Shotover Hill: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has been started since. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever the car sits — Shotover Hill or Sandhills. Leave the engine and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Shotover Hill. When the motor has run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch it off. Step one remains unchanged, even though the work grows.
Further down: the cases we see, anywhere across Oxfordshire. Pick yours.
On a Shotover Hill forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Possibly you are at the Shell, maybe at the Horspath Service Centre, possibly somewhere else in Shotover Hill.
The upshot: of all places to notice, the forecourt is the best. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to move away from the pump. Three things: a push into a space with the staff helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from where you stand. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
Shotover Hill, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the drive — and it was only by the bin that the cap caught a second look. It happens on drives just off Old Road as regularly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. Being unable to blend, AdBlue drops low in the tank and waits. A night parked changes none of that.
Put your keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone may take it off first thing — then phone us. We drain it on your drive, whether that is around Shotover Hill or out in Headington Quarry. Late-night drains beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
On the road in Shotover Hill with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, drove away, and soon the engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up the dash. It might have been heading to Oxford, under 3 miles away, or simply along Shotover Kilns.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a bigger trip, once your filter and pipework have it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Service stations further on are too far: on the Wheatley Spur, under 5 miles out of Shotover Hill, use the next junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it go? Tell us when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week ago, it was new to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was just next to the diesel. Any driver, wherever in Oxfordshire, might make the same.
The upshot: just as above, split by if it ran, but with one added step. Many rental and company contracts need the owner's sign-off for work.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us next, since settling it beforehand saves time. If you are stuck in the car park at Oxford, or by Ohm Portal, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Shotover Hill: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Wood Farm Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Barton.
The point: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Do this: act as though it got in, and don't start your engine. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Shotover Hill AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whatever the situation. Anywhere your car stands — The Masons Arms's car park, a street by Wood Farm Community Room, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, and if the engine has turned over. Answers shape the work; the price comes on the call while no one has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after the drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Clean diesel goes in after your filter has been flushed or replaced, and the car is then checked. If your motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes last. Our test that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been spotted early. 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, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Shotover Hill itself
Shotover Hill is a suburban area located near Oxford, sitting at an elevation of 117 metres in the inland countryside of Oxfordshire. Shotover Hill is close to several nearby places, including Headington Quarry, Risinghurst, and New Headington, and is about 2.7 miles from Oxford city centre. Shotover Hill has a population of approximately 4560 people and is predominantly composed of flat housing. Shotover Hill is also within commuting distance of London, being around 48.8 miles away.
AdBlue drains around Shotover Hill and across Oxfordshire
Shotover Hill is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Risinghurst and New Headington among them, across the OX postcode area. A postcode starting OX3 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to The Larches, or right in the heart of Shotover Hill, the car remains where it is — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Our van drains it in place. Awkward to pin down? Close to The Kilns - CS Lewis's Home or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, so phone.
Your situation, in one line
If it has not run, ring and keep it that way. Started already? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever case, across Shotover Hill and Oxfordshire, on 0333 366 0103.