Arundel: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that hinges on a single detail: if your engine has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Over in Lyminster or right around Arundel, an unrun engine should stay unrun. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. Across Arundel, that is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Already run? Stop once safe, then turn everything off. A larger job, then, yet the identical opening step.
Further down: the cases we see, anywhere across West Sussex. Choose the one that fits.
At the pump in Arundel: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened was not the correct one. It could be the BP, or perhaps the Morrisons, or a different station around Arundel.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to move away from the petrol pump. Three things: a push into a bay with the attendants helping, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, and so we can drain it in place.
Arundel, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the drive. Right off High Street is no different from anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the floor of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody takes your vehicle anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. Our engineers drain it on your drive, whether that's in Arundel or out in Warningcamp. Late-night drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Arundel?
A short way after topping up, your engine began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Perhaps it was on Tarrant Street, possibly on the way out towards Chichester, under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the Waterlooville Bypass, under 25 miles from Arundel. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance covered as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap was just next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across West Sussex.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or not — and one extra step. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and company contracts.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, since sorting it early cuts time. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at the nearest station, or beside Maison Dieu? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
Arundel: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Philip's Catholic Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Tortington.
Put simply: a spill round your filler leaves your engine unharmed. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different matter. Starting your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will pull it in.
Take it that it was put in, and never start the engine. Phone and give what you saw: we would sooner find a clean tank than drain one after your engine has been run.
The common ground in each Arundel AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whichever your situation. Filling station, driveway, The Red Lion's car park or a road by Red Cross — the van comes to your car, and three answers come next: what liquid, which amount, and whether it ran. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies set the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally are your filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. Most unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment we arrive.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our check that it runs properly on new diesel comes before our engineers go. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is caught early, long-term damage is very rare. Payment is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Arundel, for a moment
Arundel is a small town situated on the River Arun in West Sussex, with a population of around 3300 people. Arundel sits at a low elevation of 6 metres above sea level, close to the South Downs National Park. Arundel has a mix of housing types, but terraced houses are particularly prevalent, and the town is surrounded by nearby villages such as Warningcamp and Offham. Arundel is located near the city of Chichester, which is approximately 9.9 miles away.
AdBlue drains in Arundel, and across West Sussex too
Throughout BN postcodes, the teams covering Arundel — a riverside town — reach surrounding towns as well, Offham and Crossbush among them. Fastest of all: a BN18 9 postcode to show your location.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Rose Garden or in a car park in the middle of Arundel, it does not need to move. The van empties it where it stands. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Blackfriars or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
In one line: your situation
Engine never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout West Sussex and within Arundel — after you stop, turn off and phone, if it's run.