What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bridgend
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your motor has run since it was put in. Not started so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, wherever the car sits — Bridgend or Barnhill. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, done right where your car sits in Bridgend. Already started? Stop once safe, then switch everything off. It is a larger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Below: the cases our engineers see, wherever around Perth and Kinross. Pick yours.
On a Bridgend forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you took off was not the correct one. It could be the BP, or the Morrisons, or a different station around Bridgend.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it can be. Just that tank has AdBlue; no component beyond it has taken any in.
Next: resist the temptation to start it just to free up the pump. Ring us from the forecourt after the car sits in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to roll it — then keep the receipt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear is drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Bridgend
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you had used at the drive. It takes place on driveways just off Muirhall Road as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided your car hasn't been driven since, it is second to the pump case. At the bottom of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Out in Kinnoull or right here in Bridgend, the drain happens on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road in Bridgend with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way after filling up, your motor began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Possibly it was on Gannochy Road, perhaps on the way out towards Perth, under a mile away.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it too on a longer trip, once your filter and pipework have it. It goes further with every extra mile covered and each restart.
Pull in safely — that's the next step — then turn it off. Services farther along are too far: on the M90, under 3 miles out of Bridgend, use the first junction. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car barely a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Perth and Kinross.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. The owner frequently has to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and company agreements.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you are stranded in the car park outside Perth, or by Peter J Rodger memorial bench, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Bridgend: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". What cap came off, you can't say; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or a friend's drive out in Corsiehill.
In short: a spill near your filler leaves the motor unharmed. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Starting your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will pull it in.
Your move: act as though it did, and never start your motor. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain in Bridgend shares these stages
The work begins identically, whichever the case. Filling station, driveway, The Strathy's car park or a street beside Sundial — our van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, what quantity, and whether it has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our quote, and those answers shape the work too.
Then your tank is drained and your system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last are your filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of the car. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment we arrive.
Our technicians start the car at the end. Our engineers make sure it runs properly on new diesel before leaving. We do the entire job where your car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been noticed early. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Bridgend, briefly
Bridgend is a suburban area located on the riverside in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, with a relatively low elevation of 34 metres. Bridgend sits close to the city of Perth, being only 0.8 miles away, and is near other places such as Kinnoull and Gannochy. Bridgend has a population of approximately 3019 people and predominantly consists of flat-type housing. Bridgend is situated in a scenic area, with the River Tay flowing nearby.
Bridgend and Perth and Kinross: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a residential suburb, Bridgend shares its vans with the surrounding places — Perth, Gannochy — all the way through PH postcodes. A postcode starting PH2 7 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, be it parked in the centre of Bridgend or on a layby en route to Camilla Bell Park, so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that is where it is cleared. Ring and ask rather than guess if you're by Lynedoch Monument, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your scenario
If it has not run, ring then leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Bridgend and anywhere in Perth and Kinross on 0333 366 0103.