Woolavington: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the engine has been started since. Not run yet? Then keep the car like that, wherever your car is — Woolavington or Puriton. Normally that means draining and thoroughly flushing it on the spot around Woolavington — and so keep your key and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. Where your motor has been run, stop safely straight away, then switch the car off. It is a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, anywhere in Somerset. Pick yours.
Woolavington forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you opened wasn't the right one. Be it Murco, BP or somewhere else around Woolavington, the case is identical.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Only that tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn any in.
Do this: stay out of the car, however much the pump needs freeing. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is emptied right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Woolavington drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the driveway — and it's just at the bin that the cap caught your eye. Right off Church Street is not less likely from anywhere.
Put simply: if your car hasn't moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop an early-morning drive by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. Your drive is where it is drained, whether around Woolavington or Cossington. Night-time empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Woolavington?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the engine was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. The Causeway, say, or the route towards Wells — a run of under 15 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, then switch your motor off. Services farther on are too far: from the M5, under 3 miles out of Woolavington, take the first junction. No trial restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Call, saying what distance your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It's a motor you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. Any driver, anywhere around Somerset, might make it.
In short: one extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on if it has run. Many rental and company contracts require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, because settling it beforehand saves time. If you are stranded in the car park outside Highbridge & Burnham, or by St Mary's Church, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Woolavington?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Woolavington Village Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Bradney.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to the motor. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by firing up the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Woolavington shares these stages
Every situation gets the same start to the job. Three questions are asked when our technicians reach your car — at a filling station, a drive, a road beside Middlemoor Water Park or the car park at the pub in the village: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits build up and certain metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. Fresh diesel goes in after the filter is cleaned or changed, and the car is then tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians turn up.
Lastly, we fire it up. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. When it is noticed early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Payment is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Woolavington
Woolavington is a small village in inland Somerset, situated near the villages of Cossington, Bawdrip, and Knowle. Woolavington lies at an elevation of around 16 metres, approximately 12.7 miles from the city of Wells. Woolavington has a population of around 1055 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Woolavington is located in the South West region, about 123.4 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Woolavington and across Somerset
Over TA postcodes, the vans serving Woolavington — a rural village — work surrounding towns as well, Bawdrip and Knowle among them. Giving us your TA7 8 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Woolavington or in a lay-by heading to Three Corner Batch, so leave it where it is. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets cleared. Ring and check instead of guessing when you're by St Mary, near a border, or anywhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Keep the car off then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Woolavington and anywhere in Somerset on 0333 366 0103.