AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Uphill Manor, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your motor has run since it went in. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Uphill Manor itself or out in Weston-super-Mare. Normally that is draining and thoroughly flushing it right there around Uphill Manor — and so keep the key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then switch everything off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical first step.
Below: the cases we meet, wherever around Somerset. Choose the one that fits.
On a Uphill Manor forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Whether Shell, Asda or somewhere else around Uphill Manor, the situation is identical.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Just that tank has AdBlue; no component past it has taken it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants clearing. Three jobs: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Uphill Manor drive?
Days had gone by with the warning light on. 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. Right off Brownlow Road is no less likely from any other place.
The point: zero driving since makes it nearly equal to finding it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and remains there, however long it waits.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it gets drained, whether around Uphill Manor or Uphill. Late-night clears outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road around Uphill Manor with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, the engine started playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Totterdown Road, say, or the route to Cardiff — a run of under 15 miles.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue through already. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it too on a bigger trip, after your filter and lines have it. It travels deeper with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Stop safely — that is the first step — then switch it off. On the M5, under 5 miles from Uphill Manor, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Phone, saying what distance your car was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one told you the AdBlue cap was right next to the diesel. Throughout Somerset, no one is immune.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or unrun — plus one further step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Leave the vehicle switched off while the reply comes, whether you're waiting outside Weston-Super-Mare or near The For All Healthy Living Centre.
Uphill Manor: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Look familiar? It might have been on a friend's driveway in Purn, or in a rush by Windwhistle Primary School on the school run.
The point: your motor isn't harmed by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by turning on the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it got in, then keep your motor off. Ring and give what you saw: we'd sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your engine has been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Uphill Manor shares these stages
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Wherever the vehicle is — The Bear Inn's car park, a street by St Barnabas Mission Church, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and we ask about the fluid, the amount, and if your motor has turned over. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers set the job.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then is your filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while we make sure it's running correctly, and then we head off. Lasting damage is very unusual when it is noticed soon, and the entire job is done where your car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while you wait pays.
About Uphill Manor
Uphill Manor is a coastal locality in Somerset, situated near the mouth of the River Severn and close to the nearby settlements of Uphill and Oldmixon. Uphill Manor lies at a low elevation of around 6 metres, reflecting its position in a coastal area. Uphill Manor is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, which is typical of many similar localities in the South West region.
AdBlue drains across Somerset, Uphill Manor included
Over BS postcodes, the vans covering Uphill Manor — a coastal area — reach nearby places too, Oldmixon and Clarence Park among them. A postcode starting BS23 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Bourneville Chocolate Garden or in a car park in the middle of Uphill Manor, it does not need to shift. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets emptied. Tricky to pin down? Close to Uphill Methodist Church or a county line? Asking is better than assuming, and so phone.
Your scenario, in one line
Unstarted? Keep the vehicle off and phone. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Somerset and in Uphill Manor — once you stop, turn off and ring, if it has run.