor off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M5, under a mile from Langaller. No test restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Somerset, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stuck by Brittons Ash Community Hall or outside Taunton until the firm replies, the car remains turned off the whole time.
Langaller: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe on a friend's drive in Sidbrook, or rushing by West Monkton Church of England School at the school run.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't touch your engine at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will pull it in.
Assume it got in, and never start your key. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked is a happier result than a run one emptied.
The common ground in every Langaller AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Our engineers come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Bell Inn or a side street close to Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if the motor has run. Those replies settle this work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, counts much more here than with petrol. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where your motor hasn't been started, allow about half an hour on site, for most jobs.
Lastly, our engineers fire it up. We confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel before we go. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's spotted early, lasting damage is very uncommon. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Langaller and where it is
Langaller is a small hamlet in inland Somerset, situated near the villages of North End, Creech St Michael, and Creech Heathfield. Langaller lies at an elevation of around 25 metres, within the wider area of the Somerset Levels. Langaller is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Langaller is located approximately 21 miles from the city of Wells and 130 miles from London.
Langaller and Somerset: AdBlue drains across the area
Over TA postcodes, the teams covering Langaller — a rural hamlet — work surrounding places as well, Creech St Michael and Creech Heathfield included. Telling us a TA2 8 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Stopped heading to Creech St Michael Recreation Ground, or right in the centre of Langaller, the car remains where it is — there is no need to move it anywhere. Draining is done right there. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're by West Monkton Village Hall, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
If it has not started, phone and keep it that way. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Somerset and in Langaller — once you pull over, switch off then phone, if it has run.