AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Redlynch, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the engine has run afterwards. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Redlynch itself or out in Bohemia. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush plus a drain, carried out just where your vehicle stands around Redlynch. Already run? Stop when safe, then switch everything off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the work grows.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever around Wiltshire you happen to be.
On a Redlynch forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you opened wasn't the correct one. It might be the Esso, or perhaps the BP, or another station in Redlynch.
In short: no better place to be to spot it. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits just inside the tank.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Get the attendants to lend a hand rolling it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us right there. Can't move the car beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Redlynch drive?
On the dash, a warning had been lit 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 a second time at the cap. It happens on driveways just off Quavey Road as commonly as anywhere.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and stays there, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Out in Morgans Vale or right here around Redlynch, the draining is done at your drive. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Redlynch?
A mile or two after filling up, the engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Anywhere on Goggs Lane or on the road to Salisbury — under 10 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then switch the engine off. On the M27, under 10 miles from Redlynch, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it go? Say so as you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days ago, it was new to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is just next to your diesel cap — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Wiltshire.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or not — plus one further step. Work on the vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our technicians get there than after. Stranded near Morgans Vale and Woodfalls Village Hall or outside Dean till someone replies, your vehicle remains switched off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Redlynch
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. What cap came off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in North Charford.
Put simply: a spill near your filler does your motor no harm. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Starting your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and never start the engine. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a better outcome than a run one emptied.
Each AdBlue drain in Redlynch shares these steps
The job opens the same way, whichever the case. Filling station, drive, The Kings Head's car park or a road beside St Birinus Church — the van comes to your vehicle, and three answers follow: which fluid, which amount, and whether it has run. Replies shape the job; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has left yet.
Then your tank is drained and your 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, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers turn up.
We fire it up last. Before our engineers go, it is tested to confirm it runs correctly on new diesel. If it is noticed quickly, the car very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Redlynch, for a moment
Redlynch is a small village in Wiltshire, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of around 70 metres. Redlynch lies near the city of Salisbury, approximately 7 miles to the south, and is surrounded by other nearby villages such as Morgans Vale and Woodfalls. Redlynch has a population of around 591 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Redlynch is located in the South West region of England, about 77 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains round Redlynch and across Wiltshire
Redlynch is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Lover and Woodfalls among them, across the SP postcode area. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts SP5 2.
Centre of Redlynch or a layby near Little Nursery Copse: wherever it sits, your car never needs to move at all for us. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets drained. Awkward to pin down? By St Mary or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, and so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Wiltshire and within Redlynch — after you pull over, switch off then phone, if it has run.