Awbridge: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has run afterwards. Not run so far? Then keep it like that, whether your vehicle sits — Awbridge or Kimbridge. Leave your engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Awbridge. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Stage one stays unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Wherever across Hampshire it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Awbridge forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. Somewhere around Awbridge, then — Esso, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Awbridge
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. Bought a container, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, too late. Houses just off Awbridge Hill get caught out as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided the car has not moved since, it is close to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone might drive it off first thing — and phone us. Your drive is where it gets drained, be it around Awbridge or Upper Ratley. Our pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Awbridge: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Anywhere along Dunbridge Lane or on the road to Southampton — under 10 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Distance sets how deep it goes: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Next: find a sensible spot, stop, then turn your motor off. On the M27, under 5 miles from Awbridge, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Tell us know the mileage covered when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only had this car a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever across Hampshire, might do it.
The point: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added step. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Mottisfont & Dunbridge, or beside Awbridge Village Hall? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Awbridge?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Awbridge Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Shootash.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the engine. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Ring 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.
The common ground in each Awbridge AdBlue drain
No matter the situation, one start is used. Wherever the car is — the pub in the village's car park, a road by All Saints, Awbridge, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and we ask about the fluid, the quantity, plus if the motor has turned over. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told the quote, and those answers shape the job too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals build up and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment we get there.
Our technicians start the engine last. Before our engineers go, it's checked to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it's spotted quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as you wait pays.
About Awbridge itself
Awbridge is a village in Hampshire, situated lakeside at an elevation of 61 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Awbridge lies approximately 9.4 miles from Southampton and 69.7 miles from London, making it a rural retreat within reach of urban centres. Awbridge is surrounded by nearby places such as Upper Ratley, Lower Ratley, and Kents Oak, and has a population of around 765 residents.
AdBlue drains in Awbridge, and across Hampshire too
Over SO postcodes, the teams covering Awbridge — a village — work surrounding places too, Lower Ratley and Kents Oak among them. Telling us your SO51 0 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Stopped heading to Awbridge Nature Reserve, or bang in the centre of Awbridge, your vehicle stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. The van empties it in place. Assuming won't help near Roke Manor, close to a border or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and ask.
In one line: your situation
If it hasn't run, phone and leave it off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Hampshire and within Awbridge — after you pull over, switch off then ring, if it's run.