AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Dalmore, and What to Do Next
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? This one point decides nearly everything about what comes next. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Milnafua, Dalmore — don't start a motor that has not been started yet. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush after a drain, done just where the car sits in Dalmore. When your motor has been run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch it off. Step one stays the same, even if the job is bigger.
Further down: the cases we meet, anywhere across Highland. Choose yours.
On a Dalmore forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Perhaps you're at the Morrisons, maybe at the Gleaner, possibly somewhere else around Dalmore.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits only in that tank.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to free up the petrol pump. Three jobs: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the receipt saved, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away gets cleared where it is at the pump.
At home in Dalmore with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Right off A9 is not less likely from any other place.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's nearly as good as finding out at the pump. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in your tank and waits. One night standing changes nothing.
Your move: the keys in the house, so nobody drives your car off at breakfast. Then, phone. In Alness or right here in Dalmore, the draining happens on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Dalmore?
A short way beyond filling up, your engine began playing up: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. Somewhere along Dr Stewart Campbell Court or on the road towards Inverness — under 15 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue through by now. Past the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Next: pick a sensible spot, pull in, then switch the engine off. Exit at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M90, over 50 miles from Dalmore. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Let us know the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have had the car hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you are around Highland, every motorist can slip up.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added stage. Any work on your car often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or fleet terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Keep the car off as the answer arrives, even if you are waiting outside Alness or close to Covenanters' Stone.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Dalmore?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. A faint ammonia whiff lingers around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A hurried stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Firhill: both fits.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never touch the motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different story. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Next: act as though it went in, and leave your engine off. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it has been run — so ring then describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in each Dalmore AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three things come when our technicians reach your car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road by The Dalmore Distillery or the car park outside the pub in the village: the liquid, the quantity, and whether it has been started. Answers shape the job; the quote follows on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Fresh diesel goes in after the filter is flushed or changed, and the car is finally tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our check that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. When it is caught early, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Dalmore and where it is
Dalmore is a coastal locality in the Highland council area, situated near the cities of Inverness and the towns of Alness, with Dalmore itself being a small residential area at a low elevation of around 20 metres. Dalmore is characterised by its semi-detached housing and is located near Obsdale Park and Shillinghill. Dalmore is relatively distant from major cities like London, being around 457 miles away, but is close to the amenities of Inverness, which is about 15 miles away.
AdBlue drains in Dalmore, and across Highland too
Over IV postcodes, the vans covering Dalmore — a coastal area — reach nearby towns as well, Shillinghill and Obsdale Park among them. Giving us your IV17 0 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Parked heading to Alness Golf Club, or right in the centre of Dalmore, your vehicle remains put — there is no need to shift it at all. The van drains it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Alness War Memorial or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your situation, in one line
Unstarted? Keep the vehicle off and ring. Started already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever case, across Dalmore and Highland, on 0333 366 0103.