AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lydford Fair Place, and What to Do Next
All of that hinges on one fact: if the engine has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not started so far? Then keep it like that, whether your car is — Lydford Fair Place or Southwood. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where the vehicle stands in Lydford Fair Place. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Somerset it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Lydford Fair Place forecourt
Only now, nozzle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Maybe you're at the Shell, perhaps at the another forecourt nearby, possibly somewhere else in Lydford Fair Place.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. Still inside your tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Three jobs: a push into a bay with the staff helping, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. Emptying it right at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Lydford Fair Place drive?
For days the dash had been warning you. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. Homes just off Dial's Gate Lane are hit as much as anywhere else.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. On the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then ring. West Lydford or Lydford Fair Place: wherever your drive is, that's where it is drained. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Lydford Fair Place?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a short way after the top-up. High Street, say, or the route towards Wells — a trip of under 10 miles.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in by now. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, after the filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: pull up anywhere safe, then turn the motor off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M5, under 25 miles from Lydford Fair Place. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say what distance the car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this vehicle barely a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is right next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Throughout Somerset, no one is immune.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Work on the vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or company agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Stuck near St Peter or at Castle Cary till someone replies, your vehicle stays switched off the whole time.
Lydford Fair Place: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. Which cap came off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by the filler. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Lovington Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Catsham.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your engine. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your key. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean beats emptying one after it has been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
Lydford Fair Place: what every AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the situation, a single start is used. Anywhere the car is — Cross Keys Inn's car park, a road by Church (Remains of), a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has turned over. Answers shape the work; the quote comes on the call while nobody has left yet.
Draining your tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, however long it sits. Last come the filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. Where the engine has not been started, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Our technicians start the engine at the end. Before our technicians go, it is checked to be sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel. Our technicians do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been spotted early. Paying is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while we travel pays.
About Lydford Fair Place itself
Lydford Fair Place is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Somerset, with a low elevation of around 28 metres. Lydford Fair Place lies near the cities of Wells and Glastonbury, and is close to the villages of West Lydford and East Lydford. Lydford Fair Place is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Lydford Fair Place is located approximately 111 miles west of London, in the South West region of England.
AdBlue drains around Lydford Fair Place, and across Somerset too
East Lydford and Lydford-on-Fosse get the same teams as Lydford Fair Place, a rural hamlet, plus other towns throughout TA postcodes. Quickest of all: a TA11 7 postcode for your location.
Parked en route to Wheathill Golf Club, or bang in the heart of Lydford Fair Place, the car remains put — there is no need to move it at all. Wherever it stands, that's where it is drained. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you're by St Mary, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, in one line
Engine never started: phone, and leave it switched off. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Lydford Fair Place or wherever in Somerset.