--- title: What Now? AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Waterlooville canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/waterlooville-hampshire/ location: Waterlooville county: Hampshire latitude: 50.879250 longitude: -1.032230 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-03 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Waterlooville: What Now? What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the motor has run since it got in. Wherever the car stands — Purbrook Heath, Waterlooville — don't start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor still off. Across Waterlooville, such a case is typically emptied and cleaned where it stands. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical first move. Below: the cases we meet, anywhere around Hampshire. Choose the one that fits. ## Waterlooville forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump Only at this point, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Anywhere around Waterlooville, then — Shell, Asda, or anywhere else close by. The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Still in that tank, and nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is. Freeing the pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain it in place. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Waterlooville drive? Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Bought a container, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, too late. Houses just off London Road get caught out as often as everywhere else. In short: if the vehicle has not moved since, it's almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that. Next: keys indoors, and so no one takes the vehicle off first thing. Then, ring. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that is in Waterlooville or out in Stakes. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Waterlooville? You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving for Portsmouth, under 10 miles away, or just down Saint George's Walk. What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a bigger trip, once the fuel filter and pipework have had it. More miles, more starts: further it travels. Stop somewhere safe — that is the first step — then turn everything off. Waterlooville sits under a mile from the A3(M); on it, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on for the services. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Let us hear the mileage driven as you call. ## A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank? You've had this car barely a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. Any driver, anywhere around Hampshire, might do the same. Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle. Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Bedhampton, or near Waterlooville Pop up Shop? Leave your car off throughout. ## Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Waterlooville? Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of Berewood Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's driveway out in Soake. The point: your engine is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in your tank. Assume it went in, and don't turn your engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run. ## Waterlooville: what each AdBlue drain has in common Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever your vehicle is — The Denmead Queen's car park, a road beside Saint George's, a driveway, a forecourt — our van gets there and asks for the fluid, the amount, and whether the engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the job. Emptying that tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, however long you wait. Then is your filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where the motor hasn't run, allow roughly half an hour on site, for most cases. Firing it up comes last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it is running correctly, and then we go. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it's noticed soon, long-term damage is very rare. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Many policies include misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over. ## About Waterlooville Waterlooville is a locality in Hampshire, situated near the coast and approximately 6 miles north of Portsmouth. Waterlooville lies at an elevation of around 50 metres, and its proximity to the Solent Strait has influenced its development. Waterlooville is surrounded by nearby places such as Stakes, Purbrook, and Crookhorn, and it is characterized by a predominance of flat housing. Waterlooville is also within commuting distance of London, being around 58 miles to the southwest of the capital. ## AdBlue drains round Waterlooville and across Hampshire Over PO postcodes, the teams serving Waterlooville — a coastal area — reach surrounding towns as well, Purbrook and Crookhorn included. Fastest of all: a PO7 7 postcode for where you stand. No towing is required, whether parked in the centre of Waterlooville or on a lay-by heading to Berewood Town Park, and so keep it where it is. We drain it where it is. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near Waterlooville Library and Learning Centre or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing. ## The one-line version Where it hasn't run, phone then keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Waterlooville and anywhere in Hampshire on 0333 366 0103.