Warsash: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your engine run since the AdBlue was put in? That one point settles almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Warsash itself or out in Hook. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine both off. Across Warsash, that is typically drained and flushed where it stands. When the engine has been run, stop somewhere safe first, then turn the car off. Stage one stays the same, even if the work grows.
Anywhere across Hampshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Warsash forecourt
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the right one. It could be the Esso, or perhaps the BP, or a different station around Warsash.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Still in your tank, with no fuel pulled through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and start the vehicle to clear the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand rolling it into a bay, save the bottle, then phone us right there. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain it where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Warsash
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Homes just off Warsash Road are caught out as often as anywhere else.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle has not been driven since, it's second to the forecourt case. At the floor of that tank is where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody takes your car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your driveway is where it gets drained, be it around Warsash or Newtown. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Warsash?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Osborne Road, maybe on the way out towards Southampton, under 10 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. 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.
Next: pick a safe spot, pull in, then switch the engine off. Services further on can wait: on the M27, under 3 miles out of Warsash, take the first junction. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Call, saying what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have had the vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever in Hampshire, might do it.
Meaning? Whichever case above applies here — run or not — and one extra step. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we turn up is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Hamble, or by St Marys, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Warsash?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy, or on a friend's drive in Hamble-le-Rice.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to the engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Take it that it went in, and don't turn your key. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Warsash AdBlue drain
No matter the situation, one opening applies. Three things come once our engineers arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a road by Priory Church of St. Andrew the Apostle or the car park outside The Silver Fern: the liquid, the quantity, and if it has run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies shape the work.
Emptying that tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Fresh diesel goes in after your filter has been flushed or changed, and your car is finally checked. Not started? In that case about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. Before our technicians head off, it is checked to make sure it runs smoothly on new diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it's caught early, long-term damage is very uncommon. Paying is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Warsash, briefly
Warsash is a coastal village in Hampshire, situated near the mouth of the River Hamble and close to the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth. Warsash has a population of around 2385 people and is characterised by detached housing. Warsash sits at an elevation of 16 metres, looking out over the Solent Strait towards the Isle of Wight. Warsash is located near other small communities such as Newtown and Fleetend.
Warsash and Hampshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Fleetend and Hook Park Estate get the same vans as Warsash, a coastal village, along with other places throughout SO postcodes. Fastest of all: a SO31 9 postcode to show where you stand.
No towing is needed, whether parked in the centre of Warsash or in a lay-by heading to Strawberry Field, and so leave it where it is. Our van drains it in place. If you are somewhere hard to describe, close to Hamble Village Memorial Hall or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off then call. Run already: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Warsash or anywhere across Hampshire.