What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Woodlands
All of it turns on one fact: whether the motor has been run since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Tichborne, Woodlands — never run a motor that has not been started yet. Leave the motor and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Woodlands. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn it off. It is a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere across Hampshire you are.
On a Woodlands forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you opened was not the correct one. Whether Shell, Murco or somewhere else in Woodlands, the case is identical.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to spot it. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has taken any in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Woodlands drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Driveways close to Drove Lane get it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the pump. On the floor of your tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
Keep your keys indoors overnight — otherwise a person may drive it off first thing — then call us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Woodlands or out in New Alresford. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Woodlands: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way beyond filling up, the motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Anywhere along The Avenue or on the road to Winchester — under 10 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, and switch your motor off. Woodlands lies under 5 miles from the M3; there, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had the vehicle barely a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Hampshire.
In short: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which depend on if it's run. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it beforehand saves time. If you are stuck in the car park outside Winchester, or by Alresford Methodist Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Woodlands?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. 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. A hurried stop by the gates of Sun Hill Infant and Preschool, or a call to a friend in Old Alresford: either fit.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the engine. In your 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 that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked is a happier result than a run one emptied.
The common ground in every Woodlands AdBlue drain
Whatever the case, one start applies. We come to the vehicle, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Running Horse or a side street close to Alresford Community Centre, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether the motor has run. Replies set the job; the quote follows on the call while no one has set off yet.
Then your tank is emptied and your system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next is your filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where the motor has not run, allow about half an hour on site, for most cases.
Finally, we start the car. With new diesel in, it runs while we confirm it is running properly, and then we leave. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it is spotted quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Woodlands and where it is
Woodlands is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Hampshire, with an elevation of 83 metres and a population of around 1500 residents. Woodlands is located near the city of Winchester, approximately 6 miles away, and is also close to nearby places such as New Alresford, Ovington, and Itchen Stoke. Woodlands has a mix of housing types, but semi-detached homes are the most predominant. Woodlands is about 53.9 miles from London, making it a commuter-friendly location.
AdBlue drains across Hampshire, Woodlands included
Woodlands is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Ovington and Itchen Stoke among them, across the SO postcode area. Quickest of all: a SO24 9 postcode for where you stand.
Centre of Woodlands or a lay-by near Daniel Green Wood: wherever it is, your car doesn't need to move at all for this drain. The drain is done on the spot. Ring and check instead of guessing if you're close to Saint John the Baptist, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your situation
Engine never started: ring, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Woodlands and anywhere around Hampshire on 0333 366 0103.