Fordingbridge: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it was put in. Anywhere the car stands — Tinkers Cross, Fordingbridge — don't start a motor that has not run yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. Across Fordingbridge, that is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, anywhere around Hampshire. Pick yours.
On a Fordingbridge forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere in Fordingbridge, then — Harvest Energy, Esso, or somewhere else close by.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, this is the best. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just in the tank.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to free up the petrol pump. Three jobs: a push into a bay with the attendants assisting, the receipt saved, and a call to us from where you stand. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Fordingbridge
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it was just by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Homes just off Salisbury Street are hit as often as everywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the bottom of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it is drained, be it around Fordingbridge or Horseport. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road in Fordingbridge with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. It might have been heading for Salisbury, under 10 miles away, or simply along High Street.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Past the filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: pull up anywhere safe, then switch your motor off. Fordingbridge sits under 10 miles from the M27; there, pull off at the next junction rather than pushing on to the services. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point restarting to check. Tell us hear the mileage driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have had the car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Hampshire, nobody is immune.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or unrun — and one further stage. The owner often needs to approve the work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us second, since sorting it early cuts time. If you're stranded in the car park at Salisbury, or by The Salvation Army Fordingbridge, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Fordingbridge: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe at a friend's drive in Stuckton, or rushing by Fordingbridge Junior School at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to the engine. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the vehicle would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: act as though it went in, then leave your engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Fordingbridge: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same start to the work. Filling station, driveway, The Crown's car park or a road by Fordingbridge Museum — our van comes to the vehicle, and three answers come next: which fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Your price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers set the job.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, however long it sits. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where the motor has not run, expect about half an hour on site, for most cases.
The last step is starting the car. With new diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running correctly, and then we go. If it is spotted quickly, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Paying is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Fordingbridge itself
Fordingbridge is a town situated on the banks of a river in southern England. It lies within the New Forest District of Hampshire, close to the boundaries of Dorset and Wiltshire. The town's scenic riverside location and proximity to the New Forest make it a notable settlement in the area. Fordingbridge is surrounded by natural beauty, with the forest and river providing distinctive features.
AdBlue drains across Hampshire, Fordingbridge included
As a riverside town, Fordingbridge shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Ashford, Redbrook — right across SP postcodes. Giving us your SP6 1 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Fordingbridge or on a layby heading to Fordingbridge Recreation Ground, and so leave it put. Our technicians drain the car where it is. Assuming doesn't help near Fordingbridge United Reformed Church, close to a border or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
The one-line version
If it has not run, ring and keep it off. Run by now: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Fordingbridge or wherever in Hampshire.