What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Combe Pafford
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your engine has been started since. Out in St Marychurch or here in Combe Pafford, an unrun engine must remain unrun. Usually this is draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot in Combe Pafford — so keep your key and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, then, yet the same opening move.
Further down: the situations our technicians see, anywhere around Devon. Pick yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Combe Pafford forecourt
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. It could be the the nearest petrol station, or the Esso, or a different forecourt in Combe Pafford.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Just your tank has AdBlue; not one component past it has drawn any in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Three jobs: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Combe Pafford drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it was just by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Houses just off Combe Lane get caught out as much as anywhere else.
The upshot: zero driving since leaves this nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. At the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. We drain it on your drive, whether that is in Combe Pafford or out in Watcombe. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Combe Pafford?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a short way after the fill. Greenway Close, say, or the way towards Exeter — a run of under 25 miles.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that's the first job — then turn it off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M5, under 15 miles from Combe Pafford. It will not have cleared, so there's no sense starting it again to check. About how far did it gone? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've just driven the vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Devon.
The point: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, only with one added step. The owner often needs to approve any work, under plenty of hire and company contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we arrive than after. Keep the car off as the reply comes, even if you're waiting at Torre or close to Acorn Centre.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Combe Pafford?
Honestly, the best answer might be that you think so. What cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School, or on a friend's drive in Plainmoor.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to your engine. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in the tank would be drawn in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it got in, and leave your engine off. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it has been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
What each AdBlue drain around Combe Pafford has in common
Every situation gets the same start to the job. Filling station, driveway, Crown and Sceptre's car park or a road by The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions follow: what fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. Those answers decide the work, and you get the quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits form and some metals corrode, and neither rinses away unaided. Fresh diesel goes in after the filter is cleaned or replaced, and the car is then checked. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Last, our engineers start it. Our technicians check it runs properly on new diesel before leaving. When it is caught quickly, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Combe Pafford itself
Combe Pafford is a suburban area in Devon, situated near the coast and approximately 16 miles from Exeter. Combe Pafford sits at an elevation of 67 metres, with nearby places including Watcombe, Hele, and Barton. Combe Pafford has a population of around 7210 people, predominantly living in terraced housing. Combe Pafford is located in the South West region of England, about 163.9 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Combe Pafford, and across Devon too
Combe Pafford is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Hele and Barton among them, across the TQ postcode area. Your location comes clearest from a postcode beginning TQ2 8.
Centre of Combe Pafford or a layby towards Barton Downs: either way it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for us. Draining is done right there. Ring and check instead of guessing when you are close to Barton Baptist Church, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your situation
Where it has not run, phone then leave it that way. Run already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, across Combe Pafford and Devon, on 0333 366 0103.