What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Burraton Coombe
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has run afterwards. Not run yet? Then leave the vehicle that way, wherever your car is — Burraton Coombe or Trehan. Leave the motor and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Burraton Coombe. Stop the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. It is a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Wherever in Cornwall it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Burraton Coombe forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Anywhere in Burraton Coombe, then — Shell, BP, or anywhere else close by.
The upshot: of all places to notice, this is the best. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to move away from the pump. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle is in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then keep the receipt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, and so we can drain it in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Burraton Coombe
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Right off Yellow Tor Road is no less likely from anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: keys in the house, so no one takes the vehicle off first thing. Then, ring. Your drive is where it is drained, be it around Burraton Coombe or Latchbrook. Our pumping kit runs quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Burraton Coombe: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Somewhere on Yellow Tor Court or else heading to Plymouth — under 5 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Past the filter, through the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, and switch the engine off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M5, under 50 miles from Burraton Coombe. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to find out. About how far had it gone? Say so when you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week back, the car was new to you. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue cap sits just beside your diesel. Any driver, wherever across Cornwall, might make it.
The point: just as above, split by if it ran, only with one added step. The owner frequently needs to approve any work, under plenty of rental and company agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. If you're stranded in the car park outside Saltash, or by Burraton Community Centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Burraton Coombe
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. It might have been on a friend's drive in South Pill, or rushing by Burraton Community Primary School on the school run.
The point: your motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Firing up the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn the key. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one once it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
Every AdBlue drain around Burraton Coombe shares these steps
Every situation has the same start to the job. Forecourt, drive, The Ploughboy's car park or a road beside Burraton Methodist Church — our van comes to your car, and three questions follow: which liquid, what quantity, and whether it ran. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those replies shape the job too.
Then the tank is cleared and your system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Then is the fuel filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of the car. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes last. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our technicians head off. Lasting damage is very unusual when it is noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where your car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Burraton Coombe and where it is
Burraton Coombe is a suburban area in Cornwall, situated near the coast and approximately 4.9 miles from Plymouth. Burraton Coombe has a population of around 5212 people and is characterised by semi-detached housing. Burraton Coombe sits at an elevation of 53 metres, looking out towards the sea. Burraton Coombe is close to nearby places such as Latchbrook, St Stephens, and Forder.
AdBlue drains round Burraton Coombe and across Cornwall
Throughout PL postcodes, the teams serving Burraton Coombe — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, St Stephens and Forder among them. A postcode starting PL12 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Tincombe Park, or bang in the heart of Burraton Coombe, the car stays put — there's no need to shift it at all. Wherever it sits, that is where it is emptied. If you are somewhere hard to describe, close to St Stephen's Church or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
In one line: your scenario
Unstarted? Leave it that way then phone. Run already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever case, across Burraton Coombe and Cornwall, on 0333 366 0103.