AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lyncombe Vale: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it got in. Not run so far? Then leave the car that way, whether the car is — Lyncombe Vale or Widcombe. Leave your engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Lyncombe Vale. Already started? Stop when safe, then turn everything off. A larger job, then, but the same first move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Somerset it happened.
At the pump in Lyncombe Vale: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Somewhere in Lyncombe Vale, then — Esso, Sainsbury's, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Just your tank has AdBlue; no part past it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. A few jobs: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it cannot be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
At home in Lyncombe Vale with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. It occurs on driveways just off Lyncombe Vale as regularly as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains put, no matter how long it waits.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so no one takes your car anywhere at breakfast. After that, ring. In Perrymead or right here around Lyncombe Vale, the drain is done at your driveway. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Lyncombe Vale: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long the engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Greenway Lane, perhaps, or the route towards Bath — a run of under a mile.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a longer trip, once the filter and pipework have it. It goes further with every mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M4, under 10 miles from Lyncombe Vale. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the mileage driven when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be in Somerset, any driver could be caught.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Sorting it before the van turn up is quicker, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Stuck near Alexandra Bowling Club or at Bath Spa until someone answers, the car stays switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Lyncombe Vale?
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of Widcombe Infant School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Bear Flat.
Put simply: a spill near the filler does the motor no harm. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Turning on the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not start the car. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked is a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
The common ground in every Lyncombe Vale AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions come when our technicians reach the car — on a filling station, a drive, a road beside Eyre Chapel or the car park outside The Ring o' Bells: the liquid, the amount, and whether it has been started. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told the quote, and those answers decide the job too.
Draining the tank comes first, then a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long you wait. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Not started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Before we head off, it is tested to make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. The entire job is done where your car is, and when it's noticed soon, lasting damage is very rare. 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're en route: misfuelling cover comes built into plenty of policies.
About Lyncombe Vale and where it is
Lyncombe Vale is a suburban area situated on the outskirts of Bath, near the banks of the River Avon, and is characterized by its lakeside setting and relatively low elevation of 55 metres. Lyncombe Vale is located close to several nearby places, including Perrymead, Lyncombe Hill, and Beechen Cliff, and is predominantly composed of terraced housing. Lyncombe Vale is a short distance from the city centre of Bath, approximately 0.9 miles away, and is around 96.4 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains around Lyncombe Vale, and across Somerset too
Lyncombe Vale is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Lyncombe Hill and Beechen Cliff among them, across the BA postcode area. A postcode starting BA2 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is required, whether stopped centrally in Lyncombe Vale or on a lay-by heading to Alexandra Park, so keep it put. Our engineers drain the car where it sits. Guessing won't help near The Mortuary Chapel, close to a border or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and check.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and call. Started already? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, across Lyncombe Vale and Somerset, on 0333 366 0103.