AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sturminster Marshall: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it got in. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle sits — Sturminster Marshall or Combe Almer. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where the car stands around Sturminster Marshall. When your motor has been run, stop somewhere safe first, then turn the vehicle off. Step one stays the same, even though the job grows.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Dorset it happened.
At the petrol pump in Sturminster Marshall: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the cap you took off was not the right one. Somewhere in Sturminster Marshall, then — Esso, BP, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still inside your tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the car is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the receipt. Emptying it right at the petrol pump is fine when it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Sturminster Marshall, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Bought a container, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, too late. Drives near High Close get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles low inside that tank and waits. A night standing alters none of that.
Next: stop any early move by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is around Sturminster Marshall or out in Newton Peveril. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Sturminster Marshall?
Filled up, drove away, and before long your motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe driving to Salisbury, under 25 miles away, or simply down Reeves Orchard.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Mileage sets how far it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe spot, pull in, then switch the engine off. On the M27, under 25 miles from Sturminster Marshall, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've just had this car for days. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet sits just beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Dorset.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, but with an added stage. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because settling it beforehand saves time. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Hamworthy, or beside Walnut tree field? Keep your engine off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Sturminster Marshall?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. It might have been at a friend's drive in Cowgrove, or in a rush outside Sturminster Marshall First School on the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't touch your motor at all. If it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up the car would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in every Sturminster Marshall AdBlue drain
Each situation has the same start to the job. Three things come once our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a road beside Sturminster Marshall Memorial Hall or the car park at The Red Lion: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has run. Replies set the work; the quote comes by phone while no one has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter has been cleaned or replaced, and your car is finally tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Lastly, we start it. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before we go. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is spotted quickly, long-term damage is very unusual. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Sturminster Marshall
Sturminster Marshall is a village in Dorset, situated on the shores of a lake at an elevation of around 25 metres. Sturminster Marshall sits near the villages of Newton Peveril, Henbury, and Shapwick, and is approximately 22 miles from Salisbury. Sturminster Marshall has a population of around 889 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Sturminster Marshall is located in the South West region of England, about 97 miles from London.
AdBlue drains in Sturminster Marshall, and across Dorset too
As a village, Sturminster Marshall has the same vans as the nearby towns — Shapwick, Henbury — all the way across BH postcodes. Giving us your BH21 4 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Bartons Ground or in a car park in the middle of Sturminster Marshall, it does not need to move. Where it sits, that is where it is cleared. Awkward to pin down? By Saint Mary The Virgin or a county line? Asking is better than assuming, so ring.
In one line: your situation
Engine never started: ring, leaving it alone. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Dorset and in Sturminster Marshall — once you stop, turn off and ring, if it's run.