AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Stoborough, and What to Do Next
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around Stoborough itself or out in Ridge. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where your vehicle stands around Stoborough. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It is a bigger job, yet step one does not change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Dorset it happened.
On a Stoborough forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you're stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Be it Murco, Texaco or somewhere else around Stoborough, the situation is the same.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Only the tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn it in.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Three jobs: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Stoborough, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit for days. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Houses just off Corfe Road get hit as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not been driven since, it's second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains there, however long it waits.
Your move: keys indoors, and so no one takes the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. Then, ring. Stoborough Green or Stoborough: wherever your driveway sits, that's where it is cleared. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
On the road around Stoborough with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along West Lane or else heading towards Salisbury — under 50 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger trip, after your filter and lines have had it. It goes further with every extra mile covered and every restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next step — then switch it off. Stoborough sits under 50 miles from the M27; on it, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to find out. Roughly how far had it go? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, the car was new to you. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. Throughout Dorset, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, since sorting it early saves time. Leave the vehicle off while the answer arrives, whether you are parked at Wareham or near Stoborough Village Hall.
Stoborough: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". Which cap was taken off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Stoborough Church of England Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Creech Bottom.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to the motor. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Firing up the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
Your move: act as though it did, and don't start your engine. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Stoborough: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation has the same start to the work. Forecourt, driveway, The Kings Arms's car park or a street by Lady St Mary — the van reaches the car, and three questions follow: which liquid, what amount, and whether it ran. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our quote, and those answers decide the work too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, since deposits form and certain metals corrode, and none of that rinses out unaided. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Never started? Then roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
Last, our technicians start it. Before our engineers head off, it's checked to confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel. If it is caught soon, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Stoborough, for a moment
Stoborough is a small village in Dorset, situated near the coast and close to the towns of Wareham and Poole. Stoborough sits at a low elevation of around 4 metres, looking out over the surrounding heathland and coastal scenery. Stoborough has a mix of old and new housing, with detached homes being the predominant type, and is located near Stoborough Green and Stoborough Heath. Stoborough is part of a wider network of rural communities in the area, including nearby Wareham.
AdBlue drains in Stoborough, and across Dorset too
Stoborough Heath and Wareham get the same vans as Stoborough, a coastal village, along with other towns over BH postcodes. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts BH20 5.
Centre of Stoborough or a lay-by near The Hayricks: either way it is, your car doesn't need to shift an inch for the drain. Our technicians drain the car where it is. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Wareham Library or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep it off then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Stoborough and anywhere around Dorset on 0333 366 0103.