AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Gomshall: What Now?
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? That single point settles almost everything about what comes next. Not run so far? Then leave it like that, whether your vehicle is — Gomshall or Hoe. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, done right where your car sits around Gomshall. Pull over the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. Step one remains unchanged, even though the work is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Surrey it happened.
On a Gomshall forecourt with 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. It could be the Esso, or the Shell, or another forecourt in Gomshall.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it can be. Still inside the tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Next: resist the urge to start it just to free up the petrol pump. Get the staff to help pushing it into a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away gets emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Gomshall
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Houses just off Goose Green are caught out as much as everywhere else.
The upshot: no driving since makes it almost as good to finding it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and remains put, however long the night.
Keep the keys indoors tonight — or a person may take it away first thing — and call us. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Gomshall or out in Shere. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Gomshall with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two after topping up, the motor started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Maybe driving for Westminster, under 25 miles away, or simply down Leather Lane.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Service stations further on can wait: on the M25, under 10 miles out of Gomshall, use the first junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've just driven this vehicle a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right next to the diesel cap — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Surrey.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with an added stage. The owner often has to approve any work, under many hire and company contracts.
Next: phone the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Hanging on for an answer at the car park at the nearest station, or beside Tanyard Hall? Keep the car off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Gomshall?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe at a friend's drive in Little London, or rushing outside Shere CofE Aided Infant School on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your motor. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up the car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not start the car. Phone with what you saw: we would rather confirm a clean tank than drain one once the engine has run.
The common ground in each Gomshall AdBlue drain
The work begins identically, whatever your case. We come to your car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Gomshall Mill or a side street near Gomshall Village Club, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and whether the engine has run. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear the price, and those answers shape the job too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits form and some metals corrode, and none of that washes away unaided. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians turn up.
The final step is firing it up. Our engineers confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel before leaving. Long-term damage is very uncommon if it is caught soon, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover comes built into plenty of policies.
About Gomshall itself
Gomshall is a village in Surrey, situated on the banks of the River Tillingbourne at an elevation of around 80 metres. Gomshall lies within the scenic Surrey Hills, near the villages of Shere and Abinger Hammer, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Gomshall is also relatively close to London, being approximately 24 miles from the city centre.
AdBlue drains around Gomshall, and across Surrey too
Gomshall is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Abinger Hammer and Burrows Cross among them, across the GU postcode area. A postcode starting GU5 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Gomshall Marsh, or right in the heart of Gomshall, your car remains where it is — there's no need to move it at all. Where it stands, that is where it gets cleared. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you are by Our Lady of the Angels, on a border, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
In one line: your scenario
Engine not started: ring, and leave it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Gomshall and anywhere in Surrey on 0333 366 0103.