Lamanva: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has the motor run since the AdBlue was put in? This single question settles almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Lamanva itself or out in Budock Water. Leave the motor and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Lamanva. When the engine has been run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch the vehicle off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical opening move.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere around Cornwall you happen to be.
At the petrol pump in Lamanva: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you're standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Anywhere around Lamanva, then — Asda, Gulf, or somewhere else nearby.
The point: of every spot to notice, this is the best. Just that tank holds AdBlue; not one component past it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and start the vehicle to clear the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
At home around Lamanva with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the drive. It happens on drives just off Hillhead Road as frequently as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: the keys in the house, so nobody takes your vehicle off at breakfast. Then, ring. Your driveway is where it gets drained, whether around Lamanva or Treverva. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road around Lamanva with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Maybe heading to Truro, under 10 miles away, or just along No Mans' Land Road.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Through the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, then turn the motor off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M5, over 50 miles from Lamanva. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far did it go? Tell us when you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this car barely a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. Wherever you are in Cornwall, any motorist could be caught.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts too — run or not — plus one further step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it early saves time. Stuck by Treverva Village Hall or outside Penryn till the firm replies, your car stays switched off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Lamanva?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. A faint ammonia whiff lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at Mabe Community Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Mabe Burnthouse.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to your motor. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting your car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: act as though it got in, and keep the motor off. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier result than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Lamanva AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Anywhere the car is — the pub in the village's car park, a road by St Laud, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and whether your engine has been run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you hear the price, and those answers decide the job too.
Draining your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, however long you wait. Clean diesel is put in once the filter is flushed or changed, and the car is finally checked. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Last, our technicians fire it up. Our test that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon if it has been spotted soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Lamanva
Lamanva is a small coastal hamlet in Cornwall, situated near the city of Truro and overlooking the surrounding countryside from an elevation of 101 metres. Lamanva is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is located close to other nearby places such as Treverva, Antron, and Trenoweth. Lamanva remains a quiet residential community with a population of around 578 people.
AdBlue drains about Lamanva and across Cornwall
Antron and Trenoweth have the identical teams as Lamanva, a rural hamlet, plus other towns over TR postcodes. A postcode starting TR10 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, whether parked in the centre of Lamanva or on a layby heading to Budock Wood, and so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that is where it is cleared. Tricky to pin down? Close to Penwarne or a border? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not run, ring and keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Lamanva and anywhere in Cornwall on 0333 366 0103.