AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Botusfleming, and What to Do Next
All of that hinges on a single fact: whether your engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not run so far? Then leave the car that way, wherever the car is — Botusfleming or Clampit. Leave your engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Botusfleming. Pull over the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has been run. Step one stays the same, even if the job is bigger.
Below: the situations our engineers meet, anywhere around Cornwall. Pick yours.
Botusfleming forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It might be the Texaco, or perhaps the BP, or a different forecourt in Botusfleming.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has drawn any in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will help roll it — and keep the receipt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Botusfleming
Days had passed with the warning light on. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, after the fact. It takes place on drives just off Top Lane as often as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle has not been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. On the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: prevent any early drive by putting your keys indoors, then ring us. Our technicians drain it on your drive, whether that is around Botusfleming or out in Hatt. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Botusfleming: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe it was on Vollards Lane, possibly on the way out towards Plymouth, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. More miles, more starts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. On the M5, under 50 miles from Botusfleming, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. About what distance did it gone? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you are in Cornwall, any motorist can slip up.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. If you're stranded in the car park outside Saltash, or by Botusfleming War Memorial, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Botusfleming
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think so. Which cap came off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. A hurried top-up by the gates of Burraton Community Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Trematon: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the engine. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting your car will suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave your motor off. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank checked is a better result than a run one emptied.
Each AdBlue drain around Botusfleming shares these steps
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come when our technicians reach your car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a street beside St Mary or the car park outside The Cardinals Hatt: the fluid, the quantity, and if it has been started. Those replies decide this work, and you hear the price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits build up and certain metals are attacked, and none of that rinses away unaided. Last are the filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the vehicle. Where your engine has not run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Last, we fire it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running smoothly, and then we go. When it is caught soon, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Payment comes that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your documents while you wait pays.
About Botusfleming and where it is
Botusfleming is a small village in Cornwall, situated near the coast and approximately 6 miles from Plymouth. Botusfleming has a population of around 520 people and is characterised by detached housing. Botusfleming sits at an elevation of 54 metres, overlooking the surrounding countryside and nearby settlements like Hatt and Carkeel.
Botusfleming and Cornwall: AdBlue drains across the area
Carkeel and Notter have the same vans as Botusfleming, a coastal village, along with other towns throughout PL postcodes. Giving us a PL12 6 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Centre of Botusfleming or a lay-by towards Chapel Fields: either way it is, your car never needs to move at all for the drain. Draining happens right there. Assuming won't help near Martyn Monument, on a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Leave the car that way then phone. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Cornwall and in Botusfleming — once you pull over, turn off and ring, if it's run.