--- title: The Prinnels: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/the-prinnels-wiltshire/ location: The Prinnels county: Wiltshire latitude: 51.563540 longitude: -1.842140 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-15 --- # What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in The Prinnels All of it hinges on one detail: whether your motor has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave the car that way, wherever your vehicle sits — The Prinnels or Eastleaze. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where the vehicle sits around The Prinnels. Stop the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. A bigger job, yes, but the identical first step. Anywhere across Wiltshire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours. ## At the petrol pump in The Prinnels: AdBlue in a diesel The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Be it Asda, Shell or anywhere else around The Prinnels, the case is the same. What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits. Next: resist the temptation to start it just to free up the pump. A few things: a push into a bay with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. If it cannot be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in The Prinnels For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the drive — and it's only at the recycling that the cap got your eye. Right off Grandison Close is no less likely from any other place. What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference. Next: prevent an early drive by keeping the keys in the house, then ring us. Your drive is where it gets drained, whether in The Prinnels or Ramleaze. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around The Prinnels? You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Winchcombe Close or heading to Bath — under 50 miles away. Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. It travels deeper with each extra mile driven and every restart. Pull in somewhere safe — that's the first step — then turn everything off. The Prinnels sits under 3 miles from the M4; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pushing on for the services. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Let us hear the mileage driven when you call. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank You have had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Wiltshire, nobody is safe from it. What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Many rental and company contracts need the owner's sign-off before work. What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. If you're stuck in the car park at Swindon, or by Holy Trinity, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off. ## The Prinnels: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank? "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. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Tregoze Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Freshbrook. What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to your motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Firing up the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in. Take it that it went in, and don't turn the key. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank checked counts as a better result than an already-run one emptied. ## The Prinnels: what every AdBlue drain has in common Whatever the case, one opening applies. Three things come once our technicians reach your car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road beside How the Mighty Fall or the car park outside The Village Inn: the liquid, the amount, and if it has been started. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies set the work. Then the tank is cleared and the system purged 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 does not rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter is cleaned or changed, and the car is then tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers turn up. Our technicians start the car at the end. Before our engineers leave, it is tested to be sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. Permanent damage is very rare if it is noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while we travel pays. ## About The Prinnels and where it is The Prinnels is a suburban area situated lakeside in Wiltshire, with a mix of housing types although predominantly detached homes. The Prinnels sits at an elevation of 104 metres, within a short drive of the nearby city of Bath. The Prinnels is located near other residential areas such as Ramleaze and Middleleaze, and is around 73.8 miles from London. ## AdBlue drains across Wiltshire, The Prinnels included The Prinnels is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Middleleaze and Lydiard Tregoze among them, across the SN postcode area. Giving us your SN5 6 postcode finds you fastest of all. No towing is required, be it parked centrally in The Prinnels or on a layby heading to Crow Brake, so leave it where it is. We drain the car where it is. Tricky to pin down? Close to St Mary's Church or a county line? Asking beats assuming, and so phone. ## In one line: your scenario Motor never started: ring, and leave it alone. Run by now: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within The Prinnels or wherever across Wiltshire.