--- title: Godstone: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/godstone-surrey/ location: Godstone county: Surrey latitude: 51.247370 longitude: -0.066720 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-04 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Godstone, and What to Do Next Everything hinges on a single detail: if the engine has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not run yet? Then leave it that way, wherever the vehicle is — Godstone or Tandridge. Usually this means emptying and properly flushing it right there in Godstone — and so keep your key and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. Pull over the moment you safely can and switch off, if it has been run. It's a bigger job, though step one does not change. Match what happened to one of the list below, wherever in Surrey you are. ## AdBlue in a diesel on a Godstone forecourt Only now, nozzle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It might be the Shell, or the Esso, or a different station around Godstone. The upshot: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue sits only inside the tank. Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof. ## Godstone, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank Days had passed with the dash light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it was only at the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Houses just off B2236 are hit as often as anywhere else. Meaning? As long as your car hasn't moved since, it is close to the forecourt case. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops to the base in the tank and waits. A night parked alters nothing. What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's in Godstone or out in Church Town. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night. ## Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Godstone? A mile or two beyond filling up, the engine began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Godstone Green Road, say, or the route to Westminster — a trip of under 25 miles. What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger trip, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. It goes deeper with every mile driven and every restart. What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Service stations farther on are too far: on the M25, under a mile out of Godstone, take the next junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, and say how far your car was driven. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors You have just driven this car a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be in Surrey, every driver can be caught. Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — plus one further step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle. 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. If you are stuck in the car park outside the nearest station, or by Godstone Town Hall, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off. ## Godstone: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? At times the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Bletchingley, or rushing outside Godstone Primary and Nursery School on the school run. Meaning? Spills around the filler never reach the motor at all. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either. Your move: behave as though it got in, and don't start the motor. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it's been run — so ring and tell us what you saw. ## Godstone: what each AdBlue drain has in common The work opens the same way, whichever the case. Anywhere the car stands — The White Hart's car park, a street beside St Nicholas Youth Centre, a driveway, a forecourt — our van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, plus if the motor has turned over. Those answers settle the work, and you get the price on the phone, before anyone sets off. A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since deposits form and some metals are attacked, and none of that washes away unaided. Then comes your filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the car. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour on site is most jobs. Lastly, our technicians fire it up. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before we go. Our engineers do the entire job where your car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been noticed soon. Paying comes that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way. ## About Godstone, for a moment Godstone is a village in Surrey, situated lakeside at an elevation of around 105 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Godstone lies approximately 18 miles south of London, near the neighbouring communities of Church Town and Tylers Green. Godstone has a population of around 1378 residents, and its location near Westminster makes it a commuter village. Godstone enjoys a scenic setting with nearby lakes and countryside walks. ## Godstone and Surrey: AdBlue drains across the area Tylers Green and White Post have the identical vans as Godstone, a village, along with other places throughout RH postcodes. Your whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts RH9 8. No moving is needed, be it parked centrally in Godstone or in a layby heading to Bay Pond Nature Reserve, so keep it where it is. Draining happens on the spot. Assuming doesn't help beside The Endeavour, Godstone Scout H.Q., close to a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and check. ## In one line: your scenario Motor not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Surrey and in Godstone — once you stop, switch off then phone, if it has run.