Bracklesham: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? That single point decides almost everything else from here. Wherever the vehicle is — Somerley, Bracklesham — never start an engine that has not run yet. Leave the engine and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Bracklesham. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Anywhere in West Sussex it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Bracklesham forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Somewhere around Bracklesham, then — Shell, Esso, or anywhere else close by.
Put simply: no better place exists to discover it. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Get the attendants to lend a hand rolling it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away gets emptied right at the petrol pump.
At home in Bracklesham with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Right off Avebury Close is not less likely from any other place.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and remains put, however long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it gets drained, whether in Bracklesham or Earnley. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Bracklesham?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon your motor was running roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Manton Close, say, or the route towards Chichester — a run of under 10 miles.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. Past the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn your engine off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the Waterlooville Bypass, under 10 miles from Bracklesham. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've had the car hardly a week. Unbeknown to you, the two fillers are side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Anyone, wherever across West Sussex, might make it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Stuck by Bracklesham Barn or at Fishbourne till the firm answers, your car remains switched off throughout.
Bracklesham: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of East Wittering Community Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Shipton Green.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your engine. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up the car would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Bracklesham AdBlue drain
Whatever the case, one opening is used. We come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside the pub in the village or a side street near Earnley Church, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether your motor has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told the quote, and those replies decide the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Finally are the filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
Lastly, our engineers start the car. Before our engineers leave, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it's caught soon, permanent damage is very uncommon. 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, so check yours while the van travels.
About Bracklesham itself
Bracklesham is a coastal suburban area in West Sussex, situated near the cities of Chichester and Portsmouth. Bracklesham lies at a low elevation of around 3 metres, close to the shoreline of the English Channel. Bracklesham is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is surrounded by nearby places such as Earnley and East Wittering.
Bracklesham and West Sussex: AdBlue drains across the area
East Wittering and Almodington have the identical teams as Bracklesham, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout PO postcodes. Telling us a PO20 8 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Central Bracklesham or a layby towards RSPB Medmerry Nature Reserve: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to move an inch for the drain. The drain happens right there. Guessing doesn't help near Downview Hall, on a border or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
In one line: your scenario
Motor not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Run already: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Bracklesham or anywhere in West Sussex.