What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lea
Everything hinges on a single detail: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Out in Cleverton or here in Lea, an unrun engine should remain that way. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush plus a drain, done right where your car sits in Lea. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Wherever across Wiltshire it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
Lea forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere around Lea, then — Texaco, BP, or anywhere else close by.
In short: there is no better spot exists to spot it. Still inside the tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Lea drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Houses just off The Cedars are caught out as much as everywhere else.
The upshot: no miles since leaves it almost equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not 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 may take it off first thing — and call us. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Lea or Milbourne. Night-time empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Lea?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. The Street, say, or the way towards Bath — a run of under 25 miles.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector see it too on a longer run, once your filter and pipework have it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up anywhere sensible, then switch the motor off. Services further along can wait: on the M4, under 5 miles out of Lea, take the first junction. No trial starts: 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 this car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Wiltshire.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added step. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off for repairs.
Settling it before we arrives is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stuck in the car park outside Kemble, or by Lea Village Hall, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Lea: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? A hurried top-up by the gates of Lea and Garsdon Church of England Primary School, or a call to a friend in Bisley: either fit.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no damage to the engine. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: act as though it went in, and leave your engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain in Lea shares these stages
The work begins the same way, whichever the situation. We come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Rose and Crown Pub or a side street close to Zion Chapel Lea, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if your motor has been run. Those replies determine this work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Draining your tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long it sits. Then is your filter — cleaned, or swapped where needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians turn up.
Our engineers fire it up last. Before our engineers head off, it's tested to confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel. Permanent damage is very rare when it is noticed soon, and the entire job is done where the car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into many policies.
About Lea, briefly
Lea is a village in Wiltshire, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of 86 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Lea lies near the villages of Milbourne, Garsdon, and Burton Hill, and is approximately 18.6 miles from the city of Bath. Lea is a relatively small community, with a population of around 577 residents. Lea is also within commuting distance of London, being around 83.2 miles from the capital.
AdBlue drains in Lea, and across Wiltshire too
Over SN postcodes, the teams covering Lea — a village — work surrounding places as well, Garsdon and Burton Hill among them. Quickest of all: a SN16 9 postcode for your location.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Jubilee Fields - Lea Village Recreation Fields or in a car park in the middle of Lea, it doesn't need to move. Draining happens on the spot. Awkward to explain? By St Giles or a border? Asking beats guessing, so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle off and phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Lea and anywhere around Wiltshire on 0333 366 0103.