AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bathville: What Now?
Everything hinges on one fact: if your engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Wherever your vehicle is — Falside, Bathville — don't run an engine that has not been started yet. Normally this means draining and thoroughly flushing it on the spot in Bathville — and so keep your ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Pull over the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. It is a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in West Lothian it happened.
Bathville forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Just now, nozzle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Somewhere around Bathville, then — JET, Asda, or anywhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. The AdBlue is in that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Clearing the pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. Get the staff to help pushing it into a bay, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
At home around Bathville with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had shown all week. A bottle from the garage, emptied in on the drive — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught a second look. It takes place on driveways just off Lower Bathville as frequently as anywhere.
Put simply: if the car hasn't been driven since, it's nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. At the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue waits, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then call. Mayfield or Bathville: whichever your driveway sits, that's where it is emptied. Night-time drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Bathville: drove off 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. Anywhere along Dalyell Place or else on the road to Dunfermline — under 25 miles away.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a longer run, after the fuel filter and pipework have had it. Every restart, like each mile, carries it on.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then turn the engine off. On the M8, under 3 miles from Bathville, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it go? Say so when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just driven the vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever across West Lothian, could do it.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it has run. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before we turn up than after. Stranded near Church of the Sacred Heart & St Anthony or outside Armadale till the firm answers, your car remains turned off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Bathville
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia whiff lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Windyknowe: both fits.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to your engine. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the vehicle will suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Ring and give what you saw: we would sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the engine has run.
What every AdBlue drain in Bathville has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, Krossbar's car park or a street beside The Armadale Shed — the van reaches the vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Replies set the job; the quote comes by phone whilst no one has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it does not wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Fresh diesel is put in after your filter has been flushed or changed, and the car is finally tested. Where the motor has not run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Our engineers fire it up last. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers leave. We do the whole job where the car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon when it has been noticed soon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Bathville
Bathville is a suburban area in West Lothian, situated inland at an elevation of 174 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Bathville lies near several other communities, including Mayfield, Armadale, and Barbauchlaw, and is approximately 15 miles from Dunfermline. Bathville is home to around 5538 residents and is characterized by its residential landscape. Bathville is located 336 miles northwest of London, in the central lowlands of Scotland.
Bathville and West Lothian: AdBlue drains across the area
Over EH postcodes, the teams covering Bathville — a residential suburb — work nearby towns too, Armadale and Barbauchlaw included. A postcode starting EH48 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Watson Park or in a car park in the middle of Bathville, it doesn't need to shift. The van drains it in place. If you are somewhere hard to describe, close to Kerr Memorial or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your scenario, summed up
Motor not started: ring, and leave it alone. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across West Lothian and in Bathville — once you stop, turn off and phone, if it has run.