--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Storrington: What Now canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/storrington-west-sussex/ location: Storrington county: West Sussex latitude: 50.917800 longitude: -0.454090 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-03 --- # What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Storrington What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it got in. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Storrington itself or out in Smock Alley. Usually this is draining and properly rinsing it right there in Storrington — so keep your ignition and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. Where the engine has run, stop safely straight away, then turn it off. A larger job, then, but the identical opening step. Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around West Sussex it happened. ## At the pump around Storrington: AdBlue in a diesel The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you are standing at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It might be the Power, or perhaps the Esso, or another forecourt in Storrington. Put simply: there is no better spot to be to discover it. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just in your tank. What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear is cleared right at the petrol pump. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Storrington drive? Several days had gone by with the dash light on. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Just off North Street is not different from any other place. Put simply: if your car has not been driven since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the forecourt. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles low in your tank and stays. A night standing changes nothing. Keep the keys in the house overnight — otherwise a person might drive it off at breakfast — then call us. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it in Storrington or Sullington Warren. Late-night empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise. ## Storrington: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel? Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. High Street, perhaps, or the way to Brighton and Hove — a run of under 25 miles. Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue up. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a longer trip, once the fuel filter and lines have had it. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper. Stop somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch everything off. Services further along are too far: on the M23, under 25 miles out of Storrington, take the next junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it gone? Say so as you call. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank You've had this car barely a week. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. Across West Sussex, no one is safe from it. What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle. Settling it before the van turn up is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Pulborough, or by Storrington Chapel, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off. ## Storrington: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Look familiar? The gates of Storrington Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Abingworth. Meaning? Spills around the inlet never reach your engine at all. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank. Next: assume it went in, and keep the motor off. Ring and give what you saw: we'd sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after the engine has been run. ## The common ground in every Storrington AdBlue drain Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three questions are asked once our technicians reach the car — on a filling station, a drive, a road by Storrington Library or the car park at The Moon: the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. On the phone, before anything else, you are told the quote, and those replies decide the job too. Draining your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, however long you wait. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. Where the motor hasn't run, allow about half an hour on site, for most cases. Our technicians start the engine at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while we confirm it is running smoothly, and then we leave. If it is caught early, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Payment is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way. ## About Storrington, for a moment Storrington is a village situated in the riverside setting of the River Adur in West Sussex, with an elevation of around 40 metres. Storrington lies approximately 43 miles south of London and 15 miles north of Brighton and Hove, near neighbouring areas such as Sullington Warren and Sullington. Storrington has a population of around 1943 residents, with a predominance of flat-type housing. Storrington is surrounded by a mix of rural and suburban landscapes, including the nearby settlement of Cootham. ## AdBlue drains around Storrington, and across West Sussex too Cootham and Sullington have the same teams as Storrington, a village, plus further towns throughout RH postcodes. A postcode starting RH20 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are. No moving is required, whether stopped centrally in Storrington or on a lay-by en route to Sullington Parish Hall Park, and so keep it where it is. The drain is done right there. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near Nifty Art Gallery or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing. ## Your scenario, in one line If it has not run, phone and leave it off. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Storrington or anywhere in West Sussex.