AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in North End: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your engine has been run since it went in. Out in Buckland or right around North End, an unrun motor should remain unrun. Usually this is draining and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot in North End — so keep your key and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Below: the situations our technicians meet, wherever across Hampshire. Choose the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a North End forecourt
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Anywhere around North End, then — Esso, Shell, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Still inside your tank, and nothing pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — and so don't get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will help push it — then keep the bottle. Stuck by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt safe, and so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around North End
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in on the driveway — and it was only at the recycling that the cap caught your eye. It occurs on driveways just off Drayton Road as commonly as anywhere.
Put simply: if your car has not been driven since, it is almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: stop any early-morning move by keeping your keys in the house, then ring us. Your drive is where it is drained, whether in North End or Copnor. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
North End: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Maybe driving for Portsmouth, under 3 miles away, or just down Stubbington Avenue.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then switch the engine off. North End sits under a mile from the M275; on it, come off at the next junction rather than pushing on to the services. It won't have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to find out. Let us hear the distance covered when you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It is a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Hampshire, no one is safe from it.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on if it has run. Any work on your car often needs the owner's approval under hire or company agreements.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Keep the car switched off as the answer arrives, whether you're parked outside Hilsea or near North End Library.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around North End?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of King's Academy College Park (Infant) in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Stamshaw.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't reach your motor at all. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the car. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you noticed.
Every AdBlue drain around North End shares these steps
The job begins the same way, whichever the case. Forecourt, driveway, The Clarence Pub's car park or a road beside Church of The Ascension — our van reaches your car, and three questions follow: what fluid, what quantity, and whether it has run. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear our quote, and those replies shape the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, so it does not wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it's spotted early, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while you wait pays.
About North End itself
North End is a suburban area located on the southern coast of England, near the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire. North End sits at a low elevation of around 8 metres, close to the shores of the English Channel. North End is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing and is situated near other local areas such as Copnor and Portsea Island.
AdBlue drains round North End and across Hampshire
As a residential suburb, North End shares its vans with the nearby places — Kingston, Portsea Island — right through PO postcodes. Quickest of all: a PO2 0 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to College Park or in a car park in the middle of North End, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that is where it is drained. Guessing doesn't help beside St. Mark’s, on a border or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your situation
Where it hasn't run, ring and keep it that way. Run by now: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within North End or wherever across Hampshire.