Hatch Bottom: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that hinges on a single detail: if your engine has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not started yet? Then leave the car like that, whether your car is — Hatch Bottom or Harefield. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out just where the vehicle stands around Hatch Bottom. Where the engine has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then turn the vehicle off. It's a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Below: the cases our technicians see, wherever in Hampshire. Choose yours.
On a Hatch Bottom forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. It could be the Sainsbury's, or the Esso, or a different forecourt around Hatch Bottom.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it can be. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays only inside your tank.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then save the receipt. Can't move the car by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the car in place.
At home in Hatch Bottom with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it was only at the bin that the cap got a second look. Right off Noyce Court is not different from anywhere.
The point: no miles since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and stays. A night parked alters nothing.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is in Hatch Bottom or out in West End. Our equipment works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
On the road around Hatch Bottom with AdBlue in a diesel
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. Bamber Close, perhaps, or the route to Southampton — a trip of under 5 miles.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more starts: deeper it travels.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first job — then turn everything off. Leave at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M27, under a mile from Hatch Bottom. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Call, and say how far the car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits 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 safe from it.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, only with one added stage. Plenty of rental and company agreements require the owner's sign-off before work.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before our arrival is faster. Stranded near David Lloyd Clubs or outside Hedge End until someone replies, your car stays switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Hatch Bottom?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. What cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. A hurried top-up by the gates of Saint James' Church of England Primary School, or a call to a friend in Shamblehurst: either fits.
The upshot: the motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Phone with what you saw: we would sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your motor has been run.
The common ground in every Hatch Bottom AdBlue drain
No matter the situation, a single start is used. Forecourt, driveway, Southampton Arms's car park or a road beside St Brigid — our van comes to the vehicle, and three answers follow: which fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Your price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers set the work.
Then your tank is drained and the system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Next comes your filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting it comes at the end. Our engineers check it runs properly on new diesel before we leave. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been noticed soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Hatch Bottom
Hatch Bottom is a locality in Hampshire, situated inland near the city of Southampton, at an elevation of approximately 43 metres. Hatch Bottom lies within the South East region of England, about 65.5 miles from London, and is surrounded by nearby places such as West End and Thornhill Park. Hatch Bottom is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its residential nature. Hatch Bottom is home to a population of around 2013 people, according to approximate estimates.
Hatch Bottom and Hampshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Thornhill Park and Dowds Farm have the same vans as Hatch Bottom, a small village, along with other towns over SO postcodes. Telling us a SO30 3 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Centre of Hatch Bottom or a layby near Moorgreen Recreation Ground: wherever it is, the vehicle never needs to move at all for the drain. Our van empties it in place. Ring and ask rather than guess when you are close to Utilita Bowl, near a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the car that way then ring. Run already: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Hatch Bottom or anywhere across Hampshire.