Aldershot: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the engine run since the AdBlue went in? That one point decides almost everything about what comes next. Anywhere the car stands — Badshot Lea, Aldershot — don't run a motor that has not run yet. Normally this means emptying and properly rinsing it right there in Aldershot — so leave the ignition and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. Pull over the minute it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever in Hampshire you happen to be.
On a Aldershot forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you opened was not the right one. It could be the Morrisons, or the Gulf, or a different forecourt in Aldershot.
The upshot: of all places to notice, this is the best. No pump has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits just in your tank.
Do this: keep out of the car, however much the queue wants clearing. Ring us from the forecourt after the car sits in a bay — the attendants will help roll it — and keep the bottle. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home around Aldershot with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the driveway. Driveways near Wellington Avenue get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the floor of the tank is where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Montgomery Lines or Aldershot: wherever your driveway sits, that's where it is emptied. Our pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Aldershot?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Naafi Roundabout, perhaps, or the way towards Winchester — a trip of under 50 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a longer trip, after your filter and lines have it. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. On the M3, under 5 miles from Aldershot, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Let us know the distance driven when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Hampshire.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — and one further step. Any work on your car often requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. If you're stuck in the car park outside the nearest station, or by Aldershot Library, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Aldershot?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Heath End, or in a rush by Talavera Junior School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your motor. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the vehicle will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Your move: act as though it got in, and never start your engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one after it has been run — so ring then describe to us what you noticed.
Every AdBlue drain in Aldershot shares these steps
Every situation has the same opening to the work. Anywhere your vehicle stands — The George's car park, a street beside The Arcade, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the amount, plus whether the engine has been run. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
Then your tank is drained and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Then is the filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Not started? Then about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Starting the car comes last. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers go. Our technicians do the whole job where the car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been caught early. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Aldershot, briefly
Aldershot is a town in north-east Hampshire, situated approximately 90 metres above sea level in the inland countryside. Aldershot lies about 32.6 miles south-west of London and is close to the nearby city of Winchester, which is 27.1 miles away. Aldershot has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are particularly prevalent in the area. Aldershot is near several other places, including Montgomery Lines, North Town, and Weybourne.
AdBlue drains about Aldershot and across Hampshire
As a town, Aldershot shares its vans with the nearby towns — Weybourne, North Town — all the way across GU postcodes. A postcode starting GU11 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Aldershot or a layby towards Princes Gardens: wherever it sits, the car doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. The van drains it in place. Phone and ask rather than guess if you are close to The Wellington Centre, near a border, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep it off and ring. Started by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, in Aldershot and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.