South Twerton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the engine has been run since it got in. Anywhere your car stands — Southdown, South Twerton — never run a motor that has not run yet. Normally this is draining and thoroughly purging it on the spot in South Twerton — and so keep your ignition and motor off then call 0333 366 0103. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then switch it off. It's a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Somerset it happened.
At the pump around South Twerton: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you opened was not the correct one. It might be the Sainsbury's, or the Esso, or a different forecourt around South Twerton.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Still inside that tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle is in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and keep the receipt. Can't move it by the pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
At home around South Twerton with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit for days. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Right off Southdown Road is not different from anywhere.
The upshot: zero miles since makes this almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Your move: keys in the house, and so nobody takes your vehicle anywhere at breakfast. After that, ring. Out in The Oval or right here in South Twerton, the draining is done at your drive. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around South Twerton?
A short way beyond filling up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Possibly it was on Dartmouth Avenue, maybe on the way out towards Bath, under 3 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into your fuel system. It has been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. South Twerton lies under 10 miles from the M4; there, come off at the first junction instead of pressing on for the services. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Phone, saying what distance the car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have only driven this vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Somerset.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, and those turn on if it's run. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, since settling it beforehand saves time. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Oldfield Park, or near Church of the Ascension? Leave the car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, South Twerton?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of Oldfield Park Junior School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Kingsway.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up the vehicle would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each South Twerton AdBlue drain
Each case gets the same start to the job. Anywhere your car is — The White Horse's car park, a road by Bath City Farm, a driveway, a forecourt — the van arrives and asks for the fluid, the amount, and whether your motor has been run. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies shape the job.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the car comes at the end. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our engineers leave. Our engineers do the entire job where your car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been caught quickly. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents as you wait pays.
About South Twerton itself
South Twerton is a suburban area located on the riverside in Somerset, sitting at an elevation of 44 metres and approximately 1.3 miles from the city of Bath. South Twerton is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing and is situated near other local areas such as The Oval, Oldfield Park, and East Twerton. South Twerton has a population of around 11312 residents and is part of the larger urban area surrounding Bath. South Twerton's proximity to Bath makes it a popular residential choice.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, South Twerton included
South Twerton is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Oldfield Park and East Twerton among them, across the BA postcode area. A postcode starting BA2 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, be it stopped centrally in South Twerton or in a lay-by heading to Brickfields, and so leave it put. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets emptied. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Moorland Road Community Library or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your situation, in one line
Where it hasn't started, phone and keep it off. Run already: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in South Twerton or wherever across Somerset.