--- title: Felbridge: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/felbridge-surrey/ location: Felbridge county: Surrey latitude: 51.139970 longitude: -0.043150 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-03 --- # What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Felbridge One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Felbridge itself or out in Felcourt. Leave your motor and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Felbridge. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, then, but the identical first move. Wherever around Surrey it took place, one of the cases below matches yours. ## AdBlue in a diesel on a Felbridge forecourt Just at this point, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Be it BP, Propane, Butane gas bottles or anywhere else around Felbridge, the situation is the same. The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still in that tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is. Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to free up the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away is cleared right at the petrol pump. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Felbridge drive? On the dash, a warning had been lit all week. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the drive — and it was only by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Homes just off Copthorne Road get caught out as much as anywhere else. What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits. Next: the keys indoors, and so nobody takes your vehicle off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your drive is where it is drained, be it in Felbridge or North End. Late-night empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise. ## Felbridge: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel? A mile or two beyond filling up, your engine started playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Possibly it was on Eden Gardens, maybe on the way out towards Brighton and Hove, under 25 miles away. The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue through already. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and pipework have it. Every restart, like each mile, carries it deeper. Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then turn your motor off. Leave at the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M23, under 5 miles from Felbridge. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About how far did it gone? Tell us when you phone. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors A week back, the car was unknown to you. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue cap was right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Surrey. Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which turn on if it's run. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car. What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before we arrive than after. Keep the vehicle off while the answer arrives, even if you are parked at East Grinstead or near College Chapel. ## Felbridge: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? "I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. 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. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Felbridge Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Blackwell. The point: your engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the outside. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either. Next: assume it went in, then keep your engine off. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one after it has been run — so phone then describe to us what you noticed. ## The common ground in each Felbridge AdBlue drain The job opens identically, whatever the case. Forecourt, driveway, The Star Inn's car park or a road by Felbridge Village Hall — the van comes to your vehicle, and three answers follow: which fluid, which quantity, and if it ran. Those answers decide this work, and you get the price by phone, before anyone sets off. A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals form and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Then is your filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Where your engine hasn't been started, expect about half an hour on site, for most cases. The last step is starting the car. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it is running smoothly, and then we leave. Permanent damage is very rare when it is noticed quickly, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Payment is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover is built into many policies. ## About Felbridge and where it is Felbridge is a village in Surrey, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 94 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Felbridge lies approximately 25.6 miles from London and 22.3 miles from Brighton and Hove, near to other local places such as North End, Baldwins Hill, and Furnace Wood. Felbridge has a population of around 1226 residents, living in a rural setting that is characteristic of the South East region. Felbridge is surrounded by countryside, with the village itself being a small, tight-knit community. ## AdBlue drains about Felbridge and across Surrey Being a village, Felbridge shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Furnace Wood, Baldwins Hill — all the way across RH postcodes. Telling us a RH19 2 postcode finds you quickest of all. Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Leppard Wood or in a car park in the middle of Felbridge, it does not need to shift. We drain the car where it sits. Assuming won't help near St John's Felbridge, close to a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask. ## In one line: your scenario Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, within Felbridge or wherever across Surrey.