Lydiard Millicent: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on one fact: whether the engine has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Anywhere the car is — Hook Street, Lydiard Millicent — don't start a motor that hasn't run yet. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where your vehicle sits around Lydiard Millicent. When the engine has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch the car off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match what happened to one of the list below, wherever in Wiltshire you happen to be.
On a Lydiard Millicent forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. Possibly you are at the Shell, maybe at the Asda, maybe somewhere else around Lydiard Millicent.
The point: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. Nothing has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays only inside your tank.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants freeing. Ring us from the forecourt once your car is in a space — the attendants will help push it — and save the bottle. Can't move the vehicle by the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, so it can be drained where it is.
Lydiard Millicent, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it's just by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Drives close to Church Place see it as much as anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since makes it nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and stays. One night parked changes none of that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Your driveway is where it gets drained, whether around Lydiard Millicent or Lydiard Green. Late-night drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road in Lydiard Millicent with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two after topping up, your motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Somewhere along The Street or else on the road towards Bath — under 50 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a longer trip, once your filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that's the first step — then turn it off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M4, under 3 miles from Lydiard Millicent. It will not have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to check. Call, saying what distance your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had this car hardly a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its inlet is just next to the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Across Wiltshire, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, since settling it beforehand cuts time. If you are stranded in the car park outside Swindon, or by All Saints, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Lydiard Millicent: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Middleleaze.
The point: your engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled on the filler. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Your move: act as if it got in, and never start your motor. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Lydiard Millicent has in common
Every case gets the same start to the job. Forecourt, drive, The Sun Inn's car park or a road by Lydiard Millicent Parish Hall — our van comes to the car, and three questions follow: which fluid, what quantity, and if it has run. Answers shape the work; the price comes on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
Then the tank is emptied and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last come your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your car. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians arrive.
The final step is starting the engine. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our technicians head off. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been spotted soon. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your documents while you wait pays.
About Lydiard Millicent, for a moment
Lydiard Millicent is a village in Wiltshire, situated near the River Thames and surrounded by rolling countryside. Lydiard Millicent has a mix of old and new housing, with detached homes being the predominant type, and is located near other small settlements like Lydiard Green and Common Platt. Lydiard Millicent sits at an elevation of 126 metres, close to the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Lydiard Millicent is within commuting distance of major cities like Bath and London, making it a popular choice for residents.
Lydiard Millicent and Wiltshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Common Platt and Church End have the identical teams as Lydiard Millicent, a village, plus further places over SN postcodes. A postcode starting SN5 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Lydiard Millicent or a layby near Keycroft Copse: wherever it sits, the car doesn't need to shift at all for us. Where it sits, that's where it is cleared. Phone and check rather than guess if you're by St. Mary's Church, near a border, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
If it hasn't run, ring then keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Lydiard Millicent and anywhere around Wiltshire on 0333 366 0103.