--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Norton St Philip? Read This canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/norton-st-philip-somerset/ location: Norton St Philip county: Somerset latitude: 51.301730 longitude: -2.325290 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-28 --- # AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Norton St Philip: How It Occurs and How to Stop It AdBlue already in your diesel tank? Then set this page down a moment, leave your ignition and engine off, then phone 0333 366 0103. Around Norton St Philip, catching it before the engine turns normally means draining and a thorough flush where it stands. If you are reading before it has happened, the remainder of this page is about why it takes place and how to make sure it doesn't. ## AdBlue in a diesel car, and its separate tank Diesel goes to your motor — yet many newer diesels driven around Norton St Philip and Laverton hold a second fluid too. Its own tank holds it, and from there it is sent to the exhaust, and there a spray treats the gas. There's a filler on each tank. Under one flap, next to each other: that's the layout on many vehicles. On others, AdBlue's filler is beneath the bonnet or in the boot instead. Diesel goes in at every forecourt call-out, again and again. Much less often, the AdBlue side gets filled — normally from a bottle, by a person thinking about where it goes. It is in the gap that the mistake lives. ## How does AdBlue in the diesel tank occur in Norton St Philip? Three things tend to line up, and carelessness is rarely one of them. To start with, the warning. Low AdBlue triggers a message from the vehicle, and letting it run dry leads to limp mode — so a rushed top-up, perhaps before work off Bell Hill, or outside Fleur De Lis on the way home that evening. Unfamiliar cars come next, too. Hire cars, new motors and company cars put their fillers differently, and habit goes for the cap used on the old one. Third, the bottle goes in: diesel filler or AdBlue one, it goes in just as readily, and once the pour starts, no part halts it. New Town or the heart of Norton St Philip: it takes the same few seconds either way. ## Which filler is for AdBlue, and which for diesel? Before you pour anything, whether on a drive in Tellisford or a forecourt in Norton St Philip, check these. They take a couple of seconds. - The cap. The AdBlue cap is commonly blue, or marked "AdBlue". The diesel cap normally isn't. Read it rather than going by position. - Look at the size: the smaller filler neck is, on many cars, the AdBlue one. - Lift the flap and look for a label — plenty of motors show what goes in which inlet just there. - In your boot or under the bonnet: that's where your filler sits if it is not by the diesel cap, and the handbook tells you which. - Check with the person who drove it last — before you leave, not when the light comes on — if you collect a hire or company car from somewhere like the car park at Freshford. ## Keeping AdBlue out of the diesel tank when you top up On the day the warning comes on — wherever you are around Somerset — a simple routine to follow. - Pull in somewhere level, engine off, with time in hand — never hurried on the side of High Street. - Daft as it sounds, speaking "AdBlue" out loud while you unscrew the cap works — once you've found your filler and read the cap. - Both under one flap? Then make sure the cap on the diesel side is still shut before lifting the bottle. - Slowly does it, through the bottle's own spout, till it is full or the bottle runs out. - Before you start the vehicle, close the cap and check again that your diesel cap never came off. Spot at step two or three that it's already gone into the diesel side? Then stop just there. Do not go on to stage five. ## Norton St Philip: already put AdBlue in the diesel tank? Short list, then. Top of that: the engine stays unstarted. The fuel pump starts on many diesels the moment the ignition is switched on — and so leave it off. Thinning it with extra diesel won't work, since AdBlue sinks to the bottom instead of blending — and that's where the fuel is drawn from. The staff at Farleigh Service Station, BP or another forecourt will usually lend a hand to push the car away if asked. Leave it where it is if you are on your own driveway in Norton St Philip. Stop as soon as it is safe then switch off, if the engine has already run. Leave the M4 — under 15 miles out of Norton St Philip — at the first exit. Distance matters — a quick hop across Norton St Philip makes a smaller job than driving under 10 miles towards Bath — so tell us roughly how far it went. ## What occurs when we turn up in Norton St Philip The van reaches your car wherever it stopped — your own driveway, beside Church of Saint Philip and Saint James, or by Norton St Philip Church of England First School. The replies settle the work and our quote, so our engineers ask what went in, about how much, and whether it's run. You get that quote by phone, before anybody sets off. Next: a drain, then a thorough flush of the entire system. More than with petrol, it counts here: the crystals form, certain metals are attacked, and nothing clears out unaided, however long it sits. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. The engine is fired up next and checked to be sure it runs smoothly, all before our engineers go. Most jobs are finished in roughly half an hour after we arrive, as long as the motor hasn't run — and the pumps we use are fine on a live forecourt yet quiet at night outside a house. Nothing in advance; you settle up on the day. At the end, a VAT invoice and the report from the engineer are handed to you for the insurer. Misfuelling cover is part of plenty of insurance policies — so make use of the wait to check yours. ## About Norton St Philip, briefly Norton St Philip is a village in Somerset, situated on the banks of the River Frome, with a mix of old and new buildings, including many detached homes. Norton St Philip sits at an elevation of 111 metres, near the city of Bath, and is surrounded by other small communities such as New Town and Hinton Charterhouse. Norton St Philip has a population of around 697 people, living in a variety of housing types, predominantly detached homes. Norton St Philip is located near several local landmarks, including The Green, which serves as a hub for community activities. ## AdBlue drains in Norton St Philip and across Somerset Being a village, Norton St Philip has the same vans as nearby areas — The Green, Hinton Charterhouse — all the way across BA postcodes and the surrounding area around them. A postcode starting BA2 7 gets our van to you fastest. There's no need to move the car. Draining happens right there, whether a drive, a street by Memorial Hall, or a lay-by on the way to Church Mead. Guessing doesn't help behind Saint John, on a border, or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask. ## Norton St Philip motorists: the short version Before you tip, read the cap. Still AdBlue in the diesel tank? Petrol in Diesel will drain it wherever it stands, wherever in Somerset: keep the car off and ring 0333 366 0103.