AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Glenholt: What Now?
One thing counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Glenholt itself or out in Estover. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where your car sits in Glenholt. When your engine has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch the car off. Step one remains unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Further down: the situations we see, anywhere in Devon. Pick the one that fits.
At the pump in Glenholt: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It might be the Tesco, or the Asda, or another station in Glenholt.
Put simply: no better place to be to spot it. Only the tank holds AdBlue; not one component past it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Glenholt drive?
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. Driveways near Glenfield Road see it as much as any other street.
In short: if the car has not been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles to the base inside your tank and waits. A night parked changes nothing.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody takes the vehicle anywhere at breakfast. Then, ring. Out in Derriford or here in Glenholt, the drain is done at your drive. Night-time drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Glenholt?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe it was on Plymbridge Road, possibly on the way out towards Plymouth, under 5 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a longer trip, once the fuel filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn your motor off. Exit at the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M5, under 50 miles from Glenholt. It will not have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to check. Call, saying how far the vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits just next to the diesel. Any driver, wherever in Devon, could do it.
The upshot: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added stage. The owner often has to sign off the work, under many hire and fleet agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Leave it switched off while the answer arrives, whether you are waiting outside Plymouth or near St Anne.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Glenholt
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried stop by the gates of Thornbury Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Widewell: both fits.
The point: your engine is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and never start the engine. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clean tank looked at is a better outcome than a run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain around Glenholt has in common
Each situation gets the same start to the job. We come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The Abbots Way Bar and Grill or a side street near Drama Theatre, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has run. Those answers settle the work, and you hear the price by phone, before anybody sets off.
Draining your tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, however long it sits. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Not started? In that case about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Our engineers start the car at the end. Before we leave, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it is caught quickly, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Glenholt and where it is
Glenholt is a suburban area located inland in Devon, approximately 4.1 miles from Plymouth, and sits at an elevation of 141 metres. Glenholt is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is situated near other local places such as Derriford and Woolwell. Glenholt has a population of around 2869 residents and is part of the wider Plymouth urban area. Glenholt is also relatively distant from London, at 188.6 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Devon, Glenholt included
As a residential suburb, Glenholt shares its vans with the nearby places — Bickleigh Down, Woolwell — right through PL postcodes. A postcode starting PL6 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Bircham Valley or in a car park in the middle of Glenholt, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that's where it gets cleared. Phone and check rather than guess if you are close to University Sports Centre, on a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your situation
Motor never started: phone, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Glenholt and anywhere across Devon on 0333 366 0103.