AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Millhayes: What Now?
One thing counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has run since. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Millhayes itself or out in Rosemary Lane. Normally that means emptying and thoroughly rinsing it right there around Millhayes — and so leave the key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. When your motor has been run, pull in safely first, then switch the vehicle off. Stage one stays unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Wherever across Devon it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Millhayes forecourt
Only now, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Somewhere around Millhayes, then — BP, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still in the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — and save the receipt. Can't move the vehicle beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Millhayes drive?
For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it was just at the bin that the cap caught your eye. Driveways close to Higher Millhayes see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car has not moved since, it's second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and stays put, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Ashculme or Millhayes: wherever your drive sits, that is where it gets emptied. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Millhayes?
A short way after filling up, your engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on Station Road, maybe on the way out towards Exeter, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue through by now. Mileage sets how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Pull in safely — that is the first step — then turn it off. Service stations farther on are too far: from the M5, under 3 miles out of Millhayes, take the first junction. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point restarting to check. Let us know the mileage driven as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere across Devon, might do the same.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on if it's run. Any work on your car frequently requires the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
Sorting it before the van turn up is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Tiverton Parkway, or near The Garages? Keep the engine off throughout.
Millhayes: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think so. Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? A hurried stop by the gates of Hemyock Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Simonsburrow: either fit.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no damage to the engine. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Turning on the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will suck it in.
Take it that it got in, and don't start the engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean beats draining one after it's been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in each Millhayes AdBlue drain
The work begins the same way, whichever the case. Three questions come when our technicians reach the car — at a filling station, a driveway, a street by Hemyock Village Hall or the car park outside Catherine Wheel: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has run. Your price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the job.
Then that tank is emptied and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which matters 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. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where your engine has not run, expect about half an hour on site, for most jobs.
Lastly, our technicians fire it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we check it's running smoothly, and then we go. Our engineers do the entire job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very unusual if it has been noticed quickly. Paying is that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your documents as you wait is worthwhile.
About Millhayes itself
Millhayes is a small village in Devon, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 128 metres. Millhayes lies near the villages of Ashculme, Hemyock, and Culm Davy, and is approximately 19 miles from the city of Exeter. Millhayes has a population of around 522 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Millhayes is located in the South West region of England, about 140 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Millhayes and across Devon
As a village, Millhayes shares its vans with the surrounding places — Culm Davy, Hemyock — right across EX postcodes. Your whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts EX15 3.
No towing is required, be it stopped centrally in Millhayes or in a lay-by en route to Sidling Copse, so keep it where it is. The van drains it where it stands. Phone and check rather than guess when you are close to Hemyock Baptist Church, on a border, or anywhere tricky to pin down.
The one-line version
Motor never started: ring, and leave it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Millhayes and anywhere around Devon on 0333 366 0103.