What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blackhall
One thing counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Blackhall itself or out in Murrayfield. Leave your motor and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Blackhall. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, wherever across City of Edinburgh. Choose the one that fits.
At the pump around Blackhall: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you took off wasn't the right one. Maybe you're at the Sainsbury's, maybe at the Esso, possibly somewhere else around Blackhall.
The upshot: of all places to notice, this is the best. Just your tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Get the staff to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away gets drained where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Blackhall drive?
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. It takes place on drives just off Strachan Road as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car has not been driven since, it's close to the pump case. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops low in the tank and waits. One night parked changes nothing.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether in Blackhall or Drylaw. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Blackhall?
A mile or two beyond filling up, your engine began playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Strachan Gardens, perhaps, or the way to Edinburgh — a run of under 3 miles.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it too on a bigger trip, after your filter and pipework have it. Every restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the first step — then switch everything off. Service stations farther on are too far: from the M8, under 5 miles out of Blackhall, use the next junction. It will not have cleared, and so there is no point restarting to find out. Call, saying what distance your vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
Seven days back, it was new to you. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap was just next to the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around City of Edinburgh.
The point: exactly as above, split by if it ran, but with one added step. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and company contracts.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Keep it switched off as the reply comes, even if you are waiting outside Haymarket or near Blackhall Mosque.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Blackhall
At times the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's drive in Davidsons Mains, or rushing by the local primary school on the school run.
The point: your motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by starting the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it got in, and keep your motor off. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier result than a run one emptied.
Blackhall: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The job begins identically, whichever the case. Anywhere the vehicle stands — The Norhet's car park, a street beside Blackhall St. Columba's Church, a drive, a forecourt — our van arrives and we ask about the liquid, the amount, plus if your motor has turned over. On the phone, before dispatch, you hear our quote, and those answers shape the job too.
Draining the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where the engine has not run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it's running smoothly, and then we leave. We do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been caught early. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Blackhall
Blackhall is a suburban area in the City of Edinburgh, situated approximately 2.7 miles northwest of Edinburgh's city centre. Blackhall occupies a coastal setting, with its elevation at around 63 metres above sea level, and is characterised by detached housing. Blackhall is close to nearby places such as Drylaw, Ravelston, and Silverknowes, and has a population of around 4663 residents.
AdBlue drains about Blackhall and across City of Edinburgh
Being a residential suburb, Blackhall has the same vans as the nearby places — Silverknowes, Ravelston — all the way through EH postcodes. The location is quickest from a postcode that starts EH4 3.
No towing is needed, whether parked in the centre of Blackhall or in a layby en route to Doos Woods, and so leave it put. Where it sits, that's where it gets emptied. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to War Memorial or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, in one line
If it hasn't started, ring and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Blackhall and anywhere around City of Edinburgh on 0333 366 0103.