AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Playing Place, and What to Do Next
Has your motor run since the AdBlue went in? This one question settles nearly everything else from here. Out in Porth Kea or right around Playing Place, an unstarted engine should stay that way. Usually that is draining and properly cleaning it right there in Playing Place — and so keep your key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. A bigger job, then, but the same opening move.
Wherever around Cornwall it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a Playing Place forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the Shell, or the Sainsbury's, or another station in Playing Place.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still inside your tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle is in a space — the staff will help roll it — and keep the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
Playing Place, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. Drives close to Penlee Villas get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of that tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Keep the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone may drive it away first thing — then phone us. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's around Playing Place or out in Come-to-Good. Late-night clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Playing Place: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, drove away, and before long your motor was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe heading for Truro, under 3 miles away, or just down Halvarras Road.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. On the M5, over 50 miles from Playing Place, that means the next exit, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Phone us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had the car barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is just next to your diesel cap — news to you. Across Cornwall, no one is safe from it.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on if it's run. Any work on the car often needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before our engineers turn up than after. Leave the vehicle off as the reply arrives, even if you are waiting outside Truro or near Playing Place Comunity Centre.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Playing Place?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of Kea Community Primary School in a hurry, say, or someone's drive over in Cowlands.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet never reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Assume it got in, and never start your engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Playing Place: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things are asked when our technicians arrive — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by Plen an Gwary or the car park outside Punch Bowl and Ladle: the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Answers shape the work; the quote follows by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
Then that tank is cleared and your system purged 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 does not rinse out on its own. Next comes your filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Most unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we get there.
The final step is firing it up. Before our technicians go, it is tested to be sure it runs correctly on new diesel. Long-term damage is very rare when it's caught soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover is included in plenty of policies.
About Playing Place, briefly
Playing Place is a village in Cornwall, situated near the city of Truro and overlooking the surrounding coastline. Playing Place has a population of around 1232 people and is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock. Playing Place sits at an elevation of 81 metres, close to nearby places such as Come-to-Good, Kea, and Penelewey.
AdBlue drains round Playing Place and across Cornwall
Throughout TR postcodes, the vans covering Playing Place — a coastal village — work nearby places too, Kea and Penelewey among them. A postcode starting TR3 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Killiow Country Club or in a car park in the middle of Playing Place, it doesn't need to shift. We drain the vehicle where it sits. Awkward to pin down? Close to Killiow Golf Course Club House or a border? Asking is better than guessing, so ring.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Playing Place and anywhere around Cornwall on 0333 366 0103.