AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Trembraze: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it went in. Not run so far? Then keep it that way, whether the car sits — Trembraze or Merrymeet. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where the vehicle sits around Trembraze. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Stage one remains the same, even if the job grows.
Compare your case to one of the list below, anywhere across Cornwall you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Trembraze forecourt
Just at this point, bottle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Be it BP, Morrisons or somewhere else in Trembraze, the situation is identical.
The upshot: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken any in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. A few things: a push into a bay with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
Trembraze, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Bought a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. It happens on driveways just off Tregay Lane as regularly as anywhere.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost as good as finding out at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
Your move: keys in the house, and so no one takes your vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, ring. In Addington or here in Trembraze, the draining is done on your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Trembraze with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Pendragon Cls, possibly on the way out towards Plymouth, under 25 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Past the filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. More miles, more starts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Service stations further along can wait: from the M5, under 50 miles out of Trembraze, use the next junction. No trial starts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just had the vehicle a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Cornwall.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts too — run or unrun — plus one further step. Work on the vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or company terms.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for an answer at the car park at Liskeard, or near Liskeard Sports Club? Leave the car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Trembraze?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. Which cap came off, you cannot recall; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at St Martin's CofE Primary School, or on a friend's drive in Pengover Green.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be pulled in by starting the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it got in, then leave your engine off. Phone and give the details: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your engine has run.
Trembraze: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same start to the job. We come to the car, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Eliot House Hotel or a side street close to Lux Park, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the engine has run. Replies shape the work; the price comes on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in once the fuel filter is cleaned or changed, and the car is then checked. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Starting the engine comes last. Our check that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers leave. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is noticed soon, permanent damage is very uncommon. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Trembraze
Trembraze is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Cornwall, with its elevation at around 113 metres above sea level. Trembraze lies near several other settlements, including Addington, Hendrabridge, and Liskeard, and is approximately 15 miles from Plymouth. Trembraze has a population of around 853 people, predominantly living in terraced housing. Trembraze is located in the South West region of England, about 201 miles from London.
AdBlue drains around Trembraze, and across Cornwall too
As a rural hamlet, Trembraze has the same vans as the nearby places — Liskeard, Hendrabridge — all the way across PL postcodes. A postcode starting PL14 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, be it stopped in the centre of Trembraze or in a layby en route to local football field, so keep it where it is. Draining happens right there. Tricky to pin down? By liskeard Library or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, and so phone.
The one-line version
Motor never started: phone, and leave it switched off. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Cornwall and in Trembraze — after you pull over, turn off then ring, if it's run.