Wannock: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it got in. Out in Polegate or right in Wannock, an unstarted engine must stay that way. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. Across Wannock, that is generally emptied and flushed on the spot. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in East Sussex it happened.
At the petrol pump around Wannock: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you took off wasn't the correct one. It could be the Esso, or the BP, or a different forecourt around Wannock.
In short: there is no better spot exists to spot it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up just to move away from the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then ring us right there. Can't move the car by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, so we can drain the car where it is.
At home in Wannock with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened on the driveway. Driveways near Wannock Lane get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. On the floor of the tank is where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may take it off at breakfast — and phone us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's in Wannock or out in Foulride Green. The pumping kit runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Wannock?
Filled up, drove away, and before long your engine was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Anywhere on Jevington Road or else on the road to Brighton and Hove — under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. Mileage decides how deep it gets: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then switch your engine off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M23, under 50 miles from Wannock. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Call us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week ago, it was new to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is right next to your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in East Sussex.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and company contracts.
Settling it before the van turn up is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded by Wannock Village Hall or outside Polegate until someone replies, the car stays switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Wannock?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Willingdon Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Willingdon.
The upshot: the engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the filler. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Turning on the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
Next: assume it got in, and leave your engine off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Wannock has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever the car stands — The British Queen's car park, a road by St Wilfrid, a drive, a filling station — the van gets there and asks about the fluid, the quantity, and whether your engine has been run. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
Then your tank is drained and the fuel system purged 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. Clean diesel goes in once the filter has been flushed or replaced, and the car is finally checked. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians get there.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Before our engineers leave, it's tested to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. If it's caught soon, the vehicle very seldom has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Check your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Wannock and where it is
Wannock is a small village in East Sussex, situated inland at an elevation of 24 metres, and is located near the towns of Lower Willingdon and Filching. Wannock has a population of around 1452 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Wannock is close to the South Downs and is within commuting distance of Brighton and Hove, which is approximately 16.6 miles away. Wannock is also about 50.7 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Wannock and across East Sussex
Wannock is a rural village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Lower Willingdon and Filching among them, across the BN postcode area. A postcode starting BN26 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, whether parked centrally in Wannock or on a lay-by en route to Diplocks Wood, so leave it where it is. Wherever it stands, that's where it is cleared. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near Polegate Windmill or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your scenario, in one line
If it hasn't run, phone and keep it off. Run already: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Wannock or anywhere across East Sussex.