Little Common: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of it hinges on one fact: whether the motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Anywhere the vehicle is — Bexhill, Little Common — don't run an engine that hasn't been started yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. In Little Common, such a case is generally emptied and flushed where it stands. Already run? Stop when safe, then switch it off. A larger job, yes, yet the identical opening move.
Match what happened to one of the list below, anywhere across East Sussex you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Little Common forecourt
Only at this point, bottle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Be it Applegreen, Gulf or anywhere else around Little Common, the situation is the same.
Put simply: no better place to be to discover it. Nothing has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays only inside that tank.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. A few things: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Little Common drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. Picked up a container, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap again, too late. Homes just off Peartree Lane get hit as often as anywhere else.
The upshot: zero miles since leaves it nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may drive it away at breakfast — and phone us. Out in Cooden or right here in Little Common, the draining is done on your driveway. Our equipment runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Little Common?
A short way beyond topping up, the motor began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Somewhere on Green Lane or heading towards Brighton and Hove — under 50 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Through the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Stop safely — that's the next job — then turn everything off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M20, under 50 miles from Little Common. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About what distance did it gone? Say so as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have only had this car a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever around East Sussex, could do the same.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Cooden Beach, or by Little Common F.C., whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Little Common
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Little Common School in a rush, say, or someone's drive out in Lunsfords Cross.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to the motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Starting the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't start the car. 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.
Little Common: what each AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, a single start is used. Wherever the vehicle is — Wheatsheaf Inn's car park, a road by St. Mark's Church, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, and if your motor has turned over. Those replies settle this work, and you get the price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Emptying your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, however long you wait. Next is the filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is firing it up. Our engineers confirm it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we go. Our engineers do the entire job where your car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon if it has been spotted quickly. 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 cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Little Common, briefly
Little Common is a suburban area in East Sussex, situated near the coast and approximately 51.7 miles south of London. Little Common has a population of around 3128 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Little Common is close to nearby places such as Cooden, Whydown, and Glenleigh Park, and is about 25.3 miles west of Brighton and Hove. Little Common's elevation is around 13 metres above sea level, reflecting its low-lying coastal setting.
AdBlue drains across East Sussex, Little Common included
As a residential suburb, Little Common has the same vans as the nearby towns — Glenleigh Park, Whydown — all the way across TN postcodes. A postcode starting TN39 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked heading to Little Common Recreation Ground, or right in the heart of Little Common, the car remains where it is — there's no need to shift it at all. The van drains it where it stands. Tricky to explain? Close to Little Common Library or a county line? Checking beats guessing, so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Engine never started: phone, leaving it alone. Started by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, in Little Common and East Sussex, on 0333 366 0103.