West Fields: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? This one point decides nearly everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around West Fields itself or out in Speen. Leave the engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in West Fields. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Below: the cases our technicians see, anywhere in Berkshire. Choose the one that fits.
West Fields forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Perhaps you are at the Sainsbury's, possibly at the Shell, possibly somewhere else around West Fields.
The point: of all places to notice, this is the best. Still inside your tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Can't move the vehicle beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around West Fields
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used at the drive. It happens on drives just off Oak Drive as commonly as anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle has not moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue waits, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so nobody drives your vehicle off at breakfast. After that, phone. Our engineers drain the car on your drive, whether that's around West Fields or out in Newbury. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in West Fields?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Anywhere along Buckingham Road or else on the road to Winchester — under 25 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. Past the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
Your move: pull up somewhere safe, then turn your engine off. West Fields sits under 5 miles from the M4; there, come off at the first junction instead of pushing on to the services. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Tell us know the mileage covered when you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just had the vehicle for days. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet sits just beside your diesel. Any driver, wherever around Berkshire, might make it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. Keep it off as the reply comes, even if you're waiting at Newbury or close to Newbury Martyrs.
West Fields: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of St Nicolas C.E. Junior School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Skinners Green.
The upshot: your engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue splashed around the filler. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in the tank would be sucked in by starting your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't crank it. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every West Fields AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three questions are asked once we reach your car — on a filling station, a drive, a road beside Newbury Jamme Masjid or the car park at Lamb Inn: the liquid, the amount, and if it has been started. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear our quote, and those replies shape the job too.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
We fire it up last. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running correctly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it is noticed quickly, lasting damage is very unusual. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Many policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About West Fields itself
West Fields is a suburban area in Berkshire, situated on the riverside with an elevation of around 85 metres. West Fields lies near the towns of Newbury and Speenhamland, and is also close to the neighbouring area of East Fields. West Fields is characterized by its predominant housing type, which is flat, and is located approximately 52 miles from London. West Fields is part of the wider area surrounding Winchester, which is about 23 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Berkshire, West Fields included
West Fields is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Speenhamland and East Fields among them, across the RG postcode area. Telling us your RG14 6 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Community Orchards or in a car park in the middle of West Fields, it doesn't need to shift. Where it sits, that's where it gets drained. Assuming doesn't help near ACE Space, close to a border or somewhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
Your situation, in one line
Motor never started: ring, leaving it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around West Fields and anywhere around Berkshire on 0333 366 0103.