AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Goose Hill: What Now?
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? That one point decides nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Goose Hill itself or out in Hyde End. Usually this means emptying and thoroughly cleaning it right there around Goose Hill — so keep the key and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. Pull over the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has been run. Step one remains unchanged, even though the work is bigger.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, anywhere around Hampshire you happen to be.
On a Goose Hill 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. Anywhere in Goose Hill, then — Murrays Service Station, Shell, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one component beyond it has drawn any in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. Have the attendants to help pushing it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the car in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Goose Hill drive?
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in at the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap got a second look. Just off Ashford Hill Road is not less likely from anywhere.
The point: zero miles since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and stays. One night standing changes none of that.
Keep your keys in the house overnight — or someone may take it off at breakfast — and call us. Mill Green or Goose Hill: wherever your driveway sits, that's where it is emptied. Night-time clears beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Goose Hill: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a short way after the top-up. Maybe heading to Winchester, under 25 miles away, or simply down Hillhouse Lane.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into your fuel system. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger trip, after your filter and lines have it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next job — then switch everything off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the M4, under 10 miles out of Goose Hill, use the first junction. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. About how far had it go? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the car barely a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit next to each other here — not like your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Anyone, wherever around Hampshire, could do it.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or not — plus one further stage. The owner frequently has to approve the work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers turn up than after. Stranded by Saint Paul's Church or at Thatcham till the firm replies, your car stays turned off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Goose Hill?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. A slight ammonia smell lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A hurried stop by the gates of Ashford Hill Primary School, or a call to a friend in Crookham: both fit.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch your engine at all. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the vehicle will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn your key. Ring with what you saw: we would rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after the engine has run.
Goose Hill: what every AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, one opening applies. Anywhere your car stands — the pub in the village's car park, a street by Ashford Hill Village Hall, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and asks about the fluid, the quantity, plus if your engine has turned over. Those answers decide this work, and you get our price on the phone, before anybody heads out.
Then that tank is cleared and your system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Clean diesel goes in after the filter is flushed or replaced, and the car is then checked. Never started? Then about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians start the car. Before we go, it is checked to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it is caught early, long-term damage is very uncommon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as we travel pays.
About Goose Hill, briefly
Goose Hill is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Hampshire, with an elevation of around 85 metres. Goose Hill lies near the villages of Mill Green and Plastow Green, and is close to the wooded area of Kingsclere Woodlands. Goose Hill has a population of approximately 611 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Goose Hill is located near the city of Winchester, about 21 miles away, and is around 48.5 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Goose Hill, and across Hampshire too
Being a rural hamlet, Goose Hill has the same vans as the surrounding places — Kingsclere Woodlands, Plastow Green — all the way through RG postcodes. The whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts RG19 8.
Centre of Goose Hill or a lay-by towards Stonylands Copse: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to shift at all for the drain. The van empties it in place. Guessing won't help beside Brimpton Village Hall, on a border or anywhere hard to describe; ring and check.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Keep it that way then ring. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Hampshire and within Goose Hill — once you pull over, turn off and ring, if it has run.