--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Widcombe: What Now canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/widcombe-somerset/ location: Widcombe county: Somerset latitude: 51.375060 longitude: -2.348750 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-10 --- # Widcombe: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has been started since. Not started yet? Then keep it like that, whether your car sits — Widcombe or Lyncombe Vale. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine still off. In Widcombe, such a case is generally emptied and flushed where it stands. When your engine has been run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then turn the car off. It is a larger job, though step one doesn't change. Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere in Somerset you happen to be. ## AdBlue in a diesel on a Widcombe forecourt 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. Possibly you are at the Esso, perhaps at the Sainsbury's, possibly somewhere else in Widcombe. What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in. What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle is in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — and save the bottle. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Widcombe drive? Several days had gone by with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. Houses just off Widcombe Hill get caught out as much as everywhere else. Put simply: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that. Your move: keys indoors, and so no one drives your car anywhere first thing. Then, phone. We drain the car on your drive, whether that is in Widcombe or out in Perrymead. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night. ## Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Widcombe? Topped up, drove away, and before long the engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Possibly it was on The Tyning, maybe on the way out towards Bath, under a mile away. What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Past the filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each restart, like each mile, carries it deeper. Your move: stop anywhere sensible, then switch the engine off. Service stations further along can wait: on the M4, under 10 miles out of Widcombe, take the next junction. It will not have cleared, so there's no sense restarting to find out. Phone, and say what distance your car went. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car You've only driven this car for days. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just next to the diesel cap — a surprise to you. Anyone, anywhere around Somerset, could do it. Meaning? Whichever case above counts here — run or not — and one further stage. Many hire and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off before repairs. Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us next, because settling it early saves time. If you're stranded in the car park at Bath Spa, or by St Thomas à Becket Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off. ## Widcombe: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Widcombe CofE Junior School, or on a friend's drive in Bathwick. Meaning? Spills outside the filler never reach your engine at all. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either. Your move: act as if it did, and don't start the engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one drained. ## What every AdBlue drain around Widcombe has in common Every case has the same start to the job. Three questions are asked once we reach the car — at a filling station, a drive, a street beside Saint Matthew's or the car park outside The Ring o' Bells: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work. AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out on its own; that is why the flush, after the drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a check of your car. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there. Starting it comes last. Before we head off, it's tested to confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel. Permanent damage is very uncommon when it is noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way. ## About Widcombe, for a moment Widcombe is a suburban area situated on the southern outskirts of Bath, near the River Avon and surrounding lakeside scenery. Widcombe sits at an elevation of 61 metres, with its terraced housing stock reflecting the area's historic development. Widcombe is close to nearby places such as Perrymead, Dolemeads, and Lyncombe Hill, and is located approximately 96 miles west of London. Widcombe remains a popular residential area due to its proximity to the city of Bath, being only 0.7 miles away. ## AdBlue drains across Somerset, Widcombe included Being a residential suburb, Widcombe shares its vans with the nearby towns — Lyncombe Hill, Dolemeads — right across BA postcodes. Telling us your BA2 6 postcode pins you fastest of all. Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Dolemeads Community Garden or in a car park in the middle of Widcombe, it doesn't need to move. We drain the car where it sits. Phone and check instead of guessing if you are close to Widcombe Social Club, on a border, or anywhere tricky to pin down. ## In one line: your scenario Unstarted? Keep the car that way then ring. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Somerset and in Widcombe — once you stop, turn off and ring, if it has run.