Blairhall: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the motor has run afterwards. Out in High Valleyfield or here in Blairhall, an unrun motor must stay unrun. Usually this means emptying and properly purging it right there in Blairhall — so leave the ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Step one stays the same, even though the job is bigger.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, wherever around Fife you happen to be.
At the petrol pump in Blairhall: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the cap you took off wasn't the correct one. It could be the Thames Petroleum, or perhaps the Hastons of Bo'ness, or a different forecourt around Blairhall.
In short: no better spot to be to discover it. Still in that tank, with no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to free up the pump. Phone us from the forecourt after your vehicle is in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — and save the receipt. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Blairhall
On the dash, a reminder had been lit for days. A bottle from the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it's only at the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Houses just off Houldsworth Street are hit as often as anywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's almost as good as finding out at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep the keys in the house overnight — or someone may take it away at breakfast — and phone us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether in Blairhall or Comrie. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Blairhall: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was turning roughly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up your dash. East Avenue, perhaps, or the way towards Dunfermline — a trip of under 10 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Next: find a sensible spot, pull in, and switch the motor off. Blairhall sits under 10 miles from the M876; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far your vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is just by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Across Fife, nobody is safe from it.
The upshot: just as above, split by whether it ran, but with one added step. Any work on the car often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Leave it off while the answer comes, even if you're parked outside Dunfermline City or close to Blairhall New Community Centre.
Blairhall: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round your filler; no clear memory of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's drive over in Low Valleyfield.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet never touch your engine at all. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Your move: behave as if it did, and don't start your engine. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Blairhall AdBlue drain
Every situation has the same opening to the work. Three questions come once our technicians arrive — on a forecourt, a drive, a road beside Blairhall Memorial Garden or the car park outside Blairhill Village Bar: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has run. Replies set the work; the price follows by phone while no one has set off yet.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, because crystals form and some metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Finally are the fuel filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, our engineers start it. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running smoothly, and then we go. If it is noticed quickly, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes built into plenty of policies.
About Blairhall itself
Blairhall is a coastal village in Fife, situated near the town of Dunfermline and overlooking the Firth of Forth. Blairhall sits at an elevation of 93 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Blairhall is located near other small settlements, including Comrie and Oakley, and is around 5.5 miles from Dunfermline. Blairhall has a population of approximately 1102 residents.
AdBlue drains in Blairhall, and across Fife too
Throughout KY postcodes, the vans covering Blairhall — a coastal village — work nearby places too, Shires Mill and Oakley among them. Giving us a KY12 9 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Parked heading to Blairhall Memorial Garden, or right in the centre of Blairhall, the car stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. Where it sits, that is where it is drained. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you're close to Blairhall Mining Memorial, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle off then phone. Started by now? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, in Blairhall and Fife, on 0333 366 0103.