AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Woodcombe, and What to Do Next
All of that hinges on a single detail: whether your motor has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether the car is — Woodcombe or Minehead. Usually that is draining and properly cleaning it right there around Woodcombe — and so leave your ignition and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has been run. Step one stays the same, even if the job is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Somerset it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Woodcombe forecourt
Just at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Anywhere around Woodcombe, then — Texaco, Morrisons, or anywhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Still inside that tank, with no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — and so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you push the car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is possible if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Woodcombe drive?
Days had passed with the dash light on. Bought a bottle, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Drives near Bratton Lane get it as much as any other street.
In short: if your car hasn't been driven since, it's almost as good as spotting it at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and remains there, however long it waits.
Keep the keys indoors tonight — otherwise a person might drive it off at breakfast — then call us. We drain it on your drive, whether that is in Woodcombe or out in Bratton. Night-time drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Woodcombe?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was running roughly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe driving for Cardiff, under 25 miles away, or just along Woodcombe Lane.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a longer run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, then switch the engine off. Services farther along can wait: on the M5, under 25 miles out of Woodcombe, take the first junction. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point restarting to check. Let us know the distance driven when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have just driven this car a week. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one told you the AdBlue cap was just beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Somerset.
The point: just as above, split by if it ran, but with one added stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside the nearest station, or near Memorial seat? Leave your car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Woodcombe?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. A faint ammonia whiff lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Michael's Church of England First School, or on a friend's drive in Tivington.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never reach the engine at all. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting your car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: assume it got in, then leave the motor off. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank checked counts as a better result than a run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain in Woodcombe has in common
Every case has the same start to the work. Filling station, drive, The Duke of Wellington's car park or a road beside St Michael's Church — our van comes to the vehicle, and three answers come next: what fluid, which amount, and whether it ran. Those replies decide this work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of it rinses out unaided. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Our technicians fire it up last. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. When it's caught soon, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Payment is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Woodcombe, for a moment
Woodcombe is a small suburban area in Somerset, situated near the coast and approximately 50 metres above sea level. Woodcombe lies within a short distance of several nearby places, including Bratton, Periton, and Higher Town. Woodcombe is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock and is home to around 1403 residents. Woodcombe is located near the Welsh border, with Cardiff being the nearest major city at a distance of 23.4 miles.
Woodcombe and Somerset: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout TA postcodes, the vans covering Woodcombe — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places too, Periton and Higher Town included. Telling us a TA24 8 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Woodcomb Walk or in a car park in the middle of Woodcombe, it doesn't need to move. The drain is done on the spot. Assuming won't help near Queen Anne, on a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
Your scenario, in one line
If it hasn't started, ring then leave it that way. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Somerset and within Woodcombe — after you stop, turn off then ring, if it's run.