What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mellishes Bottom
All of it turns on one fact: if your motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Wherever the vehicle stands — Crockerhill, Mellishes Bottom — never start a motor that hasn't run yet. Usually this is draining and properly rinsing it on the spot around Mellishes Bottom — and so leave your ignition and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over once you safely can, then switch it off. A bigger job, then, but the same opening step.
Wherever in Hampshire it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
Mellishes Bottom forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Anywhere in Mellishes Bottom, then — Shell, Sainsbury's, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has taken any in.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to free up the pump. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
Mellishes Bottom, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had shown for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Drives near Southwick Road get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not been driven since, it's second to the pump case. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue settles low inside the tank and waits. A night standing alters none of that.
Next: prevent any early move by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. Out in Hundred Acres or right here in Mellishes Bottom, the draining is done on your driveway. Night-time drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road in Mellishes Bottom with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way after filling up, your engine began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. It might have been heading to Portsmouth, under 10 miles away, or just along Firgrove Lane.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. Past the filter, along the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. It travels deeper with every mile driven and every restart.
Stop safely — that is the first step — then switch everything off. Mellishes Bottom sits under 3 miles from the M27; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Tell us hear the distance covered when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Hampshire.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Many rental and company agreements require the owner's approval for work.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Stuck near Boarhunt Parish Hall or outside Fareham until the firm answers, the vehicle stays turned off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Mellishes Bottom
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of Wickham Church of England Primary School, or a call to a friend in Wickham: both fits.
Put simply: spillage round your filler does your engine no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the vehicle would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clear tank looked at is a better result than an already-run one drained.
Mellishes Bottom: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, a single opening is used. Forecourt, drive, the pub in the village's car park or a road beside Saint Nicholas — our van comes to the vehicle, and three answers follow: which liquid, which quantity, and whether it ran. Those answers determine this work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that's why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in after your filter is flushed or replaced, and your car is then tested. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit after the moment we arrive.
Last, our engineers start the car. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before our engineers leave. If it's caught quickly, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Mellishes Bottom and where it is
Mellishes Bottom is a small hamlet in Hampshire, situated inland at an elevation of 46 metres, approximately 7.3 miles from Portsmouth. Mellishes Bottom lies near other local places such as Hundred Acres and North Boarhunt, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing. Mellishes Bottom is a relatively small community, with around 550 residents, and is located within the South East region of England, about 61.5 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Mellishes Bottom and across Hampshire
Throughout PO postcodes, the vans serving Mellishes Bottom — a rural hamlet — reach surrounding towns as well, North Boarhunt and Wickham Common included. A postcode starting PO17 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Wickham Common, or right in the heart of Mellishes Bottom, the car remains put — there is no need to shift it at all. We drain the vehicle where it is. Tricky to explain? By Chesapeake Mill or a county line? Asking beats assuming, and so ring.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Leave the vehicle that way then phone. Run already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever case, across Mellishes Bottom and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.