St Merryn: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on a single detail: whether the engine has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around St Merryn itself or out in Harlyn. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush plus a drain, carried out right where your car stands in St Merryn. Already run? Pull over once you safely can, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever across Cornwall you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a St Merryn forecourt
Only at this point, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Maybe you are at the Gulf, possibly at the Texaco, possibly somewhere else around St Merryn.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it can be. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside your tank.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up just to free up the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
St Merryn, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Houses just off Harlyn Road are hit as often as anywhere else.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. As it is reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles to the base in the tank and stays. A night standing changes nothing.
Keep the keys indoors tonight — otherwise someone may take it away at breakfast — then call us. Out in Shop or here in St Merryn, the drain is done on your drive. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
St Merryn: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, pulled away, and soon the engine was running unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Perhaps it was on Crossroads Close, perhaps on the way out towards Truro, under 25 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. Mileage sets how far it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, then turn your motor off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M5, over 50 miles from St Merryn. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Call, and say what distance the car was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, it was new to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Cornwall.
In short: one extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements need the owner's approval for work.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. If you are stuck in the car park outside Newquay, or by St Merryn Parish Hall and Institute, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in St Merryn?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. What cap was taken off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of St Merryn School in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Constantine Bay.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't reach your motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. If there is AdBlue in your tank, turning on your car would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so ring then tell us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in St Merryn shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, Farmers Arms Inn's car park or a road beside a street just off the centre — the van reaches the vehicle, and three answers follow: what fluid, what quantity, and whether it has run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers set the job.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Next comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Never started? In that case about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Our technicians fire it up last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it's running properly, and then we head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very rare if it has been spotted quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About St Merryn and where it is
St Merryn is a small coastal village in Cornwall, situated approximately 50 metres above sea level and 222 miles west of London. St Merryn has a mix of housing types, but detached homes are predominant, and the village is close to several nearby places, including Shop and Trehemborne. St Merryn remains a quiet community with a population of around 625 residents, and its location near the coast provides scenic views and outdoor recreational opportunities. St Merryn is also near the larger town of Truro, which is 18 miles away.
St Merryn and Cornwall: AdBlue drains across the area
Trehemborne and Towan get the identical teams as St Merryn, a coastal village, plus further places throughout PL postcodes. Fastest of all: a PL28 8 postcode to show your location.
No moving is required, whether stopped in the centre of St Merryn or in a lay-by en route to Trevose Golf & Country Club, and so keep it put. The drain is done on the spot. Assuming doesn't help near Trevone Women's Institute Hall, on a county line or anywhere hard to describe; phone and check.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and ring. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, in St Merryn and Cornwall, on 0333 366 0103.