AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blandford Forum: What Now?
Everything turns on one detail: whether your motor has started since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then keep the car that way, whether the vehicle sits — Blandford Forum or Littleton. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. In Blandford Forum, that is typically emptied and cleaned where it stands. Pull over the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has been run. A larger job, yes, yet the same first step.
Further down: the cases our engineers see, anywhere in Dorset. Choose yours.
At the petrol pump around Blandford Forum: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the correct one. Anywhere around Blandford Forum, then — Tesco, Esso, or somewhere else close by.
In short: there is no better spot to be to discover it. 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 petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the 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 fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Blandford Forum
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. Picked up a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Houses just off Whitecliff Mill Street get caught out as often as anywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the floor of that tank is where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Your move: keys in the house, so no one drives the car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Blandford Forum or Blandford St Mary. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Blandford Forum?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a short way beyond the top-up. Perhaps it was on Bryanston Street, possibly on the way out towards Salisbury, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue in by now. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then switch everything off. Leave at the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M27, under 50 miles from Blandford Forum. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to check. Phone, saying what distance your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever around Dorset, might make it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many rental and company contracts need the owner's approval before repairs.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Stranded near Blandford Fashion Museum or at Holton Heath till the firm replies, the vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Blandford Forum: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. A faint ammonia whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Langton Long Blandford.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your motor. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Any AdBlue in your tank will be pulled in by starting the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Ring and give what you saw: we'd sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after the engine has run.
What each AdBlue drain in Blandford Forum has in common
Every case has the same start to the job. Three questions come when our technicians arrive — at a filling station, a drive, a road by Corn Exchange or the car park outside King's Arms Hotel: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told our quote, and those answers decide the work too.
Then that tank is drained and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Last come the filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians get there.
Our engineers start the engine last. Before we head off, it's tested to make sure it runs correctly on new diesel. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very uncommon if it has been spotted quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Blandford Forum, for a moment
Blandford Forum is a town situated on the River Stour in Dorset, with a mix of old and new buildings, including many terraced houses. Blandford Forum has a population of around 11480 people and is located near several smaller settlements, including Blandford St Mary and Lower Blandford St Mary. Blandford Forum sits at an elevation of approximately 40 metres above sea level, near the town of Bryanston. Blandford Forum is about 21.8 miles from Salisbury and 99 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across Dorset, Blandford Forum included
Over DT postcodes, the teams covering Blandford Forum — a riverside town — work nearby places as well, Lower Blandford St Mary and Bryanston included. The location is quickest from a postcode that starts DT11 7.
Central Blandford Forum or a lay-by near Woodhouse Gardens: wherever it is, your vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for this drain. Where it sits, that is where it is emptied. Tricky to explain? By Market Place or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, and so ring.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle off then phone. Run by now: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Blandford Forum or anywhere across Dorset.