Causeway: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has run since. Not started yet? Then keep it that way, whether the car sits — Causeway or Nursted. Leave the motor and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Causeway. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then switch everything off. Stage one stays the same, even if the job is bigger.
Anywhere in Hampshire it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Causeway forecourt
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Whether Texaco, BP or somewhere else around Causeway, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants freeing. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place.
At home around Causeway with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. 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. Drives near Elm Drive get it as much as any other street.
The point: zero miles since makes it almost as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Next: stop an early-morning drive by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. Petersfield or Causeway: whichever your drive sits, that is where it is drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Causeway with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond topping up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. It might have been driving to Chichester, under 15 miles away, or just along Oak Drive.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue up. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Causeway lies under 10 miles from the Waterlooville Bypass; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pushing on for the services. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Let us hear the mileage driven as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you are across Hampshire, every motorist could slip up.
In short: one extra step on top of the situations above, which turn on if it has run. Any work on the car frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is faster. If you are stranded in the car park outside Petersfield, or by The Studio @ TPS, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Causeway?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think it did. What cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. A rushed stop by the gates of Petersfield Infant School, or a visit to a friend in Ridge Common: either fits.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to your engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the vehicle would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Assume it got in, and never start the engine. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than an already-run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain around Causeway has in common
The work opens identically, whatever your situation. Three questions come once our engineers arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a street by Petersfield Museum or the car park at The King's Arms: the liquid, the amount, and if it has run. Answers shape the job; the price follows on the call whilst no one has set off yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits form and some metals corrode, and none of it washes away unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is firing it up. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our technicians go. Permanent damage is very rare if it is noticed early, and the entire job is done where the car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Causeway
Causeway is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Hampshire, with an elevation of around 66 metres. Causeway lies near the cities of Chichester and Petersfield, and is also close to the villages of Weston and Buriton. Causeway has a population of approximately 3006 residents, who mostly live in semi-detached housing. Causeway is located about 49.8 miles from London, making it a commuter-friendly location.
Causeway and Hampshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Weston and Buriton get the same vans as Causeway, a residential suburb, along with other places over GU postcodes. The location comes clearest from a postcode that starts GU31 4.
Central Causeway or a lay-by near Goodyer Meadows: wherever it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. The drain happens right there. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to 22-24 Sheep Street or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Engine not started: ring, leaving it alone. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Hampshire and in Causeway — once you pull over, switch off then ring, if it's run.