Mannamead: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it got in. Out in Hartley or right in Mannamead, an unrun engine must remain that way. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. Across Mannamead, such a case is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, then, yet the same first move.
Further down: the cases our engineers meet, anywhere around Devon. Choose the one that fits.
At the petrol pump in Mannamead: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, bottle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Somewhere in Mannamead, then — Esso, Asda, or somewhere else close by.
The point: of all places to notice, this is the best. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs freeing. Have the staff to help rolling it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Can't move the vehicle beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain it where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Mannamead drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it's just by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Drives close to Compton Park Road get it as much as anywhere.
In short: if the car has not moved since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. At the bottom of your tank sits where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: stop an early-morning move by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. We drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Mannamead or out in Lower Compton. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Mannamead?
Topped up, drove away, and before long your engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. It might have been heading to Plymouth, under 3 miles away, or simply down Compton Avenue.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M5, under 50 miles from Mannamead. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Roughly how far had it go? Say so as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It is a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Devon.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Work on the vehicle often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet terms.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we turn up than after. Keep the vehicle off while the answer arrives, whether you're parked outside Plymouth or close to Emmanuel Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Mannamead?
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. Which cap came off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of Compton CofE Primary School in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's drive over in Lipson Vale.
Meaning? Spills around the filler never reach the engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Your move: act as if it got in, and never start the engine. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Mannamead shares these stages
The job opens identically, whatever your situation. Forecourt, driveway, The Hyde Park's car park or a road beside Plymouth Hillsborough Spiritualist Church — our van reaches the car, and three answers follow: what liquid, what amount, and if it has run. Those replies determine the work, and you hear our price by phone, before anybody sets off.
Then the tank is drained and your system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where your engine hasn't run, expect about half an hour on site, in most cases.
Our technicians start the engine last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our technicians confirm it is running smoothly, and then we leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is noticed soon, permanent damage is very unusual. Payment comes on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Mannamead
Mannamead is a suburban area situated on the outskirts of Plymouth in Devon, with a mix of terraced housing and other residential properties. Mannamead sits at an elevation of around 79 metres, close to the coast and near several other local communities, including Lower Compton and Higher Compton. Mannamead is located approximately 1.4 miles from Plymouth city centre and is part of the larger urban area surrounding the city. Mannamead has a population of around 8675 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains around Mannamead, and across Devon too
As a residential suburb, Mannamead shares its vans with the surrounding places — Mutley, Higher Compton — right across PL postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning PL3 5.
No towing is required, whether stopped centrally in Mannamead or on a layby heading to Thorn Park, so leave it where it is. Our van drains it where it stands. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near St Edward the Confessor's Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your situation, in one line
Where it has not started, ring and leave it off. Run already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, across Mannamead and Devon, on 0333 366 0103.