AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Treleigh, and What to Do Next
All of it turns on a single detail: whether your engine has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Not run yet? Then leave it that way, whether your car sits — Treleigh or Parc Erissey. Leave the motor and the ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Treleigh. Already run? Pull over once you safely can, then turn it off. Stage one remains the same, even though the work grows.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Cornwall it happened.
At the pump around Treleigh: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle still in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Be it Tesco, Texaco or somewhere else in Treleigh, the case is the same.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Just that tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has taken it in.
What to do: don't get back in and start the car to clear the petrol pump. Have the attendants to help rolling it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. Draining it right at the petrol pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Treleigh with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it was just at the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Drives near A3047 get it as much as any other street.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: keys in the house, and so nobody takes the car off at breakfast. After that, ring. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether in Treleigh or North Country. Late-night drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Treleigh?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard started a short way beyond the top-up. Redruth to Pool and Camborne Bypass, say, or the route towards Truro — a trip of under 10 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Mileage decides how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the injection pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next job — then turn it off. On the M5, over 50 miles from Treleigh, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Phone, and say how far the vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week ago, it was new to you. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is just by your diesel cap — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Cornwall.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside Redruth, or near St Stephen? Leave the engine off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Treleigh
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia-like smell lingers near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. A rushed top-up by the gates of Treleigh Community Primary School, or a visit to a friend in Plain-an-Gwarry: either fit.
The point: the engine isn't hurt by a little AdBlue spilled on the outside. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by firing up the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not crank it. Ring and give the details: we'd rather find a clean tank than drain one after the motor has been run.
The common ground in every Treleigh AdBlue drain
The work begins the same way, whichever your situation. Three things are asked once our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a drive, a street beside The Engine House Church or the car park outside Treleigh Arms: the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Those answers determine the work, and you hear the quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, since deposits form and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses out unaided. Last come your filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the car. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Our engineers fire it up at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running properly, and then we leave. If it's caught early, the car very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Treleigh
Treleigh is a suburban area in Cornwall, situated inland at an elevation of 104 metres, approximately 7.8 miles from the city of Truro. Treleigh is characterized by its terraced housing and is located near other places such as North Country, Mount Ambrose, and Gilberts Coombe. Treleigh has a population of around 855 residents and is part of the wider Truro urban area. Treleigh is also relatively distant from London, at a distance of 238.6 miles.
AdBlue drains round Treleigh and across Cornwall
Mount Ambrose and Gilberts Coombe have the identical teams as Treleigh, a residential suburb, plus further places over TR postcodes. Telling us your TR16 4 postcode finds you fastest of all.
No towing is needed, be it stopped centrally in Treleigh or in a layby heading to Trenoweth Playing Field, and so keep it put. Wherever it sits, that's where it gets emptied. Guessing doesn't help beside North Country United Methodist Church, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't started, ring and keep it off. Whichever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Cornwall and in Treleigh — after you stop, turn off and phone, if it has run.