What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Braepark
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your engine has run since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Braepark itself or out in Cramond Bridge. Leave the engine and the ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Braepark. Pull over the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. Stage one remains the same, even though the job is bigger.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around City of Edinburgh it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Braepark forecourt
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the cap you took off was not the right one. Whether Shell, Tesco or anywhere else around Braepark, the situation is the same.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Only that tank has AdBlue; no component past it has taken it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. A few jobs: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Can't move the car by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained in place.
Braepark, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the drive. Driveways near Brae Park Road see it as much as any other street.
Put simply: if the car has not been driven since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
Next: stop an early drive by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Barnton or Braepark: whichever your driveway is, that is where it gets drained. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Braepark with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Barnton Avenue West, possibly on the way out towards Edinburgh, under 5 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in by now. Through your filter, along the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. Braepark lies under 3 miles from the M8; there, pull off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the vehicle barely a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets are side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Any driver, anywhere across City of Edinburgh, could do the same.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers get there than after. Keep the car switched off while the reply arrives, whether you're waiting at Edinburgh Gateway or close to Pet Margorie Plaque.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Braepark?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia smell lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Drumbrae.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet don't reach the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will pull it in.
Next: act as though it went in, then keep your engine off. Ring us and explain 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 every Braepark AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, Mid Yoken Pub's car park or a street by James V attacked at Cramond Brig A.D.1532 — the van comes to the car, and three answers follow: what fluid, what amount, and if it has run. Those answers decide the work, and you hear the price on the phone, before anyone sets off.
Then the tank is cleared and your system rinsed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Not started? Then about half an hour on site covers most jobs.
Last, we start the engine. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it is running correctly, and then we head off. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it is caught soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Payment is that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About Braepark, briefly
Braepark is a coastal locality in the City of Edinburgh, situated approximately 4.6 miles from Edinburgh city centre. Braepark has a population of around 1721 residents and is characterised by detached housing. Braepark sits at an elevation of 39 metres, overlooking the coastal scenery of the area. Braepark is close to nearby places such as Barnton, Cammo, and Cramond.
AdBlue drains in Braepark, and across City of Edinburgh too
Cammo and Cramond have the identical teams as Braepark, a coastal area, along with other places throughout EH postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning EH4 6.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Haugh Park or in a car park in the middle of Braepark, it doesn't need to move. Draining happens right there. If you're somewhere hard to describe, near St Kentigern’s RC Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, phone and keep it off. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across City of Edinburgh and in Braepark — after you stop, turn off then phone, if it has run.