AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Carey Park, and What to Do Next
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 got in. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle that way, wherever your car is — Carey Park or Porthallow. Leave the motor and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Carey Park. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, wherever around Cornwall you are.
Carey Park forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Be it Texaco, another forecourt nearby or anywhere else around Carey Park, the case is identical.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. No pump has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays only in that tank.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. Ring us from the forecourt after the vehicle is in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Carey Park
For days the dashboard had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Right off Carey Park is not less likely from anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since leaves this nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. On the floor of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. In Brent or here in Carey Park, the drain is done at your drive. The pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Carey Park: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Maybe driving to Plymouth, under 25 miles away, or just along Coolbeg Close.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Distance sets how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. Service stations further along are too far: from the M5, under 50 miles out of Carey Park, take the next junction. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to find out. Roughly how far had it gone? Say so when you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only had the car for days. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever around Cornwall, might do it.
The upshot: just as above, divided by if it ran, only with an added step. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stuck in the car park outside Looe, or by Polperro Heritage Museum of Smuggling & Fishing, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Carey Park?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. Too light, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Polperro Primary Academy, or on a friend's drive in Talland.
Put simply: spillage near the filler leaves the motor unharmed. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: behave as though it did, and don't start your motor. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain around Carey Park has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Anywhere the vehicle is — Crumplehorn Inn's car park, a road beside Polperro Village Hall, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks about the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been run. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told the price, and those replies shape the work too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Finally are the filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Where the engine hasn't run, allow about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Starting the car comes at the end. Before our engineers go, it's checked to confirm it runs correctly on new diesel. If it is caught quickly, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Carey Park itself
Carey Park is a small village in Cornwall, situated on the coast with views out to sea. Carey Park sits at an elevation of 114 metres, looking out over the surrounding countryside. Carey Park is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its role as a residential community. Carey Park is located near several other small settlements, including Brent, Crumplehorn, and Polperro.
AdBlue drains across Cornwall, Carey Park included
Carey Park is a coastal village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Crumplehorn and Polperro among them, across the PL postcode area. A postcode starting PL13 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Chapel Cliff or in a car park in the middle of Carey Park, it does not need to shift. We drain the car where it sits. Awkward to pin down? By Caroline Rowett or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Keep the car that way then ring. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Carey Park and anywhere across Cornwall on 0333 366 0103.