Don't Start It: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Obridge
With AdBlue in your diesel tank, the ignition remains off and so does the motor. Water with urea dissolved in it: that's AdBlue. The harm starts once it is pulled through the lines — it won't burn, and it won't blend with diesel. In Obridge, AdBlue in a diesel tank found before your motor runs normally comes down to a drain and a thorough flush, just where the car is. Before you do anything else, call 0333 366 0103.
AdBlue in your diesel tank around Obridge: the first few minutes
Do these:
- So no one can turn the ignition on, pull the keys away.
- Near moving traffic? So put the hazards on.
- The empty bottle or the receipt shows us the product and the amount, so do not bin it out.
- Ring us from where you are. A postcode starting TA2 7, or the name of the closest street, gets our van to you without a search.
Not to do:
- Do not start the engine, even for a moment to shift the vehicle.
- The ignition remains off: on many diesels, switching it on is enough to run the fuel pump.
- Adding more diesel does not help: AdBlue separates out instead of blending.
- Don't drive the vehicle anywhere, not even a short way along Obridge Close.
- Don't try to drain it yourself at the kerbside.
Moving the car off the island is a job for staff to help with, wherever Obridge forecourt you are on, the Asda Express or any other. If you are on your own drive, leave the car precisely where it is.
What AdBlue does in a diesel tank
The motor is not what AdBlue is made for; the exhaust is. Stored in a dedicated tank, it's squirted into the exhaust stream to treat the fumes. Neither side suits the other: urea does not belong in a pump, and a pump can't deal with urea.
Fuel blends; AdBlue, after poured in, will not. Its behaviour is nothing like diesel's. The intake takes fuel from the lowest part of your tank, and that is precisely where AdBlue ends up: being heavier than diesel, it sinks. The first thing the fuel system pulls through, once it runs, is the AdBlue. So a motor that had AdBlue poured in on a drive in Rowbarton last night, and has not been started since, is still the simple case: the AdBlue is lying at the bottom of your tank, and nothing has drawn it in.
It does two kinds of damage from there. Crystals and corrosion. As the water dries, it strands urea that crystallises in filters and tiny passages; and, since it attacks some metals, every part it reaches suffers for as long as it stays inside. By daybreak, a car parked around Obridge with AdBlue through its pipework gets worse; where it is just inside the tank, it doesn't. Then there is the water: it offers no lubrication to the parts that need it the most — the high-pressure pump and every injector.
Why AdBlue in a diesel is regularly more serious than petrol
Petrol put into a diesel on Morrisons's forecourt makes the fuel thin — that's the whole fault. It mixes with your diesel, and whilst it is inside that tank it causes no damage; the harm comes from running the engine on it.
AdBlue in a diesel is a different matter: not thin fuel, but no fuel at all. It doesn't burn, so it can't just be run through. Crystals and corrosion stay after the following fill, and AdBlue splits again from the diesel, so thinning it won't work. Hence the flush counts so much, and trying the engine "to see" does more harm here than nearly any other slip — in Pyrland or the heart of Obridge alike.
With AdBlue, the good news is no distinct from petrol. If your engine hasn't run, the AdBlue is still inside the tank, and your tank is the easiest part of a fuel system to clear, wherever across Somerset the car is standing.
How does AdBlue end up in a diesel tank in Obridge?
Many motors put the AdBlue filler beside the diesel cap, occasionally under one flap, and in dim light the two may look identical. Nobody intends it. Most of the time it takes place with a bottle bought on the way home and poured in on the drive, not at the forecourt.
It tends to happen in a few familiar ways. A warning light comes on during the school run, and the top-up occurs in a hurry outside Priorswood Primary School. Near Obridge Road, someone tips a bottle in at home after work. Or your car is topped up in the car park at The Ale House, in poor light, by a person who has never opened that flap before.
Rented vehicles, brand-new cars, company cars, or the second vehicle in a family with one of each: the least familiar cars see it most. Wherever across Somerset, Obridge included, the slip doesn't change, and nor does the first step: keep it off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank in Obridge, and the motor started?
If so, the AdBlue is no longer inside that tank. It has been sucked through your filter and the fuel lines, and if your motor ran for any time, it has got to the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors.
You may see your engine running unevenly, smoking, losing power, showing warning lights or cutting out, possibly on the way back from Children's Wood or halfway across Obridge. When you safely can, stop and turn everything off — with no restarting to see. Each start pulls more of it through.
On the M5, under 3 miles from Obridge, the first junction is where to leave, and anywhere safe is where to park — not carrying on.
Every mile pushes the AdBlue further in. That's why a hop across Obridge to park beside @2K Theatre and a drive of under 25 miles towards Wells are very distinct jobs. Approximately how far had it come? Tell us.
Wherever your car came to a halt is where all of it gets done, even with more to rinse out after the engine has been run. Lasting damage is very uncommon when it is caught quickly.
What does an AdBlue drain on a diesel involve around Obridge?
The car remains put, whether that is a road near Wellesley Street Communal Hall, a drive, a layby or a filling station around Obridge, and our van travels to it. Before anything else our engineers ask what got in, roughly how much, and if your motor has run, since those answers settle the work.
The contaminated diesel and the urea come out as one after your tank is drained, on the spot. The system is cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol, because what it leaves behind does not rinse out on its own. Testing the vehicle follows last, once fresh diesel goes in and your filter is cleaned or, where needed, swapped. Not run? In that case expect about half an hour on site for most jobs. The pumps are explosion-proof, fine on a working forecourt and quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Priming your system with clean diesel comes at the end. Whether it's a parking bay at Taunton or a driveway in Obridge, that is where we start it and you drive off. The test before we head off is that it runs properly on fresh diesel. Since the job is done in its entirety where your car is, a workshop never comes into it. You receive a VAT invoice and an engineer report after that, which is what insurers ask for.
About Obridge and where it is
Obridge is a suburban area in Somerset, situated on the riverside at a low elevation of around 16 metres. Obridge forms part of the larger urban landscape near Wells, with nearby places including Firepool, Lyngford, and Priorswood. Obridge has a population of approximately 5376 residents, predominantly living in flat-type housing. Obridge is located about 23 miles from Wells and around 132 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Obridge and across Somerset
AdBlue jobs in Obridge go to vans that cover the towns around it — Firepool, Lyngford plus Priorswood — and much of Somerset beyond, across TA postcodes. If you are near a boundary, or somewhere hard to describe, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Wherever your car stands — a driveway at home, a side street, a parking area, a forecourt — our technicians empty it there, with no need to take it to us; which suits Obridge, a residential suburb, well.
AdBlue in a diesel tank around Obridge: the cost of fixing it
Not one flat figure could be honest, since every job is different. Whether your engine has been running, and for how long, comes first in what moves the price. How much AdBlue went in comes next, and then the position of your car, because an open drive is easier for a van to get to safely than a tight gap behind Christadelphian Hall.
What went in, what quantity, plus if it ran: each Obridge enquiry opens with exactly that, ahead of any quote, not afterwards. With those replies, the range narrows to one fixed number.
You get that price by phone, before anyone sets off, and you pay on the day, by card or over the phone, with nothing upfront. Look at your insurance while we're on the way: many carry misfuelling cover.
Obridge: still beside the car?
Right now, the most helpful thing to do with the vehicle is to not touch it. Motor off, keys out, ignition off. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, across Obridge or anywhere within Somerset, after you phone 0333 366 0103 saying it's AdBlue, roughly how big an amount, and if it ran.