--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Tricketts Cross? Next Steps canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/tricketts-cross-dorset/ location: Tricketts Cross county: Dorset latitude: 50.807700 longitude: -1.874180 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-21 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tricketts Cross, and What to Do Next What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it was put in. Out in Ameysford or here in Tricketts Cross, an unrun motor must remain unrun. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, done right where the vehicle sits in Tricketts Cross. Already started? Pull over once safe, then switch everything off. A larger job, then, but the same first step. Wherever in Dorset it happened, one of the cases below fits yours. ## At the petrol pump in Tricketts Cross: AdBlue in a diesel Imagine it: stood by the pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the filler you took off was not the right one. Anywhere in Tricketts Cross, then — Sainsbury's, Texaco, or somewhere else nearby. The point: of all places to find out, this is the best. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue sits just inside your tank. Do this: stay out of the car, however much the pump needs clearing. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Tricketts Cross drive? For days the dashboard had been warning you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened on the driveway. Driveways close to Turbary Road see it as much as anywhere. What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and waits. A night standing alters none of that. Next: keys indoors, so no one drives your vehicle anywhere first thing. Then, phone. Your drive is where it is emptied, be it around Tricketts Cross or St Leonards Farm Park. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night. ## Tricketts Cross: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel? Topped up, drove away, and before long your motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe heading for Salisbury, under 25 miles away, or simply down Dugdell Close. Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Past the filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further. What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Tricketts Cross sits under 15 miles from the M27; there, come off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the mileage driven when you ring. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car You have had this vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere in Dorset, could do the same. What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle. Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park outside Bournemouth, or beside Hope Church Ferndown? Leave your car off throughout. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Tricketts Cross "I think so" is sometimes as honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's drive in Dudsbury, or rushing by Oakhurst Community First School on the school run. In short: spillage round the filler leaves your motor unharmed. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank. Assume it got in, and never start the engine. Phone with the details: we would sooner find a clean tank than empty one once your motor has been run. ## The common ground in every Tricketts Cross AdBlue drain Whatever the case, a single opening applies. Anywhere the vehicle stands — The White Heather's car park, a street by Heatherlands Centre, a driveway, a forecourt — the van arrives and asks for the fluid, the quantity, plus if the motor has been run. Those replies decide the work, and you get the quote on the phone, before anybody sets off. AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter is cleaned or replaced, and the car is finally tested. Never started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs. The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. When it's caught early, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies. ## About Tricketts Cross and where it is Tricketts Cross is a village in Dorset, situated near the River Stour and surrounded by countryside. Tricketts Cross has a mix of housing types, but terraced houses are particularly prevalent. Tricketts Cross is located near several other settlements, including Ferndown and West Moors, and is close to St Leonards Farm Park. Tricketts Cross is approximately 18.5 miles from Salisbury and 89.8 miles from London. ## AdBlue drains around Tricketts Cross, and across Dorset too Being a village, Tricketts Cross has the same vans as the surrounding towns — West Moors, Ferndown — all the way across BH postcodes. Fastest of all: a BH22 8 postcode for your location. Centre of Tricketts Cross or a layby towards Ford Lane Recreation Ground: either way it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to shift at all for the drain. Draining is done right there. Awkward to explain? Close to Pinehurst Community Church or a border? Asking is better than guessing, so ring. ## Your situation, summed up If it hasn't run, phone and keep it off. Run already: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Tricketts Cross or wherever in Dorset.