Coleford: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? This single question settles nearly everything about what comes next. Out in Copplestone or right around Coleford, an unstarted engine must remain unrun. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where the vehicle stands around Coleford. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, then, yet the same opening step.
Wherever in Devon it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
On a Coleford forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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 could be the Shell, or the Tesco, or a different station in Coleford.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, this is the best. Still in that tank, with no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to free up the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a space — the staff will help push it — and save the receipt. Can't move it beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Coleford drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Drives close to Rowes Orchard see it as much as any other street.
Meaning? Provided your car has not been driven since, it is second to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: stop an early move by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. Out in Penstone or right here in Coleford, the draining happens at your driveway. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Coleford?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Ford Hill, maybe on the way out towards Exeter, under 15 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue up. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. On the M5, under 15 miles from Coleford, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to check. Call us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a motor you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are next to each other here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Anywhere you happen to be in Devon, every motorist can be caught.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Any work on your car often requires the owner's approval under hire or company terms.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, since sorting it beforehand cuts time. Stuck near St Andrew's or outside Copplestone until the firm replies, your vehicle stays switched off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Coleford?
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. Which cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. A rushed stop by the gates of Copplestone Primary School, or a call to a friend in Yeoford: both fits.
In short: spillage round the filler does your motor no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the vehicle would suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank checked counts as a happier result than an already-run one drained.
Coleford: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same opening to the job. Wherever the car is — The New Inn's car park, a street by Colebrooke Parish Hall, a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the fluid, the quantity, and whether your engine has turned over. Those answers determine this work, and you hear the price by phone, before anybody heads out.
Then that tank is cleared and the 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, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next is the fuel filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Starting the car comes last. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers head off. Lasting damage is very unusual if it is caught soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Coleford itself
Coleford is a small village in Devon, situated inland at an elevation of 81 metres, approximately 10.5 miles from Exeter. Coleford is surrounded by nearby places such as Penstone, Colebrooke, and Knowle, and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing. Coleford remains a quiet, rural community with a population of around 509 residents. Coleford is located in the South West region of England, about 164.2 miles from London.
Coleford and Devon: AdBlue drains across the area
Coleford is a rural village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Colebrooke and Knowle among them, across the EX postcode area. A postcode starting EX17 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped heading to Five Acre Copse, or right in the centre of Coleford, the vehicle stays put — there's no need to move it at all. The drain happens on the spot. Awkward to explain? Close to Colebrooke House or a border? Asking beats assuming, and so phone.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Run by now: stop, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Coleford or anywhere in Devon.