Templecombe: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor run since the AdBlue got in? This one question settles almost everything else from here. Not run yet? Then keep the car that way, wherever the vehicle is — Templecombe or Yenston. Leave your engine and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Templecombe. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Further down: the cases our engineers meet, anywhere around Somerset. Choose yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Templecombe forecourt
Only at this point, bottle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Anywhere around Templecombe, then — Shell, Morrisons, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. No pump has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays only in the tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
Templecombe, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the driveway — and it was just at the recycling that the cap got a second look. Homes just off High Street get hit as often as everywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles low inside that tank and waits. A night standing changes none of that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether around Templecombe or Abbas Combe. The pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Templecombe?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Maybe driving for Wells, under 25 miles away, or simply down Church Hill.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Services farther on are too far: on the M5, under 50 miles out of Templecombe, take the next junction. It will not have cleared, and so there is no sense starting it again to find out. Call us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Any driver, wherever around Somerset, might do the same.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it has run. The owner frequently has to approve any work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our technicians arrive than after. Leave the vehicle switched off as the answer arrives, even if you're waiting outside the nearest station or near The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Templecombe?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think it did. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of Abbas and Templecombe Church School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Whitchurch.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet don't touch the motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting your car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Do this: behave as if it did, and never start the engine. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier result than a run one drained.
Templecombe: what each AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the situation, a single opening applies. Forecourt, drive, The Half Moon Inn's car park or a street beside Abbas & Templecombe Village Hall — the van reaches the car, and three questions come next: what liquid, what quantity, and whether it has run. Answers shape the work; the quote follows by phone while no one has left yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is essential, since deposits build up and certain metals corrode, and none of it washes out unaided. Then is the filter — cleaned, or swapped when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians turn up.
The final step is starting it. Our technicians confirm it runs properly on new diesel before we go. When it is caught soon, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Templecombe itself
Templecombe is a small village in inland Somerset, situated at an elevation of 79 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Templecombe lies near the villages of Abbas Combe, Combe Throop, and Horsington, and is approximately 17.5 miles from the city of Wells. Templecombe has a population of around 933 residents and is located about 104.9 miles west of London. Templecombe is a rural community with a strong sense of local identity.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, Templecombe included
Combe Throop and Horsington get the identical vans as Templecombe, a rural village, along with other towns over BA postcodes. Telling us your BA8 0 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Parked en route to North Side Wood, or right in the centre of Templecombe, the car remains put — there is no need to move it at all. Draining is done right there. Ring and check instead of guessing when you are close to Gartell Light Railway, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Engine never started: ring, and leave it alone. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Somerset and within Templecombe — after you stop, switch off then phone, if it has run.