AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Porthleven: What Now?
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This one point decides nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Porthleven itself or out in Trevena. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. Across Porthleven, such a case is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then switch everything off. It's a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Wherever around Cornwall it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
At the pump around Porthleven: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it as you're stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Whether Pace, Sainsbury's or anywhere else around Porthleven, the situation is the same.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — and so do not get back in. Have the attendants to help pushing it into a space, save the receipt, then phone us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed clear is emptied right at the pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Porthleven
On your dash, a warning had been lit for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. It takes place on drives just off Torleven Road (Preacher's Hill) as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car has not been driven since, it's close to the pump case. At the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Next: the keys in the house, and so no one drives the vehicle off first thing. Then, ring. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's in Porthleven or out in Penrose Hill. Our equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Porthleven?
Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up the dash. It might have been heading to Truro, under 25 miles away, or just down Fore Street.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. Distance sets how far it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. On the M5, over 50 miles from Porthleven, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the mileage driven as you ring.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only had this car 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. Wherever you happen to be across Cornwall, any driver can slip up.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those depend on whether it's run. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians turn up than after. Keep the vehicle switched off as the answer arrives, whether you are waiting at St Erth or near Porthleven Methodist Church.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Porthleven?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think so. Which cap was taken off, you cannot say; but the bottle feels less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Sithney Common, or rushing by Porthleven School on the school run.
The point: your motor is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it has been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
Porthleven: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The work begins identically, whatever your situation. Three things come once we reach your car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road by Christadelphian Hall or the car park outside Harbour Inn: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Those replies determine this work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Draining the tank comes first, then a full flush — more important with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. Finally are the filter, flushed or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of your car. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
We fire it up last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running correctly, and then we head off. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it's noticed soon, long-term damage is very uncommon. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Porthleven
Porthleven is a coastal village in Cornwall, situated on the shore of Mounts Bay at an elevation of around 15 metres. Porthleven has a population of approximately 2035 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Porthleven is located near Penrose Hill, Degibna, and Breage, and is about 16.9 miles from Truro, the nearest city. Porthleven sits in a scenic area of the South West, with its coastal setting attracting visitors from across the country, including those from London, which is around 246.8 miles away.
Porthleven and Cornwall: AdBlue drains across the area
As a coastal village, Porthleven has the same vans as the nearby places — Breage, Degibna — all the way across TR postcodes. Fastest of all: a TR13 9 postcode to show where you stand.
Central Porthleven or a layby towards Gala Parc - Home of Porthleven A.F.C.: wherever it sits, the vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for us. The drain is done on the spot. Assuming doesn't help beside Saint Bartholomew's Church, on a border or anywhere hard to describe; phone and ask.
Your situation, in one line
Unstarted? Leave it off then ring. Run by now? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Porthleven and Cornwall, on 0333 366 0103.