AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Anthill Common: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has been run since it went in. Not run so far? Then keep the car that way, whether your vehicle sits — Anthill Common or Hambledon. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine still off. Across Anthill Common, that is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Stop the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. Step one remains unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Compare what happened to one of the list below, wherever across Hampshire you happen to be.
Anthill Common forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're 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. It might be the BP, or perhaps the Sainsbury's, or another station in Anthill Common.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is drained where it is at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Anthill Common drive?
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Drives close to Upper Crabbick Lane get it as much as anywhere.
In short: if your car hasn't been driven since, it's almost as good as finding out at the pump. On the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Put the keys indoors overnight — or someone might drive it off at breakfast — then phone us. Denmead or Anthill Common: wherever your drive is, that is where it is drained. The equipment runs quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Anthill Common?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your engine was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Perhaps it was on Anthill Close, maybe on the way out towards Portsmouth, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. It travels deeper with every extra mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. On the A3(M), under 5 miles from Anthill Common, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far your vehicle went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right by your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Hampshire.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Work on your vehicle often needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
Settling it before the van turn up is faster, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded by Denmead Community Centre or outside Portchester until someone answers, the vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Anthill Common?
At times 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 can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Furzeley Corner, or in a rush by Denmead Infant School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to the motor. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Do this: behave as if it did, and never start the engine. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked counts as a happier outcome than a run one emptied.
Every AdBlue drain around Anthill Common shares these steps
Every case has the same opening to the work. Three things are asked when our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street beside All Saint's Church Hall or the car park at Fox & Hounds: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Replies shape the work; the quote comes on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
Emptying the tank comes next, then a full flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long it sits. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour job after the moment we get there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our test that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. If it is noticed soon, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Anthill Common and where it is
Anthill Common is a suburban area in Hampshire, situated near the River Hamble and close to the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton. Anthill Common has a relatively low elevation of 64 metres and is surrounded by other residential areas, including Denmead and Worlds End. Anthill Common is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its suburban nature. Anthill Common is also within commuting distance of London, being approximately 58.5 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Hampshire, Anthill Common included
Worlds End and Hoe Gate get the same teams as Anthill Common, a residential suburb, plus other places over PO postcodes. A postcode starting PO7 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, whether parked in the centre of Anthill Common or on a layby heading to Cherryhill Copse, so leave it put. The van drains it in place. Assuming won't help near All Saint's Church, on a county line or anywhere awkward to describe; phone and check.
In one line: your situation
Motor not started: ring, and leave it alone. Started already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever case, across Anthill Common and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.