AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Grove, and What to Do Next
Has your motor run since the AdBlue was put in? This single question decides nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Grove itself or out in Portland Port. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where the car stands around Grove. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, then, but the identical opening step.
Further down: the cases our technicians see, anywhere in Dorset. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Grove forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It could be the Esso, or perhaps the Shell, or another forecourt in Grove.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
Do this: keep out of the car, even if the queue needs freeing. Phone us from the forecourt once the car is in a bay — the attendants will help push it — and save the receipt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away gets emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Grove
On your dash, a reminder had shown all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Right off Incline Road is not different from anywhere.
The point: zero driving since leaves it nearly as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops to the base in your tank and stays. A night parked alters none of that.
Keep the keys in the house tonight — otherwise someone may take it off first thing — and phone us. Your drive is where it gets drained, be it around Grove or Easton. Late-night clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Grove?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading for Salisbury, under 50 miles away, or just along Grove Road.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Through the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and every injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Your move: pull up somewhere safe, then turn the motor off. Service stations further along can wait: from the M5, under 50 miles out of Grove, take the first junction. It will not have cleared, so there's no point starting it again to find out. Phone us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had this car hardly a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was just next to the diesel. Anyone, wherever around Dorset, might do the same.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it's run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it beforehand cuts time. Stuck near St Peter's Church or outside Weymouth until someone answers, the car stays turned off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Grove
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think it did. Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of St George's Foundation Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Chiswell.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. Starting the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would suck it in.
Your move: act as if it did, and never start your engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Grove shares these stages
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. We come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Punchbowl or a side street near Church of Our Lady and Saint Andrew, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and if your engine has run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Draining your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long it sits. Clean diesel is put in once the filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is finally tested. If the motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. Our technicians make sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel before we leave. Long-term damage is very rare when it is spotted quickly, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Grove itself
Grove is a small village on the Dorset coast, situated near the villages of Easton, Fortuneswell, and Weston. Grove sits at an elevation of 116 metres, overlooking the surrounding coastline. Grove has a mix of housing types, but terraced houses are the most predominant, reflecting its history of development as a residential area. Grove is located approximately 119.7 miles from London and 45.2 miles from the nearest city, Salisbury.
AdBlue drains in Grove, and across Dorset too
Grove is a coastal village, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Fortuneswell and Weston among them, across the DT postcode area. A postcode starting DT5 1 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve or in a car park in the middle of Grove, it doesn't need to shift. The van drains it in place. Ring and ask rather than guess if you are by East Weare Rifle Range, near a boundary, or anywhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't started, phone and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Grove and anywhere around Dorset on 0333 366 0103.