Bedenham: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This single question settles almost everything else from here. Not started so far? Then keep the car that way, wherever the vehicle sits — Bedenham or Rowner. Normally that is draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Bedenham — and so keep your ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, but the identical first step.
Anywhere across Hampshire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Bedenham forecourt
Only now, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Somewhere around Bedenham, then — Esso, BP, or anywhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits just inside the tank.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the pump wants freeing. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is cleared right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Bedenham
On the dash, a warning had shown all week. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Driveways close to Bedenham Lane see it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if your car hasn't been driven since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the forecourt. On the bottom of the tank is where AdBlue stays, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Your move: keys indoors, so no one drives your vehicle off first thing. After that, phone. Your driveway is where it gets drained, be it in Bedenham or Bridgemary. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Bedenham?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the fill. Maybe heading to Portsmouth, under 5 miles away, or simply along Camp Road.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Do this: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Bedenham lies under 3 miles from the M27; on it, come off at the first junction rather than pressing on for the services. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the mileage driven as you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a car you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Hampshire, nobody is safe from it.
The point: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. If you are stranded in the car park outside Portchester, or by Bridgemary Library, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Bedenham?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. 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. The gates of Bedenham Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Woodcot.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler never reach your engine at all. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in your tank would be pulled in by firing up the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, then leave your engine off. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a better outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Each AdBlue drain around Bedenham shares these stages
Every case has the same opening to the work. Filling station, driveway, The Manor Hotel's car park or a street by Bridgemary Community Centre — our van reaches the car, and three answers come next: which fluid, what quantity, and whether it ran. Those answers decide the work, and you hear our quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Last come your filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. Where your engine has not run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The last step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running properly, and then we head off. Permanent damage is very unusual when it's caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the car is. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into plenty of policies.
About Bedenham and where it is
Bedenham is a suburban area located on the coast of Hampshire, with an elevation of approximately 10 metres above sea level. Bedenham sits near the city of Portsmouth, being only 3.7 miles away, and is surrounded by other nearby places such as Bridgemary, Fleetlands, and Elson. Bedenham is characterised by its predominant semi-detached housing and is home to around 2364 residents. Bedenham is situated within the South East region of England, about 65 miles from London.
Bedenham and Hampshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout PO postcodes, the vans serving Bedenham — a residential suburb — work nearby places as well, Fleetlands and Elson included. Telling us your PO13 0 postcode finds you quickest of all.
No towing is required, be it stopped in the centre of Bedenham or in a lay-by en route to Bridgemary Park, so keep it put. The van empties it in place. Phone and check rather than guess if you're by Gosport Leisure Centre, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Motor not started: ring, and leave it switched off. Run by now? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, across Bedenham and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.