Newtown: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has been started afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Newtown itself or out in Wilsom. Usually this means emptying and properly rinsing it right there around Newtown — and so keep the ignition and motor off then call 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match your case to one of the ones below, anywhere in Hampshire you happen to be.
On a Newtown forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. It could be the BP, or perhaps the another forecourt nearby, or another forecourt in Newtown.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. Still in the tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt once the car sits in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — then save the receipt. Draining it right at the pump is fine when it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Newtown drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Homes just off Tower Street are caught out as much as anywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: keys indoors, so nobody drives the car off at breakfast. Then, ring. We drain it on your drive, whether that's around Newtown or out in Mount Pleasant. The pumping kit works quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Newtown: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two after the fill. Somewhere on Old Acre Road or else on the road towards Winchester — under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger trip, after the filter and pipework have had it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: find a sensible place, stop, then switch your motor off. On the M3, under 10 miles from Newtown, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Let us know the distance driven when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
A week back, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Hampshire, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements require the owner's approval before repairs.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it early saves time. Stuck near All Saints Church or outside Alton till the firm replies, your vehicle remains turned off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Newtown
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think so. Which cap was taken off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of The Butts Primary School in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in Spitalhatch.
The upshot: the motor is not hurt by some AdBlue splashed on the outside. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by firing up the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Ring with what you saw: we would sooner find a clean tank than empty one once your engine has run.
The common ground in each Newtown AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. We come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The George or a side street near Alton Baptist Church, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if your motor has been run. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear our price, and those replies shape the job too.
Draining the tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long you wait. Fresh diesel goes in after the filter is flushed or changed, and the car is finally tested. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The last step is starting the car. Before we leave, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on new diesel. Lasting damage is very unusual when it's noticed soon, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes built into many policies.
About Newtown
Newtown is a suburban area in Hampshire, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 110 metres. Newtown lies approximately 44.5 miles from London and 15.5 miles from the nearby city of Winchester. Newtown is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, with nearby areas including Mount Pleasant, The Butts, and Alton. Newtown has a population of around 5386 residents.
AdBlue drains about Newtown and across Hampshire
As a new town, Newtown has the same vans as the nearby places — Alton, The Butts — right across GU postcodes. Fastest of all: a GU34 1 postcode for your location.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Alton Town Park or in a car park in the middle of Newtown, it doesn't need to move. Our van drains it in place. Awkward to pin down? By Alton Methodist Church or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Newtown and anywhere in Hampshire on 0333 366 0103.