What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wheelers Hill
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started since. Wherever the vehicle is — Welton, Wheelers Hill — don't run an engine that has not been started yet. Usually this is draining and thoroughly cleaning it right there around Wheelers Hill — so keep the key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. Pull over the minute you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. It's a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere around Somerset you are.
At the pump around Wheelers Hill: AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere in Wheelers Hill, then — Shell, Esso, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it can be. Nothing has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits only in that tank.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants clearing. Ring us from the forecourt after the vehicle is in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then save the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear is emptied right at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Wheelers Hill
On your dash, a warning had been lit all week. Bought a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Driveways near Radstock Road get it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if your car hasn't been driven since, it's almost equal to finding out at the pump. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles to the base inside that tank and stays. A night parked changes none of that.
Keep the keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person may drive it off first thing — then phone us. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Wheelers Hill or out in Welton Hollow. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Wheelers Hill?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your motor was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Perhaps it was on Wheelers Road, possibly on the way out towards Bath, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it too on a bigger run, after your filter and lines have it. It goes further with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then switch your engine off. Wheelers Hill sits under 15 miles from the M32; on it, pull off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far the vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've only driven the vehicle for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Somerset.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or unrun — and one further step. The owner often has to approve the work, under plenty of rental and company contracts.
Settling it before we turn up is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded by Westfield Methodist Church or outside Oldfield Park till the firm answers, the vehicle remains turned off the whole time.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Wheelers Hill
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. What cap came off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. Maybe at a friend's drive in Belle Vue, or in a rush outside Welton Primary School at the school run.
Put simply: spillage near the filler leaves your motor no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Your move: act as if it did, and never start the engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a better result than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Wheelers Hill AdBlue drain
The job opens the same way, whatever the case. Three things come once we arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a road beside The Somer Centre or the car park at Dolphin Inn: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you hear our price, and those answers shape the job too.
Then the tank is emptied and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last are your filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the vehicle. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we turn up.
Our technicians fire it up at the end. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it is running properly, and then we head off. If it's caught quickly, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Payment is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Worth knowing: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy as you wait pays.
About Wheelers Hill, briefly
Wheelers Hill is a suburban area in Somerset, situated near the River Avon and close to the city of Bath. Wheelers Hill has a relatively low elevation of 79 metres and is characterized by semi-detached housing. Wheelers Hill is located near other residential areas, including Welton Hollow and Westfield. Wheelers Hill is also within commuting distance of London, approximately 102 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Wheelers Hill, and across Somerset too
Westfield and West Hill Gardens have the identical teams as Wheelers Hill, a residential suburb, plus further towns throughout BA postcodes. Quickest of all: a BA3 2 postcode to show where you stand.
No towing is needed, be it stopped centrally in Wheelers Hill or on a layby heading to Westhill Recreation Ground, and so keep it where it is. Our van empties it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to The Salvation Army or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle off and ring. Started already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever case, across Wheelers Hill and Somerset, on 0333 366 0103.