What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bridgend
One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has run since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Bridgend itself or out in Wester Orchiltree. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine both off. In Bridgend, that is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Pull over the minute you safely can and switch off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Wherever around West Lothian it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the pump around Bridgend: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, gripping the bottle, you spot the filler you opened wasn't the correct one. It might be the Esso, or the BP, or a different forecourt in Bridgend.
In short: there is no better spot exists to discover it. Just that tank has AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn any in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ring us from the forecourt once your car is in a bay — the attendants will help push it — then save the bottle. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain it in place.
At home in Bridgend with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. It takes place on driveways just off Auldhill Avenue as commonly as anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since makes it almost equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Philpstoun or Bridgend: wherever your drive sits, that's where it gets cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Bridgend: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after filling up, the motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Anywhere along Auldhill Place or heading towards Dunfermline — under 10 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next job — then turn everything off. On the M9, under 3 miles from Bridgend, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to find out. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. Any driver, wherever around West Lothian, might do it.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by if it ran, but with one added step. Work on the vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet terms.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Keep the vehicle switched off as the reply arrives, even if you're waiting outside Linlithgow or close to Ochiltree Castle.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Bridgend?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Look familiar? Maybe on a friend's drive in Old Philpstoun, or rushing outside the local primary school on the school run.
In short: a spill near your filler does the engine unharmed. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
Next: assume it went in, then leave the engine off. Phone and give the details: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after the engine has been run.
Bridgend: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each case gets the same opening to the work. Three things come once our engineers reach your car — at a filling station, a drive, a road by Philpstoun Community Centre or the car park at the pub in the village: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has run. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our quote, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses out unaided. Clean diesel goes in after the filter is cleaned or replaced, and your car is then checked. Where your motor has not been started, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
Finally, we fire it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running properly, and then we leave. When it's noticed early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Bridgend itself
Bridgend is a small village in West Lothian, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 97 metres, with views of the surrounding countryside. Bridgend lies near the towns of Philpstoun, Threemiletown, and Kingscavil, and is approximately 7.9 miles from Dunfermline. Bridgend has a population of around 750 people, predominantly living in flat-type housing. Bridgend is located in a scenic area, with the city of Dunfermline and its amenities within easy reach.
AdBlue drains round Bridgend and across West Lothian
Bridgend is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Threemiletown and Kingscavil among them, across the EH postcode area. Quickest of all: a EH49 6 postcode to show your location.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Bridgend & District Golf Club or in a car park in the middle of Bridgend, it doesn't need to shift. The drain is done on the spot. Guessing doesn't help near Kingscavil Church, on a county line or somewhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle that way and ring. Run by now? Stop, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever case, across Bridgend and West Lothian, on 0333 366 0103.