Broadsea: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One fact matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your motor has been started since. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Pittulie, Broadsea — never run an engine that hasn't been started yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor both off. Across Broadsea, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Stage one remains the same, even if the job grows.
Anywhere in Aberdeenshire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Broadsea forecourt
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Perhaps you are at the Shell, perhaps at the Asda, perhaps somewhere else in Broadsea.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it can be. Still inside the tank, with nothing pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: don't get back in and start the car to clear the petrol pump. Have the attendants to lend a hand rolling it to a bay, save the receipt, then ring us right there. Stuck by the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Broadsea
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the shop, tipped in on the driveway — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught your eye. Houses just off Watermill Road are hit as often as anywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it is almost equal to spotting it at the forecourt. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
Your move: the keys in the house, and so no one takes the car anywhere first thing. After that, ring. In Fraserburgh or here around Broadsea, the drain happens at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Broadsea with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, pulled away, and soon the engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe it was on Marconi Terrace, maybe on the way out towards Aberdeen, under 50 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through your fuel system. Mileage sets how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, carries it on.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. On the M90, over 50 miles from Broadsea, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there's no sense starting it again to find out. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Aberdeenshire.
In short: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. If you are stuck in the car park outside the nearest station, or by The Scottish Episcopal Church of Saint Peter, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Broadsea
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. Lighter, that bottle; a hint of ammonia round the filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Cairnbulg.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't touch the engine at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: act as though it went in, and keep the motor off. Phone and give what you saw: we would rather confirm a clean tank than drain one once your engine has run.
Broadsea: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, one opening is used. Forecourt, driveway, Kenyan Bar's car park or a street by Fraserburgh West Parish Church — our van comes to your vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, what amount, and whether it ran. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told the price, and those replies shape the job too.
Draining your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, however long you wait. Finally come your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. If the engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is starting it. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running correctly, and then we head off. Lasting damage is very rare when it's caught early, and the entire job is done where your car is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your documents while you wait is worthwhile.
About Broadsea
Broadsea is a coastal suburban area in Aberdeenshire, situated near the towns of Fraserburgh and Sandhaven. Broadsea lies at a low elevation of around 16 metres, with the North Sea to the east. Broadsea is characterized by its predominantly flat-type housing, which reflects the local architectural style. Broadsea is located approximately 37.7 miles from Aberdeen, the nearest city.
AdBlue drains across Aberdeenshire, Broadsea included
Pitblae and Sandhaven have the same teams as Broadsea, a residential suburb, along with other towns over AB postcodes. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts AB43 9.
No towing is required, be it stopped in the centre of Broadsea or in a layby en route to Lighthouse Grounds, and so leave it where it is. Wherever it stands, that is where it is emptied. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Drostan's or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Run already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever case, in Broadsea and Aberdeenshire, on 0333 366 0103.