--- title: What Now? AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Bitterne canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/bitterne-hampshire/ location: Bitterne county: Hampshire latitude: 50.917730 longitude: -1.359000 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-06 --- # Bitterne: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? That single point settles almost everything else from here. Not started yet? Then leave the car that way, wherever your vehicle sits — Bitterne or Merry Oak. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush after a drain, done right where the car sits in Bitterne. Already run? Stop when safe, then turn it off. It's a bigger job, yet stage one does not change. Compare your case to one of the ones below, anywhere in Hampshire you are. ## AdBlue in a diesel on a Bitterne forecourt The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Be it Esso, BP or anywhere else around Bitterne, the situation is identical. What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still inside the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits. Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants clearing. Get the staff to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear gets emptied where it is at the petrol pump. ## Bitterne, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank Days had gone by with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. Drives close to Montgomery Road see it as much as anywhere. In short: if your car hasn't moved since, it is almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. On the bottom of the tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference. Next: stop an early-morning drive by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. Midanbury or Bitterne: wherever your driveway is, that is where it is cleared. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway. ## On the road around Bitterne with AdBlue in a diesel Filled up, pulled away, and before long the engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Somewhere on Chichester Road or else on the road to Southampton — under 3 miles away. In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, once the fuel filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further. Next: find a safe spot, pull in, then turn your engine off. On the M27, under 3 miles from Bitterne, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, and so there is no sense starting it again to find out. Tell us know the mileage driven when you ring. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank A week ago, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Any driver, anywhere across Hampshire, might make it. Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it's run. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle. Settling it before the van turn up is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Hanging on for a reply at the car park outside the nearest station, or near Bitterne Leisure Centre? Keep your car off throughout. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Bitterne At times, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. Which cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. A rushed top-up by the gates of Glenfield Infant School, or a call to a friend in Harefield: either fits. The upshot: your motor isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up the car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either. Assume it was put in, and never start your engine. Phone with the details: we'd sooner find a clean tank than drain one once your engine has run. ## Every AdBlue drain in Bitterne shares these stages Each case has the same start to the job. Three questions are asked once we reach the car — at a filling station, a driveway, a street by Christ the King and St. Colman or the car park outside Fox and Hounds: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has been started. Those answers determine the work, and you get our price on the phone, before anybody sets off. AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out on its own; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last are your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our engineers arrive. Our engineers start the car last. Our test that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before we go. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it is caught soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels. ## About Bitterne and where it is Bitterne is a suburban area located on the coast in southern Hampshire, sitting approximately 58 metres above sea level. Bitterne is situated near the city of Southampton, with which it is closely associated, and is surrounded by other nearby places such as Midanbury and Sholing Common. Bitterne is characterised by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock and its proximity to the coast. Bitterne has a population of around 7779 people and is part of the larger Southampton urban area. ## Bitterne and Hampshire: AdBlue drains across the area As a residential suburb, Bitterne has the same vans as the nearby towns — Bitterne Park, Sholing Common — all the way through SO postcodes. Giving us your SO18 6 postcode finds you quickest of all. No towing is required, whether parked centrally in Bitterne or in a lay-by heading to Hum Hole, and so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that's where it gets cleared. Awkward to explain? Close to Bitterne Library or a border? Checking beats assuming, and so ring. ## In one line: your scenario Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Run by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, across Bitterne and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.