--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Fratton: What Now canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/fratton-hampshire/ location: Fratton county: Hampshire latitude: 50.799990 longitude: -1.078140 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-28 --- # What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Fratton All of it hinges on a single fact: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle that way, whether your vehicle is — Fratton or Kingston. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush after a drain, done right where the car sits in Fratton. Pull over the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. It's a larger job, though step one does not change. Anywhere across Hampshire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours. ## At the pump in Fratton: AdBlue in a diesel You're 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. Whether Asda, BP or somewhere else around Fratton, the case is identical. Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. No pump has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits just in that tank. Clearing the pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away gets drained right at the petrol pump. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Fratton drive? Several days had gone by with the dash light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the drive — and it was just by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Just off Arundel Street is not different from any other place. Put simply: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it's almost equal to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits. Keep your keys in the house tonight — or someone might drive it away first thing — and call us. Somers Town or Fratton: wherever your driveway sits, that's where it gets emptied. Night-time drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Fratton? Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the fill. Possibly it was on Coburg Street, possibly on the way out towards Portsmouth, under a mile away. Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it too on a longer run, after your filter and lines have had it. It travels deeper with each mile covered and each restart. Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn your motor off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M275, under a mile from Fratton. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance covered when you call. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars It's a vehicle you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Hampshire, nobody is immune. Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or not — plus one extra step. Work on the vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or company agreements. What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Leave the vehicle switched off while the reply comes, even if you are waiting at the nearest station or close to Fratton Community Centre. ## Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Fratton? 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. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery, or on a friend's drive in Portsea Island. The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank. Your move: behave as if it did, and don't start your motor. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run. ## Fratton: what every AdBlue drain has in common Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions come once we reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road by Fratton community centre or the car park at The Electric Arms: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear our price, and those replies decide the job too. Draining the tank comes first, then a full flush — more important with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, however long it sits. Next is your filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there. Our technicians fire it up at the end. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our technicians leave. When it is noticed quickly, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies. ## About Fratton Fratton is a suburban area located on the southern coast of England, near the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire. Fratton sits at a low elevation of around 6 metres, close to the shoreline and adjacent to Somers Town and Landport. Fratton is predominantly composed of flat housing, reflecting its urban character and proximity to the city centre. Fratton is also situated near the major port city of Portsmouth, with which it is closely associated. ## AdBlue drains in Fratton, and across Hampshire too Fratton is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Landport and Portsmouth among them, across the PO postcode area. A postcode starting PO1 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are. Centre of Fratton or a lay-by near Landport Community Garden: either way it is, your car never needs to shift at all for us. Draining is done right there. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Portsmouth Central Masjid or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming. ## The one-line version Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Hampshire and in Fratton — once you stop, turn off then ring, if it has run.