What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Brynsworthy Park
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your engine has run since it was put in. Not run so far? Then keep it like that, whether the vehicle is — Brynsworthy Park or Combrew. Call 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. Across Brynsworthy Park, that is typically emptied and cleaned where it stands. When your engine has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch the vehicle off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever around Devon you happen to be.
At the pump in Brynsworthy Park: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the cap you opened wasn't the right one. It could be the Sainsbury's, or perhaps the BP, or another station around Brynsworthy Park.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one part beyond it has drawn any in.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs freeing. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt safe, so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
At home around Brynsworthy Park with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the driveway. Houses just off Honeysuckle Close get hit as often as everywhere else.
In short: if the vehicle has not moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and stays there, however long the night.
Next: keys in the house, and so nobody takes your car off at breakfast. Then, ring. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's around Brynsworthy Park or out in Roundswell. Late-night empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road in Brynsworthy Park with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was running roughly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Bramble Walk, say, or the way to Exeter — a run of under 50 miles.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in by now. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels deeper with each mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. Brynsworthy Park lies under 50 miles from the M5; there, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. About what distance had it gone? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet sits just next to your diesel. Anywhere you happen to be in Devon, any driver could slip up.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet terms.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it early cuts time. If you're stranded in the car park outside Barnstaple, or by Sticklepath Methodist Church, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Brynsworthy Park?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of Sticklepath Community Primary Academy, or a call to a friend in Sticklepath: either fit.
The point: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. Turning on the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would draw it in.
Take it that it got in, and never start the engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank checked is a better result than a run one emptied.
Every AdBlue drain in Brynsworthy Park shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever your car is — Cedars Inn's car park, a street beside St Paul's Church, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the liquid, the amount, and if your engine has turned over. Those replies decide the work, and you hear the price by phone, before anyone heads out.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of it rinses out unaided. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit after the moment we get there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Before we leave, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been noticed early. 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 while the van travels.
About Brynsworthy Park itself
Brynsworthy Park is a suburban area located inland in Devon, with a mix of detached housing and local amenities. Brynsworthy Park sits at an elevation of 28 metres, near the communities of Roundswell and Brynsworthy. Brynsworthy Park is part of the wider area surrounding Exeter, which is about 34 miles away. Brynsworthy Park has a population of around 5582 residents.
Brynsworthy Park and Devon: AdBlue drains across the area
Brynsworthy and Bickington have the identical vans as Brynsworthy Park, a residential suburb, along with further towns throughout EX postcodes. Telling us your EX31 3 postcode pins you quickest of all.
No moving is needed, be it stopped centrally in Brynsworthy Park or in a layby en route to Queen Elizabeth 2 Playing Field, so keep it where it is. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it is. Awkward to explain? By Mill Road or a border? Checking is better than assuming, and so ring.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Run by now: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, within Brynsworthy Park or wherever across Devon.