AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Talbot Woods: What Now?
All of that hinges on one fact: if your engine has started since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Talbot Woods itself or out in Talbot Village. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. Across Talbot Woods, that is typically emptied and cleaned where it stands. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever in Dorset you happen to be.
Talbot Woods forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you took off was not the correct one. Be it Sainsbury's, Esso or somewhere else around Talbot Woods, the case is identical.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — and save the receipt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Talbot Woods
For days the dashboard had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. It happens on driveways just off Dunkeld Road as often as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in your tank and stays. One night parked changes none of that.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then ring. Talbot Heath or Talbot Woods: wherever your driveway is, that's where it gets emptied. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Talbot Woods?
Topped up, drove away, and before long your motor was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe it was on Glenferness Avenue, possibly on the way out towards Salisbury, under 25 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the next step — then turn everything off. Service stations further along can wait: from the M27, under 25 miles out of Talbot Woods, use the next junction. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Roughly what distance had it go? Say so as you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just driven the car for days. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be around Dorset, every motorist can be caught.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which turn on if it's run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. If you are stranded in the car park outside Branksome, or by West Hants Club, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Talbot Woods
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of St Mark's Church of England Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Dean Park.
The upshot: the motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the filler. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
Take it that it went in, and never start the key. Phone with what you saw: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than drain one once the engine has been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Talbot Woods shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Parkstone and Heatherlands or a side street close to North Light Studios, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether the engine has been run. Answers set the work; the quote follows on the call while nobody has left yet.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last come the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Where the engine hasn't run, expect about half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Firing it up comes at the end. Before we head off, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. If it is spotted soon, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Talbot Woods, briefly
Talbot Woods is a suburban area located on the south coast of England, in Dorset, with Talbot Woods sitting near the coastline at an elevation of 47 metres. Talbot Woods is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock and is situated near other local areas such as Talbot Heath and Meyrick Park. Talbot Woods is also close to the suburbs of Winton and is within commuting distance of Salisbury, which is 23.5 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Dorset, Talbot Woods included
Talbot Woods is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Meyrick Park and Winton among them, across the BH postcode area. A postcode starting BH3 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Talbot Woods or in a layby en route to West Hants Club, and so keep it put. The drain is done on the spot. Awkward to explain? Close to Museum Of Design In Plastics or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
Your scenario, in one line
Where it has not run, phone then leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Talbot Woods and anywhere in Dorset on 0333 366 0103.