The Next Steps, in Order: Petrol in a Diesel Car in Curry Lane
Pause, and keep your engine off — not on, and not for a moment to move it. Petrol in a diesel that hasn't been run is usually a drain and a flush, done right where the car stands, and what you do in the coming few minutes determines that more than anything else. From here on, in order, for anywhere around Curry Lane:
Petrol in a diesel? What to do in minute one
First, the following — following this order.
- Keys out of the ignition. Switching your ignition on can be enough to prime your fuel system, while priming pulls petrol out of the tank towards the parts it damages. Keep the car off completely.
- Do not top it up with diesel. Adding diesel takes out nothing. You end up with a bigger tank of the same mixture.
- Hazards on. If you're at all close to moving traffic, make your car simple to see before you do anything else.
- By hand, not under the engine: that is how it comes off the petrol pump. Get the forecourt attendants to help you roll, whatever the miles.
- The first question you will be asked is which fuel you put in and roughly how much — and the receipt shows both. Hold on to it.
Still on the move when you realised? Come off the M5 at the next exit if that's where you are, under 50 miles from Curry Lane, and pull over somewhere sensible instead of pressing on to the services. Then begin at stage one.
The fork in every Curry Lane fuel drain: has it run yet?
One answer is what everything after this stage depends on.
Not run, not even once:
- The petrol sits in your tank, and only there.
- Normally it is drained and purged just where the vehicle stands.
- This is the best case — which is the entire point of step one.
If it's been started, even for a moment:
- The lines and your filter now hold petrol pulled out of that tank.
- The high-pressure fuel pump and your injectors see it too on a bigger run.
- Miles is what makes it a larger job: flushed lines, a filter seen to, and at times further work.
That line falls there because diesel protects the high-pressure pump and your injectors on its way through them — and petrol doesn't. Nothing is damaged by petrol that is just sitting in a tank. Pump that petrol, though, and it wears the very parts that move it.
Before you call about petrol in a diesel around Curry Lane: what we need
A little planning is the difference between a technician that finds you and a technician that goes round.
- PL15 8 plus the rest of the postcode is the best way to start telling us where you are.
- Wherever you have parked, the road's name is useful — whether that is B3254 or somewhere else — and so does the name of a car park.
- Describe a car park by what it serves — the one at The Co-operative Food, for instance — and it's much quicker to find.
- Make and model of the car, and the fact it is a diesel.
- Tell us which went in — petrol or AdBlue — since AdBlue is a different job, with a page of its own for Curry Lane.
- How long the nozzle was in, or the litres on the receipt — either gives us how much.
- Has it run? If so, tell us how far it got, and how it was driven.
- Hire or company car? Some contracts want the owner's authorisation for the work, and sorting it before our technicians turn up is quicker than afterwards.
Call 0333 366 0103 once you've got that together — or, if the vehicle is at home, going nowhere, use .
Waiting for a fuel drain in Curry Lane: what to do
During the wait, the harm comes from kindly meant help — so these matter.
- Safety before the vehicle. If it has stopped somewhere dangerous, get yourself clear of the traffic and wait away from it. If it's safe where it stands, stay with it.
- Nobody — however helpful — starts it, whether to see if it runs or to move your car a short way.
- Something from the boot, oil made for two-strokes or injector cleaner: no additive lifts the petrol.
- No DIY emptying. Siphoning petrol into a can by the kerbside is hazardous, and it leaves the fuel that has already gone beyond that tank.
- Ignition stays off. Even for your radio or the windows.
Van arrived? Your fuel drain, one step at a time
- Three queries. What was put in, how much, and if it's run. The answers shape the job, which is why our price comes after them but not before.
- Draining it's how that mixture gets taken from your tank.
- Purging the lines comes next, because a vehicle that ran has petrol past the tank, inside the fuel lines themselves.
- Cleared, or swapped if your car has a usable one: the fuel filter is seen to next.
- Fresh diesel goes in, and your system is primed.
- The start-up. With new diesel in and the fuel system bled, it's started and tested to confirm it runs smoothly.
Our engineers wait until it is running on fresh diesel. Long-term damage is very unusual if it has been spotted soon, so the car can go right back to normal use.
Back on the road around Curry Lane after the fuel drain
- Nothing unusual is needed after a start with fresh diesel — ordinary driving will do.
- Watch the first miles. A warning light, smoke, a rough idle or a flat spot under the throttle means pull over then ring us back.
- An insurer, a fleet manager or a hire company may ask what was done, so hold on to the paperwork.
- Next time, read the petrol pump. The label, not the colour of its handle.
About Curry Lane itself
Curry Lane is a small locality in Cornwall, situated on the riverside with a mix of detached homes and open countryside. Curry Lane has a population of around 522 people and is located near other small settlements such as West Curry and Bennacott. Curry Lane sits at an elevation of 127 metres, overlooking the surrounding landscape. Curry Lane is close to the city of Plymouth, which is approximately 26.8 miles away.
Fuel drains in Curry Lane and the spots nearby
West Curry, Bennacott and North Beer are served by the same vans that take petrol in diesel calls in Curry Lane — and so is most of Cornwall beyond. Somewhere tricky to describe, or close to a border? Asking is better than guessing — ring.
Petrol in a diesel in Cornwall? Leave it off then ring
Keys out, engine off, the till receipt in your pocket: that is step one done. The rest is for Petrol in Diesel, wherever your car is — forecourt, roadside or drive.