What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Leggatt Hill
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if the motor has run since it went in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Leggatt Hill itself or out in Halfway Bridge. Normally that is emptying and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot in Leggatt Hill — and so leave the ignition and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute you safely can and switch off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, anywhere in West Sussex. Pick yours.
Leggatt Hill forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Possibly you're at the BP, perhaps at the Esso, possibly somewhere else around Leggatt Hill.
Put simply: no better place to be to spot it. Still inside the tank, and nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the pump is fine when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Leggatt Hill drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Homes just off School Lane are hit as much as everywhere else.
In short: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of the tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
Put the keys indoors overnight — or a person may drive it away first thing — and call us. Your driveway is where it is emptied, be it in Leggatt Hill or Smithbrook. Late-night drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Leggatt Hill with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way beyond the fill. Possibly it was on The Street, maybe on the way out towards Chichester, under 15 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the Waterlooville Bypass, under 15 miles from Leggatt Hill. It will not have cleared, so there's no point starting it again to check. Let us hear the mileage covered as you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've only driven this car for days. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one told you the AdBlue cap was just next to the diesel. Anywhere you are in West Sussex, any driver could be caught.
The upshot: just as above, divided by if it ran, but with one added step. The owner often needs to approve any work, under many hire and company contracts.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded near Lodsworth Recreation Hall or at Haslemere until someone replies, your vehicle stays switched off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Leggatt Hill?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of Easebourne CofE Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's drive out in River.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the engine at all. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Your move: act as though it did, and don't start your engine. Call 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.
What each AdBlue drain around Leggatt Hill has in common
Each situation has the same opening to the work. Anywhere your car stands — The Hollist Arms's car park, a street beside E. H. Shepard, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and if your motor has been run. Replies shape the job; the price comes on the call while no one has left yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals build up and some metals corrode, and none of it rinses out unaided. Last come your filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your car. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Our technicians start the engine at the end. Before our technicians leave, it's checked to be sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. We do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been caught quickly. Paying comes on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Leggatt Hill itself
Leggatt Hill is a locality in West Sussex, situated inland at an elevation of 99 metres, approximately 12 miles north of Chichester. Leggatt Hill lies near the villages of Smithbrook and Lodsworth, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Leggatt Hill is a relatively small community, with a population of around 607 residents, and is located about 42 miles south-west of London.
AdBlue drains in Leggatt Hill, and across West Sussex too
Over GU postcodes, the teams serving Leggatt Hill — a small village — work surrounding towns as well, Lodsworth and Lodsworth Common among them. A postcode starting GU28 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Leggatt Hill or a layby near Lodsworth Recreation Ground: wherever it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to move at all for us. Draining happens right there. Assuming won't help near St Peter, on a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; ring and ask.
In one line: your situation
Where it hasn't run, ring then keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Leggatt Hill and anywhere in West Sussex on 0333 366 0103.