What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blairgowrie
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started afterwards. Wherever the car is — Muirton of Ardblair, Blairgowrie — don't start an engine that has not run yet. Leave your motor and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Blairgowrie. Already run? Pull over once you safely can, then switch it off. It is a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, anywhere across Perth and Kinross. Choose yours.
Blairgowrie forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Whether JET, Tesco or anywhere else around Blairgowrie, the situation is identical.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the pump needs freeing. Get the attendants to lend a hand rolling it to a space, save the receipt, then ring us right there. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt safe, so we can drain it where it is.
At home around Blairgowrie with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the drive — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught a second look. Right off Allan Street is not less likely from anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since leaves it nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. At the bottom of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. In Blairgowrie and Rattray or right here around Blairgowrie, the draining is done on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Blairgowrie?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard started a mile or two after the fill. Maybe it was on High Street, possibly on the way out towards Perth, under 15 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. It has been through the filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like each mile, carries it on.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M90, under 15 miles from Blairgowrie. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Roughly what distance did it gone? Tell us when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
A week ago, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the two fillers sit side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Anyone, wherever across Perth and Kinross, might make it.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those depend on if it's run. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under many rental and company contracts.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we turn up than after. Stranded by Blairgowrie Town Hall or at Dunkeld & Birnam until the firm answers, your vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
Blairgowrie: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. Lighter, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Rosemount.
The upshot: the motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would pull it in.
Take it that it got in, and don't start your engine. Phone with the details: we would sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your motor has run.
Each AdBlue drain around Blairgowrie shares these stages
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever the car stands — Fair O'Blair's car park, a street by St. Catharine's, a driveway, a forecourt — our van arrives and we ask about the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has been run. Those answers decide the work, and you get the price on the phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after this drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Next is the filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. Where the motor hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
The final step is firing it up. We confirm it runs correctly on new diesel before leaving. Lasting damage is very uncommon when it's caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the car is. 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 arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Blairgowrie and where it is
Blairgowrie is a suburban area situated on the banks of the River Ericht in Perth and Kinross, with a mix of flat housing and local amenities. Blairgowrie sits at an elevation of around 75 metres, near the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, and is located approximately 14 miles from Perth. Blairgowrie is part of a wider residential area that includes nearby Rattray and Westfields of Rattray. Blairgowrie has a population of around 3562 people, according to recent estimates.
Blairgowrie and Perth and Kinross: AdBlue drains across the area
Over PH postcodes, the vans covering Blairgowrie — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places as well, Rattray and Westfields of Rattray included. Your location comes quickest from a postcode that starts PH10 6.
Centre of Blairgowrie or a layby near Wellmeadow: either way it is, the vehicle never needs to move at all for us. Wherever it stands, that's where it gets drained. Awkward to explain? Close to Blairgowrie Farmers' Market or a county line? Asking beats assuming, and so phone.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Keep the vehicle off and phone. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Perth and Kinross and within Blairgowrie — after you pull over, switch off then ring, if it has run.