South Chard: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has run since. Over in Coombses or here around South Chard, an unstarted engine should stay that way. Normally that is draining and properly purging it on the spot around South Chard — so keep the ignition and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. Pull over the minute it is safe and turn off, if it has been run. A bigger job, then, but the same first step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Somerset it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a South Chard forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Maybe you're at the Texaco, possibly at the Tesco, possibly somewhere else in South Chard.
The upshot: of all places to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still in your tank, and nothing pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle is in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the receipt. Emptying it right at the pump is fine when it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around South Chard with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Driveways near Crossways get it as much as any other street.
In short: if your car has not been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. On the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue stays, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Next: stop an early drive by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. In Perry Street or right here around South Chard, the drain is done on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
South Chard: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond topping up, your motor began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Perhaps it was on New Lane, maybe on the way out towards Exeter, under 50 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue in already. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It goes further with every mile driven and each restart.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then turn your engine off. South Chard lies under 15 miles from the M5; there, come off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to find out. Phone us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, it was unknown to you. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just next to the diesel. Across Somerset, no one is safe from it.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner often needs to approve any work, under many rental and fleet contracts.
Next: phone the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Stranded near South Chard Church or at Axminster until someone answers, the vehicle stays switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in South Chard?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Which cap came off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Axeford Estate, or in a rush outside Tatworth Primary School at the school run.
The upshot: your motor isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled around the filler. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in the tank would be sucked in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, and leave your engine off. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every South Chard AdBlue drain
Whatever the case, a single opening is used. Wherever your car is — Perry Street Club & Institute's car park, a street by Bethel Baptist, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the amount, and whether your motor has been run. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Then that tank is drained and the system cleaned thoroughly, which matters 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. Last come your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
We start the engine last. Before we head off, it's checked to confirm it runs properly on clean diesel. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it's noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About South Chard and where it is
South Chard is a suburban area in Somerset, situated inland at an elevation of around 98 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. South Chard lies near the villages of Perry Street and Tatworth, and is close to Chilson Common. South Chard is located approximately 26.5 miles from Exeter and 130.8 miles from London, making it a relatively rural suburb. South Chard has a population of around 1620 residents.
AdBlue drains round South Chard and across Somerset
Being a residential suburb, South Chard has the same vans as the surrounding places — Chilson Common, Tatworth — right through TA postcodes. Giving us a TA20 2 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Centre of South Chard or a layby near Horn Moor: either way it is, your car never needs to shift an inch for us. Where it stands, that's where it is cleared. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to St John the Evangelist or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle off then ring. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Somerset and in South Chard — once you stop, turn off and phone, if it has run.