AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Conon Bridge: What Now?
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That single point decides nearly everything else from here. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Conon Bridge itself or out in Newton of Ferintosh. Usually that is emptying and properly cleaning it right there around Conon Bridge — and so leave the ignition and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. When the motor has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then turn it off. It is a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere around Highland you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Conon Bridge forecourt
You're 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. Somewhere around Conon Bridge, then — Tesco, Gleaner, or anywhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Just the tank holds AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken it in.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to free up the pump. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Draining it there at the petrol pump is fine when it cannot be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Conon Bridge
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it's just by the bin that the cap got your eye. Drives close to Burnside Lane see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car hasn't been driven since, it's close to the pump case. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops low in the tank and stays. One night standing alters none of that.
Keep the keys indoors tonight — or someone may take it away first thing — and phone us. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's in Conon Bridge or out in Maryburgh. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Conon Bridge?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving to Inverness, under 10 miles away, or just down Henderson Crescent.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger run, once your filter and lines have had it. Each restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M90, over 50 miles from Conon Bridge. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Let us hear the distance driven as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week ago, the car was new to you. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it elsewhere. Across Highland, no one is safe from it.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts too — run or unrun — and one further step. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under many hire and company agreements.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Leave the car switched off as the reply comes, even if you are parked at the nearest station or close to Ferintosh Parish Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Conon Bridge?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Bishop Kinkell.
The upshot: your engine is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the vehicle would pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and never start the engine. Ring with the details: we'd rather find a clean tank than empty one after the motor has been run.
The common ground in every Conon Bridge AdBlue drain
Every situation gets the same opening to the job. Anywhere the car is — the pub in the village's car park, a road beside Urquhart War Memorial, a driveway, a filling station — the van arrives and asks about the liquid, the quantity, plus whether the motor has been run. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since crystals form and some metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Next is the filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Not started? Then about half an hour on site is most jobs.
We fire it up at the end. Before we head off, it is tested to be sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. Our technicians do the entire job where your car is, and lasting damage is very unusual when it has been noticed quickly. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Conon Bridge
Conon Bridge is a coastal village in the Scottish Highlands, situated near the mouth of the River Conon and close to the city of Inverness. Conon Bridge has a population of around 1140 people and is characterized by its semi-detached housing stock. Conon Bridge sits at a low elevation of 6 metres above sea level, looking out over the Moray Firth. Conon Bridge is located near other small communities such as Maryburgh and Corntown.
AdBlue drains across Highland, Conon Bridge included
Conon Bridge is a coastal village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Corntown and Ryefield among them, across the IV postcode area. The location is clearest from a postcode beginning IV7 8.
No towing is required, be it stopped centrally in Conon Bridge or on a lay-by heading to Garrie Island, so keep it put. Our van drains it where it stands. Tricky to explain? By Conon Bridge Henge or a county line? Checking beats assuming, so phone.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep it off and phone. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, in Conon Bridge and Highland, on 0333 366 0103.