AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ogbourne St George: What Now?
All of it turns on a single detail: whether the engine has started after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Out in Ogbourne Maizey or here in Ogbourne St George, an unstarted motor should stay unrun. Normally this means draining and properly rinsing it right there around Ogbourne St George — and so leave the ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over when safe, then switch it off. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening move.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Wiltshire it happened.
On a Ogbourne St George forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle still in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It could be the Esso, or perhaps the Smiths of Axford, or another forecourt in Ogbourne St George.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. Still inside the tank, with nothing pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Get the attendants to help rolling it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Ogbourne St George
For days the dashboard had been warning you. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. It happens on drives just off Jubb's Lane as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and remains put, however long the night.
Put your keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone might drive it off at breakfast — then phone us. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Ogbourne St George or Southend. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Ogbourne St George: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way after topping up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Somewhere along Liddiards Green or else on the road to Salisbury — under 50 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Mileage decides how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. It goes further with every mile driven and every restart.
Your move: pull up anywhere sensible, then switch your motor off. On the M4, under 5 miles from Ogbourne St George, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to find out. Tell us know the mileage covered as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had this vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Wiltshire.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it early saves time. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Swindon, or beside Ogbourne St George Village Hall? Leave your car off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Ogbourne St George
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think it did. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. A hurried stop by the gates of Ogbourne CofE Primary School, or a call to a friend in Lower Upham: both fits.
Put simply: a spill near your filler does your motor unharmed. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: act as though it got in, then keep your engine off. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clear tank checked is a better outcome than a run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain in Ogbourne St George has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Anywhere the car stands — the pub in the village's car park, a street beside St George, a drive, a filling station — the van gets there and asks about the fluid, the amount, plus if your engine has turned over. On the phone, before anything else, you hear the price, and those replies decide the job too.
Then your tank is emptied and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel is put in after the fuel filter is cleaned or replaced, and your car is finally tested. If the motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we check it's running smoothly, and then we leave. Long-term damage is very uncommon if it's noticed soon, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Ogbourne St George, briefly
Ogbourne St George is a village in Wiltshire, situated on the banks of a river in the South West region of England. Ogbourne St George sits at an elevation of 158 metres, surrounded by rolling countryside and nearby villages such as Southend and Ogbourne St Andrew. Ogbourne St George is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is located approximately 68 miles west of London. Ogbourne St George remains a small, rural community with a population of around 531 residents.
AdBlue drains around Ogbourne St George, and across Wiltshire too
Being a village, Ogbourne St George shares its vans with the surrounding places — Woodsend, Ogbourne St Andrew — all the way across SN postcodes. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts SN8 1.
Stopped heading to Coronation Garden, or right in the centre of Ogbourne St George, your vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it is. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Ogbourne St Andrew or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, in one line
Where it hasn't run, ring and leave it off. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Ogbourne St George or anywhere in Wiltshire.