What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Broom
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your motor has been run since it went in. Over in Leven Links or here in Broom, an unstarted engine should remain unrun. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Broom. Pull over the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has been run. A larger job, yes, yet the identical opening step.
Further down: the situations our engineers see, anywhere in Fife. Pick yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Broom 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're at the BP, possibly at the Sainsbury's, possibly somewhere else in Broom.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Three jobs: a shove into a bay with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Broom drive?
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Drives near Linnwood Gardens see it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: the keys in the house, and so no one takes your car anywhere at breakfast. Then, ring. Your drive is where it is emptied, whether around Broom or Sillerhole. The equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Broom?
A mile or two beyond filling up, your engine began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on the dash. Maybe it was on Broom Crescent, possibly on the way out towards Dundee, under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. Past your filter, along the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then switch the engine off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M90, under 15 miles from Broom. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Tell us hear the mileage driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this vehicle barely a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Wherever you are across Fife, any driver could slip up.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or not — and one further stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers get there than after. Hanging on for an answer at the car park at Leven, or near Balmaise Centre? Keep your car off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Broom?
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think so. Which cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels less than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Innerleven.
Meaning? Spills around the filler never reach the engine at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting your car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank checked is a happier outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Every AdBlue drain in Broom shares these steps
The job opens the same way, whichever your case. Anywhere the vehicle is — Station Bar's car park, a street beside Millennium Mercat Cross, a drive, a filling station — our van arrives and asks for the liquid, the quantity, plus if the engine has been run. On the phone, before anything else, you are told our quote, and those replies decide the job too.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that is why a full flush, after the drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last come the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a check of the car. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
We start the engine at the end. Before we head off, it is tested to make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. When it is caught soon, the car very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Payment is on the day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Broom
Broom is a coastal suburban area in Fife, situated near the towns of Leven and Scoonie, with Broom itself lying at an elevation of around 25 metres. Broom is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock and is located close to the shoreline, with Broom residents enjoying views out to sea. Broom is part of the larger network of communities around Dundee, Scotland's fourth-largest city, which is approximately 17 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Fife, Broom included
Scoonie and Leven get the same teams as Broom, a residential suburb, along with further places over KY postcodes. Your location comes clearest from a postcode beginning KY8 5.
Parked heading to King George V Park, or bang in the centre of Broom, the vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to move it at all. The drain happens right there. Tricky to pin down? By Fife Heritage Railway or a county line? Asking beats assuming, and so ring.
Your situation, summed up
Still unrun? Leave the car that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Broom and anywhere in Fife on 0333 366 0103.