Connor Downs: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? That one question settles almost everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is around Connor Downs itself or out in Gwithian. Usually this is emptying and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot in Connor Downs — so keep your ignition and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. When your motor has run, pull in safely first, then switch the vehicle off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Anywhere around Cornwall it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Connor Downs forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you opened was not the right one. It could be the Shell, or the Texaco, or a different forecourt around Connor Downs.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays only in the tank.
Do this: stay out of the car, even if the pump wants clearing. Get the attendants to help rolling it into a bay, save the bottle, then ring us right there. Emptying it right at the pump is fine when it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Connor Downs, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used on the drive. Homes just off Connor Hill get caught out as much as everywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent any early move by putting the keys in the house, then ring us. We drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is around Connor Downs or out in Upton Towans. Late-night empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Connor Downs: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading to Truro, under 15 miles away, or simply along Turnpike Road.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a longer run, after the fuel filter and lines have had it. It travels deeper with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next step — then switch everything off. On the M5, over 50 miles from Connor Downs, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Let us hear the mileage covered when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was right beside your diesel. Wherever you happen to be in Cornwall, every driver could slip up.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it's run. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before we get there than after. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Hayle, or near View Over Atlantic Coast Holiday Park? Keep your car off meanwhile.
Connor Downs: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of Connor Downs Academy in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Guildford.
The upshot: the motor is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Firing up your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
Next: act as though it got in, then keep the engine off. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Connor Downs shares these steps
Each situation gets the same opening to the work. We come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Turnpike Inn or a side street near Marks & Spencer, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your engine has been run. On the phone, before anything else, you hear the quote, and those answers shape the work too.
Then the tank is drained and the system purged 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 does not rinse out on its own. Then is your filter — cleaned, or swapped when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our engineers leave. We do the whole job where the car is, and lasting damage is very unusual 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. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Connor Downs, for a moment
Connor Downs is a small coastal village in Cornwall, situated near the towns of Upton Towans and Angarrack, with Gwinear also nearby. Connor Downs has a population of around 1011 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Connor Downs sits at an elevation of 65 metres, approximately 14.9 miles from Truro, the nearest city. Connor Downs is located in the South West region of England, about 245.9 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across Cornwall, Connor Downs included
Angarrack and Gwinear have the same teams as Connor Downs, a coastal village, along with other places over TR postcodes. Fastest of all: a TR27 5 postcode to show where you stand.
No moving is needed, whether parked in the centre of Connor Downs or on a lay-by en route to Hayle Rugby Football Club, and so keep it put. Wherever it sits, that's where it is emptied. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to St Gwinear or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your scenario, in one line
Where it hasn't run, phone then leave it that way. Run already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, across Connor Downs and Cornwall, on 0333 366 0103.