East Beach: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that turns on a single fact: if the engine has started after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around East Beach itself or out in Keynor Estate. Leave your motor and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around East Beach. Stop the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Anywhere in West Sussex it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a East Beach forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. It could be the Asda, or the Esso, or another station in East Beach.
Put simply: there is no better place to be to spot it. Still in your tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after the vehicle is in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — and keep the receipt. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
At home around East Beach with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used on the drive. Driveways close to Newfield Road get it as much as any other street.
In short: if your car hasn't been driven since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. In Church Norton or right here in East Beach, the draining happens on your drive. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
On the road in East Beach with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was running roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Possibly it was on East Beach Road, maybe on the way out towards Chichester, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Past your filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. It goes further with each mile driven and each restart.
Pull in safely — that's the first job — then switch everything off. On the Waterlooville Bypass, under 15 miles from East Beach, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call, saying what distance your vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
A week back, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere in West Sussex, could make it.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, only with an added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Bognor Regis, or by Eric Coates, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in East Beach?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. Too light, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe at a friend's drive in Pagham, or in a rush outside Seal Primary Academy on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no harm to the engine. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be drawn in by turning on the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it went in, and keep the motor off. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it has been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in East Beach shares these steps
The work opens identically, whatever the situation. Forecourt, drive, The Fishermans Joy's car park or a street by The Selsey Centre — the van reaches the vehicle, and three answers come next: which liquid, what amount, and whether it ran. Over the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those answers shape the work too.
Emptying that tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Clean diesel goes in after the filter is flushed or changed, and your car is finally tested. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit after the moment we turn up.
Our technicians start it at the end. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. We do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been caught soon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Many policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About East Beach itself
East Beach is a small suburban area on the coast of West Sussex, situated near the city of Chichester and close to the villages of Church Norton and Selsey. East Beach sits at a low elevation of around 6 metres above sea level, looking out over the English Channel. East Beach has a population of approximately 1310 people, living in predominantly detached housing. East Beach is located about 60 miles from London, making it a relatively accessible coastal community.
East Beach and West Sussex: AdBlue drains across the area
As a residential suburb, East Beach has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Norton, Selsey — all the way through PO postcodes. Fastest of all: a PO20 0 postcode to show your location.
Central East Beach or a lay-by towards Manor Green Park.: either way it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for the drain. Our technicians drain it where it is. Ring and ask rather than guess if you are close to The Wave, on a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, summed up
If it hasn't started, ring then keep it that way. Run already? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, across East Beach and West Sussex, on 0333 366 0103.