AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Dodbrooke: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it went in. Not started so far? Then keep the vehicle that way, wherever your vehicle is — Dodbrooke or Southville. Leave your engine and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Dodbrooke. When the motor has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch it off. Stage one remains the same, even if the work is bigger.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, wherever across Devon. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Dodbrooke forecourt
Only at this point, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Whether Asda Express, Texaco or anywhere else around Dodbrooke, the situation is the same.
The point: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it only to move away from the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that cannot be pushed away is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Dodbrooke
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. Driveways close to Church Close see it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it is close to the forecourt case. On the bottom of your tank is where AdBlue stays, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
Your move: keys in the house, and so nobody takes your car off first thing. Then, ring. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is around Dodbrooke or out in Kingsbridge. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Dodbrooke?
A short way beyond filling up, your engine began playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Windsor Road, say, or the route to Plymouth — a run of under 25 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, after the filter and pipework have had it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. Service stations further on are too far: from the M5, under 50 miles out of Dodbrooke, use the first junction. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the vehicle barely a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets are next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Any driver, wherever around Devon, might do the same.
The point: just as above, split by if it ran, but with an added step. Plenty of hire and fleet contracts need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Settling it before we arrives is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Ivybridge, or by Kingsbridge Evangelical Church, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Dodbrooke
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. Which cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of Kingsbridge Primary School in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in West Alvington.
Put simply: a spill near your filler does your engine no harm. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't fire it up. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain around Dodbrooke has in common
Whatever the situation, a single start applies. Anywhere your vehicle stands — King Of Prussia's car park, a road by Donovan's, a drive, a forecourt — our van arrives and we ask about the fluid, the quantity, and whether your motor has turned over. Those replies determine the work, and you hear the price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Emptying the tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, no matter how long it sits. Then comes your filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Not started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Finally, we fire it up. Our technicians make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel before we leave. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it's noticed quickly, lasting damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy as we travel is worthwhile.
About Dodbrooke, for a moment
Dodbrooke is a suburban area situated on the banks of a river in Devon, with a mix of terraced housing and other residential properties. Dodbrooke lies near the towns of Kingsbridge and Westville, and is close to Ticket Wood, at an elevation of around 11 metres above sea level. Dodbrooke is located approximately 17 miles from Plymouth and 180 miles from London, making it a relatively small community in the South West region. Dodbrooke has a population of around 4539 people, living in a variety of homes, predominantly terraced in style.
AdBlue drains around Dodbrooke, and across Devon too
Westville and Ticket Wood get the same teams as Dodbrooke, a residential suburb, along with further towns over TQ postcodes. Giving us your TQ7 1 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Centre of Dodbrooke or a layby near Duncombe Park: either way it sits, your car never needs to shift at all for the drain. Where it sits, that's where it is emptied. Ring and check rather than guess when you're close to Church of the Sacred Heart, near a border, or anywhere awkward to explain.
The one-line version
Engine never started: phone, and leave it alone. Started already? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, across Dodbrooke and Devon, on 0333 366 0103.