AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Everton: What Now?
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? This single question settles almost everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Everton itself or out in Pennington. Leave your motor and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Everton. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening step.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, wherever across Hampshire you are.
Everton forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you took off was not the correct one. Anywhere around Everton, then — Shell, Asda Express, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. Still in that tank, with nothing pulled through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Do this: keep out of the car, however much the pump needs clearing. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a space — the staff will help roll it — and save the bottle. Can't move the car beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain it where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Everton
For days the dash had been warning you. Bought a bottle, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. It happens on driveways just off Frys Lane as often as anywhere.
The point: zero miles since makes it almost equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. On the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent any early move by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is in Everton or out in Lymore. Late-night empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Everton?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Maybe heading to Southampton, under 15 miles away, or just along Centre Lane.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Past the filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then turn the motor off. On the M27, under 15 miles from Everton, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the cap is right by your diesel cap — a surprise to you. Wherever you are around Hampshire, every motorist can slip up.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the situations above, which depend on if it has run. Many hire and company agreements require the owner's sign-off before work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before we turn up than after. If you're stranded in the car park at Lymington Town, or by St Mary's Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Everton?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. Which cap was taken off, you can't recall; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been at a friend's drive in Milford on Sea, or in a rush outside Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School at the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't touch the engine at all. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Firing up the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
Next: assume it got in, and keep the motor off. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank looked at is a better result than an already-run one emptied.
Each AdBlue drain in Everton shares these steps
The work begins the same way, whatever the case. Forecourt, driveway, Crown Inn's car park or a street by Everton Sports Pavilion — our van reaches the vehicle, and three questions follow: which fluid, which amount, and if it ran. The price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies shape the job.
Then the tank is emptied and the system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a check of your car. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians get there.
The last step is starting it. We check it runs properly on fresh diesel before leaving. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been spotted soon. 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, so look at yours as we head over.
About Everton
Everton is a small village in Hampshire, situated on the coast in the South East region of England. Everton sits at an elevation of 26 metres, approximately 13.6 miles from Southampton and 82.3 miles from London. Everton is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is surrounded by nearby places such as Lymore, Leagreen, and Upper Pennington.
AdBlue drains around Everton, and across Hampshire too
Being a coastal village, Everton has the same vans as the nearby towns — Upper Pennington, Leagreen — all the way through SO postcodes. A postcode starting SO41 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Everton Recreation Ground or in a car park in the middle of Everton, it does not need to shift. Where it stands, that's where it is emptied. Ring and check rather than guess if you're by Efford House, near a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle off then ring. Started already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever it is, in Everton and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.