What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Whiddon
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has been started afterwards. Over in Chestwood or right in Whiddon, an unstarted motor must stay that way. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush after a drain, done just where your vehicle sits in Whiddon. When your motor has run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch the car off. A larger job, then, yet the identical opening move.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, wherever around Devon you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Whiddon forecourt
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the cap you opened was not the correct one. Be it Tesco, Esso or anywhere else around Whiddon, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Still in the tank, with no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to free up the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand rolling it to a bay, save the bottle, then phone us from there. Can't move the vehicle by the pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
Whiddon, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the drive — and it was just by the recycling that the cap got a second look. Driveways near The Lawns get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Being unable to blend, AdBlue settles to the base inside that tank and waits. A night parked alters nothing.
Next: prevent any early-morning drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is in Whiddon or out in Rumsam. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Whiddon?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading to Exeter, under 50 miles away, or just along Garden Green.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It travels deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Do this: pull up somewhere sensible, then turn your motor off. Whiddon sits under 50 miles from the M5; there, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on to the services. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense starting it again to check. Phone, saying what distance your vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You have had this car barely a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Anywhere you happen to be across Devon, any motorist can be caught.
In short: one extra step on top of the situations above, which turn on if it has run. Many hire and company agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stranded in the car park outside Barnstaple, or by St Johns Community Centre, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Whiddon: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. It might have been on a friend's drive in Landkey Town, or in a rush by Newport Community School Primary Academy on the school run.
The upshot: your motor is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. If there is AdBlue in that tank, turning on your car will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Next: act as though it went in, and keep your motor off. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain in Whiddon shares these steps
Whatever the case, one start applies. Anywhere the vehicle stands — the pub in the village's car park, a street by St John The Baptist, a driveway, a forecourt — the van arrives and asks about the liquid, the quantity, plus whether the motor has turned over. Answers shape the work; the price follows by phone while nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Next comes your filter — cleaned, or replaced where necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Before our engineers go, it is checked to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. If it is caught quickly, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Whiddon
Whiddon is a small hamlet in Devon, situated inland at an elevation of 42 metres, and is located near the communities of Rumsam, Newport, and Westacott. Whiddon comprises predominantly detached housing and is home to a population of around 598 residents. Whiddon is positioned approximately 32 miles from Exeter, the nearest city, and is about 171 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains round Whiddon and across Devon
Throughout EX postcodes, the vans serving Whiddon — a rural hamlet — work surrounding places too, Newport and Westacott included. Giving us your EX32 9 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Centre of Whiddon or a lay-by towards Portmore Golf Park: either way it sits, the car never needs to move at all for this drain. Draining is done on the spot. Awkward to explain? Close to Grosvenor Church or a county line? Asking beats assuming, so ring.
In one line: your situation
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off then ring. Started by now? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, across Whiddon and Devon, on 0333 366 0103.