Durns Town: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything hinges on one fact: whether the motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Over in Shirley holms or here around Durns Town, an unstarted engine must stay that way. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where the vehicle sits in Durns Town. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical opening move.
Wherever in Hampshire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
Durns Town forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the right one. Possibly you're at the Shell, maybe at the Esso, perhaps somewhere else around Durns Town.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
What to do: do not get back in and start the vehicle to clear the petrol pump. Three things: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
At home in Durns Town with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it was only by the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Drives close to Durnstown see it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle has not moved since, it's almost equal to finding out at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and stays put, no matter how long the night.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone might drive it off at breakfast — then phone us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether around Durns Town or Birchy Hill. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
On the road in Durns Town with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. Possibly it was on Peppercorn, maybe on the way out towards Southampton, under 15 miles away.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue in by now. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Durns Town sits under 10 miles from the M27; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far your car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've only had the vehicle for days. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is right next to the diesel inlet — news to you. Across Hampshire, nobody is immune.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added stage. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under many hire and company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it early cuts time. Keep the vehicle switched off while the answer comes, whether you are waiting outside Sway or close to St Luke's Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Durns Town?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of St Luke's Church of England Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Mead End.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never touch the motor at all. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the vehicle would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave your motor off. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it's been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
The common ground in each Durns Town AdBlue drain
Each situation gets the same opening to the work. Wherever the vehicle is — Hare and Hounds's car park, a street beside Sway Village Hall, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks for the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the work.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next is your filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. If the motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Starting the engine comes last. Before we head off, it's checked to make sure it runs correctly on new diesel. Lasting damage is very rare when it's caught early, 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. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Durns Town
Durns Town is a suburban area in Hampshire, situated inland at an elevation of approximately 40 metres. Durns Town lies near the cities of Southampton and Bournemouth, and is surrounded by nearby places such as Birchy Hill and Sway. Durns Town has a population of around 1823 people, predominantly living in detached housing. Durns Town is located about 80 miles from London, making it a commuter hub for those working in the capital.
Durns Town and Hampshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a residential suburb, Durns Town has the same vans as the nearby places — Mount Pleasant, Sway — right through SO postcodes. Fastest of all: a SO41 6 postcode for your location.
Stopped en route to Three Beech Bottom, or right in the centre of Durns Town, the vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to move it at all. We drain the vehicle where it stands. Guessing doesn't help near Arnewood Court, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
Your scenario, in one line
Unstarted? Keep the vehicle that way then ring. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, in Durns Town and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.