Anstey: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything hinges on a single detail: if the motor has started after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle is — Alton, Anstey — don't start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine both off. In Anstey, that is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Hampshire it happened.
On a Anstey forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the correct one. Anywhere in Anstey, then — the nearest petrol station, BP, or anywhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — and so do not get back in. Three things: a push into a bay with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Anstey drive?
On your dash, a warning had been lit all week. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it was just by the bin that the cap got your eye. Homes just off Anstey Mill Lane are caught out as much as anywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
Next: prevent an early-morning drive by putting the keys in the house, then phone us. Out in Spitalhatch or here around Anstey, the draining is done on your drive. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Anstey with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Somewhere along London Road or on the road to Winchester — under 25 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe place, stop, and switch the motor off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M3, under 10 miles from Anstey. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just driven this car a week. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. Wherever you happen to be around Hampshire, any driver could slip up.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added step. The owner often has to approve any work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Stranded near Alton Football Club or at Alton till someone replies, your car stays switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Anstey?
At times, "I think so" is all you can honestly 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. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Anstey Junior School, or on a friend's drive in Neatham.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to your motor. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Do this: behave as though it did, and don't start the engine. Phone with what you saw: we would rather find a clean tank than drain one once the engine has run.
What each AdBlue drain around Anstey has in common
No matter the case, one opening is used. Three questions come when we arrive — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street beside Holybourne Theatre or the car park outside The Railway Arms: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has run. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers set the work.
Emptying that tank comes next, then a full flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long you wait. Clean diesel goes in after the filter has been cleaned or changed, and the car is then tested. If the engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes at the end. We confirm it runs correctly on clean diesel before leaving. If it is noticed early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while you wait pays.
About Anstey, for a moment
Anstey is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Hampshire, with an elevation of 107 metres. Anstey lies near the cities of Winchester and Alton, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Spitalhatch, Wilsom, and Holybourne. Anstey has a population of approximately 3774 residents, who mostly reside in semi-detached housing. Anstey is located 43.4 miles from London, making it a commuter-friendly location.
AdBlue drains around Anstey and across Hampshire
Being a residential suburb, Anstey has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Holybourne, Wilsom — all the way across GU postcodes. Telling us a GU34 2 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Parked heading to Anstey Park, or bang in the heart of Anstey, the car remains where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets emptied. Guessing won't help near Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
Your scenario, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Run by now? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Anstey and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.