Pound Green: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything hinges on one fact: whether your motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not started yet? Then keep it that way, whether the vehicle is — Pound Green or Hadlow Down. Leave the engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Pound Green. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then switch it off. It's a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Below: the cases our technicians see, wherever around East Sussex. Pick yours.
Pound Green forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. It could be the JET, or perhaps the Shell, or a different station around Pound Green.
Put simply: no better place to be to spot it. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt after the car sits in a space — the attendants will help push it — then save the bottle. Emptying it right at the pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Pound Green with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on 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 again at the cap. It takes place on drives just off Limes Lane as regularly as anywhere.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops low in your tank and stays. One night standing changes nothing.
Next: stop an early-morning move by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is around Pound Green or out in Potters Green. The equipment works quietly enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Pound Green: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the top-up. Somewhere on Plovers Barrows or else on the road towards Brighton and Hove — under 25 miles away.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. Past the filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. It travels deeper with every extra mile covered and every restart.
Do this: stop somewhere safe, then switch the engine off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M23, under 15 miles from Pound Green. It won't have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to find out. Call us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. Across East Sussex, nobody is immune.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts here — run or not — and one further step. Plenty of rental and company agreements need the owner's approval for repairs.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we get there than after. Keep the car off as the reply arrives, whether you're waiting at Buxted or near St. Mary the Virgin.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Pound Green?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Buxted CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Pounsley.
The point: the engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled on the filler. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. Starting your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will suck it in.
Take it that it went in, and don't turn the key. Phone and give what you saw: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after your engine has been run.
Pound Green: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same opening to the job. Wherever the car is — The Buxted Inn's car park, a road by Buxted Methodist Church, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has been run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our quote, and those answers shape the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally are the fuel filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your car. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers turn up.
The final step is starting the engine. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been noticed soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Pound Green itself
Pound Green is a small suburban area in East Sussex, situated inland at an elevation of around 100 metres. Pound Green lies within the South East region, approximately 37.6 miles from London and 17.3 miles from the city of Brighton and Hove. Pound Green is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is surrounded by nearby places such as Potters Green, Buxted, and Etchingwood.
Pound Green and East Sussex: AdBlue drains across the area
Over TN postcodes, the vans covering Pound Green — a residential suburb — work surrounding towns too, Buxted and Etchingwood included. The location is clearest from a postcode beginning TN22 4.
Central Pound Green or a layby near Littlewood: wherever it is, your car never needs to move an inch for the drain. Draining happens right there. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near St Mark or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your scenario, summed up
If it has not started, phone then leave it that way. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever case, across Pound Green and East Sussex, on 0333 366 0103.