Lifton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor run since the AdBlue was put in? That one question settles nearly everything about what comes next. Over in Carzantic or here in Lifton, an unstarted motor must stay unrun. Normally this means emptying and properly rinsing it right there around Lifton — so keep the key and motor off then call 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has already run. A bigger job, yes, yet the same first step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Devon it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Lifton forecourt
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you're standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Whether Tesco, BP or somewhere else around Lifton, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Just the tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
At home around Lifton with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit all week. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. It takes place on drives just off New Road as frequently as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not moved since, it is close to the pump case. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in your tank and waits. One night standing alters nothing.
Next: prevent any early-morning drive by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. Out in Tinhay or right here in Lifton, the draining happens at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Lifton?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was turning roughly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Somewhere on Fore Street or else heading to Plymouth — under 25 miles away.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue up. Through your filter, along the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the injection pump and each injector. It travels further with each extra mile driven and each restart.
Pull in safely — that is the first job — then switch everything off. Service stations further along are too far: on the M5, under 50 miles out of Lifton, use the first junction. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, the car was new to you. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is just by the diesel cap — news to you. Wherever you are around Devon, any motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under many hire and company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, because settling it early cuts time. Leave the car switched off while the reply arrives, even if you're parked at Gunnislake or near St Mary the Virgin.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Lifton
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. What cap came off, you cannot recall; but the bottle feels less than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of Lifton Community Academy in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Gatherley.
The point: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in that tank will be drawn in by turning on the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Ring and give the details: we would sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the engine has run.
What every AdBlue drain around Lifton has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere the vehicle stands — the pub in the village's car park, a road by Lifton Community Centre, a driveway, a filling station — the van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the amount, plus if your engine has been run. Those answers decide this work, and you hear the price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, since crystals form and some metals corrode, and none of that washes out unaided. Last are the filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers get there.
The last step is starting it. We make sure it runs correctly on new diesel before we go. When it's noticed early, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while we travel pays.
About Lifton and where it is
Lifton is a village situated on the River Lyd in Devon, with a mix of old and new buildings, including many detached homes. Lifton lies near the villages of Tinhay, Liftondown, and Sprytown, and is approximately 19.9 miles from Plymouth. Lifton has a population of around 1239 people and is located at an elevation of 73 metres. Lifton is a rural community with a strong sense of local identity.
AdBlue drains around Lifton, and across Devon too
Throughout PL postcodes, the vans serving Lifton — a village — work surrounding towns as well, Liftondown and Sprytown among them. Fastest of all: a PL16 0 postcode to show where you stand.
Central Lifton or a lay-by near Lifton Wood: either way it sits, the vehicle never needs to shift at all for us. Wherever it stands, that is where it is drained. Assuming doesn't help near Lifton Methodist Church, on a border or anywhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then call. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, within Lifton or anywhere across Devon.