AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bradworthy: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your engine has been run since it got in. Wherever your car is — Sutcombemill, Bradworthy — never start a motor that has not run yet. Leave the motor and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Bradworthy. Where the motor has run, pull in safely straight away, then turn the car off. Step one stays the same, even if the job is bigger.
Compare what happened to a situation from the ones below, anywhere around Devon you are.
At the pump around Bradworthy: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the filler you opened wasn't the correct one. It could be the the nearest petrol station, or the another forecourt nearby, or a different forecourt around Bradworthy.
The point: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn any in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Three jobs: a push into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
Bradworthy, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Bought a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, too late. Right off North Road is no less likely from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue settles to the base in that tank and waits. A night parked alters nothing.
Next: the keys indoors, and so nobody takes your vehicle off at breakfast. After that, phone. Out in Kimworthy or here around Bradworthy, the draining is done at your driveway. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Bradworthy: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Perhaps it was on St Peters Well Lane, possibly on the way out towards Plymouth, under 50 miles away.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue in already. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: pick a safe spot, pull in, and switch your engine off. Bradworthy lies under 50 miles from the M5; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. About how far had it go? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Throughout Devon, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. The owner often needs to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside the nearest station, or near St John the Baptist? Leave your car off meanwhile.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Bradworthy
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. A faint ammonia whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Bradworthy Primary Academy, or on a friend's drive in Sutcombe.
The point: the engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the car will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and never start the key. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain in Bradworthy shares these steps
No matter the situation, a single opening applies. Wherever the car stands — Bradworthy Inn's car park, a road by War Memorial, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been run. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear the quote, and those answers shape the work too.
Emptying the tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. Next is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where the engine has not run, allow roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Starting it comes last. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before we leave. Long-term damage is very unusual if it's spotted early, and the whole job is done where your car is. Payment is on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Bradworthy, briefly
Bradworthy is a village in Devon, situated on the banks of a river in the rolling countryside of the South West region. Bradworthy sits at an elevation of 184 metres, surrounded by nearby places such as Kimworthy, Dinworthy, and Redmonsford. Bradworthy has a population of approximately 724 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Bradworthy is located 38.2 miles from Plymouth and 189.0 miles from London.
Bradworthy and Devon: AdBlue drains across the area
As a village, Bradworthy has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Redmonsford, Dinworthy — right across EX postcodes. A postcode starting EX22 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Northmoor Plantation or in a car park in the middle of Bradworthy, it doesn't need to shift. Our engineers drain the car where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near St Andrew's Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, in one line
If it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Bradworthy and anywhere in Devon on 0333 366 0103.