AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in South Wonston, and What to Do Next
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started since. Out in Wonston or here around South Wonston, an unstarted motor should remain unrun. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, done right where the car stands in South Wonston. Already started? Stop once you safely can, then turn everything off. A larger job, then, but the identical opening move.
Wherever across Hampshire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a South Wonston forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Anywhere around South Wonston, then — Texaco, Esso, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it gets. Still inside that tank, with nothing pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
South Wonston, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the driveway — and it's only by the recycling that the cap got your eye. Houses just off Downs Road are hit as much as everywhere else.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. At the bottom of that tank sits where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent any early move by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Your drive is where it gets emptied, be it in South Wonston or Worthy Down. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
South Wonston: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Wrights Close, say, or the way towards Winchester — a run of under 5 miles.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue in already. Mileage sets how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. It travels further with every extra mile driven and each restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the first job — then switch it off. On the M3, under 3 miles from South Wonston, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there's no point restarting to check. Roughly what distance had it gone? Say so as you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've just driven the car a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Hampshire.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. Stuck by St Margaret's or at Winchester till the firm replies, your vehicle remains turned off throughout.
South Wonston: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's drive in Stoke Charity, or rushing outside South Wonston Primary School on the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't touch the engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it went in, and never turn the key. Inspecting a tank that proves clean beats draining one after it has been run — so phone then tell us what you noticed.
What each AdBlue drain around South Wonston has in common
No matter the case, a single start applies. We come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside the pub in the village or a side street close to Long Barrows, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has been run. Replies shape the job; the quote follows on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Our engineers fire it up last. Our test that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. We do the entire job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been spotted early. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy as we travel is worthwhile.
About South Wonston
South Wonston is a village in Hampshire, situated inland at an elevation of 106 metres, approximately 4 miles from the city of Winchester. South Wonston has a population of around 1887 people, with a predominance of detached housing. South Wonston is located near other small settlements such as Worthy Down and Springvale, and is about 58 miles from London. South Wonston remains a relatively small and quiet community within the wider area.
AdBlue drains about South Wonston and across Hampshire
South Wonston is a rural village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Springvale and Sutton Scotney among them, across the SO postcode area. A postcode starting SO21 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, be it parked in the centre of South Wonston or on a layby en route to South Wonston Recreation Ground, and so keep it put. We drain the vehicle where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near South Wonston Village Hall or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't started, ring then keep it that way. Run by now? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, across South Wonston and Hampshire, on 0333 366 0103.