AdBlue in a Diesel Tank in Liss Forest? Don't Start It
Motor off, ignition off: that's how you begin if AdBlue has got into your diesel tank. AdBlue is urea mixed in water. It does not burn, it does not mix with diesel, and the damage it does begins when the system draws it in. A drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Liss Forest, is usually all AdBlue in a diesel tank takes — if it is caught before the motor has been run. First, phone us on 0333 366 0103.
Those opening minutes: AdBlue in your diesel tank around Liss Forest
Do these:
- Pocket your keys, and that prevents anyone turning the electrics on.
- If you are at all near moving traffic, put your hazards on.
- Hold on to your receipt or the empty bottle, and so you can tell us what was put in and roughly how much.
- Give us a postcode starting GU33 7, or whichever street is nearest, and our van finds you straight — so ring from wherever you are.
Not to do:
- Moving your car even a short way is no reason to fire up the motor.
- Turning your key to ignition by itself sets your pump running on many diesels. Skip it.
- No more fuel on top. The AdBlue will not mix, so it is pointless.
- Even a short stretch up Berrylands is too far to drive it.
- Draining your tank on your own beside the road isn't one to try.
On a forecourt in Liss Forest, whether it is the Shell or another one, ask the staff to help you roll your car away from the pump. At home, the car remains just where it is.
What does AdBlue do in a diesel tank?
Made for the exhaust, AdBlue has no business in your motor. Its own tank holds it, and from there it's fed into your exhaust, where it treats the fumes. No part inside an injection pump is designed for this liquid — and none of it was meant to travel through one.
Fuel mixes; AdBlue, once tipped in, won't. The behaviour is not at all like fuel's. The intake sucks fuel from the lowest part of your tank, and that's precisely where AdBlue settles: as it is denser than diesel, it sinks. The first thing the system pulls through, once it runs, is the AdBlue. So a motor that had AdBlue poured in on a drive in West Liss last night, and has not been started since, is still the straightforward case: the AdBlue is lying at the bottom of that tank, and nothing has pulled it in.
Two kinds of harm follow from there. What is left once the water goes is urea, which turns into crystals: they settle in narrow channels and block filters. On top of that, it attacks certain metals in a fuel system, and keeps going till it's flushed out. Overnight, a vehicle parked around Liss Forest with AdBlue in its lines gets worse; if it is only inside the tank, nothing changes. Diesel protects the high-pressure pump and each injector as it passes; water offers none of that, which is a separate form of damage.
AdBlue in a diesel: why it's commonly worse than petrol
Petrol pumped into a diesel on Esso's forecourt makes the fuel thin — that's the whole problem. Harm only comes from driving on it. Mixed into the diesel and left inside your tank, it does none.
The trouble with AdBlue in a diesel is a completely unsuitable substance. It does not burn, and so it can't simply be run through. Crystals and corrosion remain after the following fill, and AdBlue separates back out of your diesel, so thinning it won't help. Hence the flush matters more, and trying your engine "to see" costs more here than almost any other mistake — in Lower Green or the heart of Liss Forest alike.
With AdBlue, the good news is no different from petrol. If your engine hasn't run, the AdBlue is still inside the tank, and the tank is the easiest part of a fuel system to clear, wherever around Hampshire your car is sitting.
How AdBlue ends up in a diesel tank in Liss Forest
After dark, two caps side by side — the AdBlue one and the diesel cap, now and then behind one flap — may look the same. No one intends it; many designs invite it. Mostly it occurs with a bottle bought on the way home and poured in on the driveway, not at the forecourt.
The ways it occurs are few and familiar. Halfway through the morning drop-off, the dashboard flags it up, and outside Greatham Primary School the top-up is rushed. A driver pours the bottle in at home, just off Warren Road, as the day ends. One more version: dim light, a pub car park outside The Temple, and someone using that flap for the first time.
It takes place most in the vehicles motorists know least: a hire car, a new vehicle, a company car, or the second car of a household with one diesel and one petrol. Wherever you're around Liss Forest or the remainder of Hampshire, it's the same mistake and the same first answer: leave the vehicle off.
Already started the engine with AdBlue in your diesel tank in Liss Forest?
Then the AdBlue has left the tank. Via your filter, through the pipework, and — with any running time — into the high-pressure pump and every injector: that is how far it travels.
You may see your engine running unevenly, smoking, losing power, showing warning lights or cutting out, possibly on the way back from Liss Forest Recreation Ground or halfway across Liss Forest. Once safe, pull over then switch it off — with no restarting to test. Each start pulls more of that through.
Liss Forest sits under 15 miles from the Waterlooville Bypass; if you were on it, exit by the first junction and pull up somewhere safe rather than driving on.
Mileage counts: each mile pushes the AdBlue deeper in, so driving towards Chichester, under 25 miles away, gives a much larger job than crossing Liss Forest to the car park by Hope Church. Tell us about how far it had come.
There's more to rinse out once your engine has been started, and our technicians do all of it where the car has ended up. If it is noticed early, long-term damage is very uncommon.
Draining AdBlue in a diesel in Liss Forest: what it takes
A road beside Crossover Youth Centre, a driveway, a lay-by or a forecourt: wherever the vehicle has stopped in Liss Forest, we come to it. Which fluid got in, roughly how much, and whether your motor has been run: our technicians check first, since those shape the work.
Right there, the tank is then drained, and both the contaminated diesel and the urea come out at once. Residue from AdBlue will not wash away unaided, and so the whole system gets a full flush, which counts far more with urea than for petrol. Next, the filter: cleaned, or changed if it must be. Then fresh diesel, then a check of your vehicle. The majority of these jobs are a half-hour job once our technicians get there, if your engine hasn't run. Explosion-proof pumps mean a busy forecourt sensible to work on, and they're quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
The final step is to prime your system on clean diesel. You head off as soon as our engineers have fired it up, and it makes no difference whether the car is on a drive in Liss Forest or in a space outside Liss. It's checked on new diesel to be sure it runs correctly before we go. The whole job is done where the car is, so it never has to be taken to a garage. At the end, you are given the paperwork for your insurer: a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer.
About Liss Forest and where it is
Liss Forest is a suburban area situated near the River Rother in Hampshire, with Liss Forest being a residential community at an elevation of 81 metres. Liss Forest lies within commuting distance of London, approximately 45 miles away, and is close to the city of Chichester. Liss Forest is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is near other local places such as The Mint and Burgates.
AdBlue drains around Liss Forest and across Hampshire
The vans that answer AdBlue jobs in Liss Forest also cover the spots around it, The Mint, Burgates and East Liss among them, and most of Hampshire beyond, across the GU postcode area. Ring and check rather than guess if you are close to a county line, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Wherever your vehicle sits — a drive at home, a residential street, a parking area, a filling station — our engineers empty it there, with no need to take it to us; which suits Liss Forest, a residential suburb, well.
What AdBlue in a diesel tank costs to put right around Liss Forest
Because each jobs differ, a flat price wouldn't be fair. Three things move the cost: whether the engine has been running and for how long, how much AdBlue got in, and where your car is. That last one comes down to whether a van can get to it safely, and an open drive is simpler than a tight spot behind St Peter's.
Before any quote, never afterwards, each call from Liss Forest opens with three questions: the liquid, the quantity, and if the engine ran. Once those are known, a range turns into a single fixed figure.
Before a van heads out, you hear the price on the phone. And payment is on the day, card or by phone, with nothing upfront. While the van is on the way, check your insurance: many cover misfuelling.
Still next to the car in Liss Forest?
Then the most handy thing you can do is nothing to the car. Engine off, keys out, ignition off. Say it was AdBlue, about what quantity, and if it ran, on 0333 366 0103. After that Petrol in Diesel takes over, in Liss Forest or wherever in Hampshire.