AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Loddiswell, and What to Do Next
Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? That one point settles almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Loddiswell itself or out in Sorley. Switch nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and count on a proper flush after a drain, done just where your vehicle sits around Loddiswell. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. A bigger job, then, but the identical first step.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever across Devon you are.
Loddiswell forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Whether Asda Express, BP or somewhere else around Loddiswell, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — and so don't get back in. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Draining it right at the pump is possible when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Loddiswell, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the drive. It takes place on drives just off Arundell Place as regularly as anywhere.
In short: if the car hasn't been driven since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the pump. On the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Out in Warcombe or here around Loddiswell, the drain happens at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Loddiswell: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on New Road, perhaps on the way out towards Plymouth, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue in already. The injection pump and every injector see it too on a bigger trip, after the fuel filter and lines have had it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Loddiswell lies under 50 miles from the M5; on it, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. No trial restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Call, and say how far your vehicle went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only had this vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Devon, no one is safe from it.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or not — and one extra step. Many rental and company agreements require the owner's sign-off for work.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it beforehand cuts time. Stranded near Loddiswell Congregational Church or at Ivybridge till the firm answers, your vehicle remains turned off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Loddiswell?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of Loddiswell Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Venn: either fits.
Meaning? Drips around the filler don't reach the motor at all. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it went in, and don't turn the engine. Ring and give what you saw: we would sooner find a clean tank than empty one once your motor has run.
The common ground in every Loddiswell AdBlue drain
Each situation has the same start to the work. We come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Loddiswell Inn or a side street near Loddiswell Village Hall, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and if your engine has been run. Those answers determine the work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, because crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses out unaided. Then is your filter — flushed, or replaced when necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Where the engine has not been started, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most jobs.
Lastly, our engineers start the engine. Before our technicians go, it's tested to make sure it runs correctly on new diesel. We do the whole job where the car is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been caught soon. Payment comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Loddiswell itself
Loddiswell is a village in Devon, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of around 82 metres. Loddiswell lies near the villages of Warcombe, Woodleigh, and Hatch, and is approximately 15.5 miles from Plymouth. Loddiswell has a population of around 1032 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Loddiswell is located in the South West region of England, about 179.7 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Loddiswell, and across Devon too
Loddiswell is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Woodleigh and Hatch among them, across the TQ postcode area. Telling us your TQ7 4 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Stopped en route to Loddiswell Playing Fields, or bang in the centre of Loddiswell, the vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. Draining happens on the spot. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to St Michael & All Angels or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Keep the car that way and phone. Run by now: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest, in Loddiswell or anywhere across Devon.