Camdentown: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything hinges on one detail: if your motor has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not run yet? Then leave the car that way, wherever your vehicle sits — Camdentown or Privett. Leave the motor and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Camdentown. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Below: the cases we meet, anywhere in Hampshire. Pick the one that fits.
On a Camdentown forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened was not the right one. Perhaps you are at the the nearest petrol station, perhaps at the Shell, maybe somewhere else in Camdentown.
In short: there is no better spot to be to spot it. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to free up the pump. Three things: a shove into a bay with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Camdentown
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, too late. It occurs on drives just off Carlyle Road as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains put, however long the night.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone might drive it off at breakfast — and call us. Forton or Camdentown: wherever your drive is, that's where it gets cleared. Night-time drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Camdentown?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Leesland Road or else on the road to Portsmouth — under 3 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue in. Past the fuel filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Next: find a sensible place, stop, then turn your motor off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M275, under 3 miles from Camdentown. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it gone? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, it was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right next to your diesel. Anyone, wherever across Hampshire, could do it.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the cases above, which depend on whether it has run. Many rental and company contracts require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our technicians turn up than after. If you're stuck in the car park at Portsmouth Harbour, or by St John the Evangelist, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Camdentown
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried stop by the gates of St Mary's Catholic Primary School, or a call to a friend in Brockhurst: either fits.
The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue spilled on the filler. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in that tank would be drawn in by firing up your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: act as though it got in, and never start your engine. Ring and give the details: we'd rather find a clean tank than drain one once the motor has been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Camdentown shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Junction Tavern or a side street close to St Faith's Church, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether the motor has run. Over the phone, before dispatch, you are told our quote, and those answers shape the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
The final step is starting the engine. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our engineers leave. If it's noticed early, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Camdentown, for a moment
Camdentown is a suburban area located on the coast of Hampshire, with its elevation at around 5 metres above sea level. Camdentown sits near the city of Portsmouth, approximately 2.3 miles away, and is surrounded by other nearby places such as Forton, Newtown, and Anns Hill. Camdentown is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing and is home to a population of around 10595 residents. Camdentown is also situated within commuting distance to London, being around 65.8 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Hampshire, Camdentown included
Camdentown is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Newtown and Anns Hill among them, across the PO postcode area. Fastest of all: a PO12 3 postcode to show where you stand.
Parked en route to Leesland Park, or right in the centre of Camdentown, your car remains put — there's no need to shift it anywhere. Where it stands, that's where it gets cleared. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you're close to Gosport Spiritualist Church, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle off then ring. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Hampshire and in Camdentown — once you pull over, switch off then ring, if it has run.