AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Lapford: What Now?
All of that hinges on one fact: if your engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Out in Nymet Rowland or right around Lapford, an unrun engine should remain unrun. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine both off. Across Lapford, such a case is generally drained and cleaned where it stands. Pull over the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. A bigger job, yes, yet the same opening move.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever across Devon you happen to be.
At the petrol pump in Lapford: AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Be it Lapford Jet, another forecourt nearby or somewhere else in Lapford, the situation is the same.
Put simply: there is no better spot exists to spot it. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it just to move away from the pump. A few things: a push into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Lapford
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened on the drive. Drives near Moorland View see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: keys indoors, so no one takes the vehicle off at breakfast. Then, phone. Out in Kelland Court or here around Lapford, the drain happens on your driveway. Our pumping kit works quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Lapford?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Prospect Way or heading towards Exeter — under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Distance decides how far it gets: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Stop safely — that is the first job — then switch it off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M5, under 25 miles from Lapford. No trial restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Tell us hear the distance covered as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a car you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Devon, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your 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. Stranded near Lapford Victory Hall or outside the nearest station till the firm answers, the car remains switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Lapford?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Which cap came off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. A hurried stop by the gates of St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School, or a call to a friend in Filleigh: both fit.
Put simply: spillage round the filler does the engine no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. Any AdBlue in the tank would be sucked in by starting your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it did, and never start the engine. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
Lapford: what every AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the case, one start applies. Filling station, driveway, The Old Malt Scoop Inn's car park or a road beside St Thomas of Canterbury — our van reaches the vehicle, and three questions come next: which liquid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Replies shape the work; the quote comes by phone while nobody has left yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after the drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Finally come the filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. Where the motor has not run, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
Last, we start the engine. Before we head off, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is noticed quickly, permanent damage is very rare. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Lapford, for a moment
Lapford is a small village situated on the banks of a river in Devon, with a mix of terraced housing and other types of homes. Lapford sits at an elevation of around 128 metres, approximately 15 miles northwest of Exeter. Lapford is close to nearby places such as Kelland Court and Lapford Cross, and is surrounded by the rolling countryside of the South West. Lapford has a population of around 553 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains around Lapford and across Devon
Lapford is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Lapford Cross and Eastington among them, across the EX postcode area. A postcode starting EX17 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Kelland Wood or in a car park in the middle of Lapford, it does not need to move. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it is. Awkward to pin down? Close to Congregational Church or a border? Checking is better than guessing, so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Started by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, across Lapford and Devon, on 0333 366 0103.