Perranarworthal: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your motor has run since it was put in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is in Perranarworthal itself or out in Carclew. Leave your engine and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Perranarworthal. When your engine has run, stop safely straight away, then turn the car off. A larger job, then, but the identical first move.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, anywhere in Cornwall. Pick the one that fits.
At the petrol pump in Perranarworthal: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. It might be the Texaco, or perhaps the Asda, or a different forecourt in Perranarworthal.
Put simply: no better spot exists to spot it. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays only in your tank.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Can't move it beside the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, and so we can drain it where it is.
At home in Perranarworthal with AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Just off Cove Hill is not different from anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it's almost equal to finding out at the pump. On the bottom of that tank sits where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Next: keys in the house, so no one drives the car anywhere at breakfast. Then, ring. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's around Perranarworthal or out in Perran Wharf. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Perranarworthal: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Goonvrea, perhaps, or the way towards Truro — a run of under 10 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. It goes deeper with every extra mile covered and every restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that is the next step — then turn it off. Perranarworthal sits over 50 miles from the M5; there, come off at the next junction rather than pushing on to the services. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days ago, the car was new to you. Your own car either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap was right beside your diesel. Across Cornwall, nobody is immune.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it's run. Many hire and fleet contracts require the owner's approval for repairs.
Settling it before we turn up is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded near Saint Piran's Church or outside Perranwell until someone answers, your vehicle stays switched off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Perranarworthal?
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think so. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. A rushed top-up by the gates of Perran-Ar-Worthal Community Primary School, or a call to a friend in Perranwell Station: both fit.
Put simply: a spill near the filler leaves the engine unharmed. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Ring with what you saw: we would sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once the engine has been run.
Perranarworthal: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every situation has the same opening to the job. Forecourt, drive, The Norway Inn's car park or a street by Perranarworthal Village Memorial Hall — the van reaches your vehicle, and three questions come next: what liquid, what quantity, and if it ran. The price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the job.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally come your filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians get there.
The final step is firing it up. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before we head off. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it's noticed early, lasting damage is very uncommon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Perranarworthal
Perranarworthal is a village situated on the banks of the River Fal in Cornwall, with Perranarworthal being close to the city of Truro. Perranarworthal has a population of around 672 people and is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Perranarworthal sits at a low elevation of approximately 8 metres above sea level, near to other small settlements like Perran Wharf and Church Town.
Perranarworthal and Cornwall: AdBlue drains across the area
Perranarworthal is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Church Town and Perranwell among them, across the TR postcode area. A postcode starting TR3 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Richard Jory Playing Field, or right in the heart of Perranarworthal, your car stays put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Our van drains it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Ponsanooth Hall or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and call. Started already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever case, in Perranarworthal and Cornwall, on 0333 366 0103.