--- title: Davidsons Mains: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/davidsons-mains-city-of-edinburgh/ location: Davidsons Mains county: City of Edinburgh latitude: 55.966570 longitude: -3.276040 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-07 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Davidsons Mains, and What to Do Next All of that hinges on a single fact: whether the engine has started after the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Davidsons Mains itself or out in Blackhall. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor still off. In Davidsons Mains, that is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. Stop the minute you safely can then switch off, if it has been run. Stage one stays the same, even though the work is bigger. Match what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere in City of Edinburgh you are. ## At the pump in Davidsons Mains: AdBlue in a diesel Just now, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. Somewhere in Davidsons Mains, then — Sainsbury's, Esso, or somewhere else nearby. Put simply: no better place exists to discover it. Just your tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has drawn any in. Clearing the pump is no reason to start it — so do not get back in. A few things: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away is emptied right at the pump. ## At home in Davidsons Mains with AdBlue in your diesel tank For days the dashboard had been warning you. Bought a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Right off Cramond Road South is no less likely from any other place. Meaning? Provided your vehicle has not moved since, it's close to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that. Next: stop any early-morning move by keeping your keys in the house, then ring us. Out in Silverknowes or here around Davidsons Mains, the drain is done on your drive. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet. ## AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Davidsons Mains? You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving to Edinburgh, under 5 miles away, or simply along Barnton Avenue. The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in by now. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further. What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Service stations farther on can wait: from the M8, under 5 miles out of Davidsons Mains, take the first junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, saying how far the vehicle went. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors You have had the car hardly a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing warned you the AdBlue inlet was right beside the diesel. Anyone, anywhere around City of Edinburgh, might do it. The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, but with one added step. Any work on your car often requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or company agreements. Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since settling it early cuts time. If you're stranded in the car park at South Gyle, or by Holy Cross Church, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off. ## Davidsons Mains: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in West Pilton. Put simply: a spill near your filler leaves the engine no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by starting the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case. What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't fire it up. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one emptied. ## Each AdBlue drain in Davidsons Mains shares these stages Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. We come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at Ye Olde Inn or a side street close to Barnton Park Lawn Tennis Club, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has run. Those answers decide the work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anyone heads out. A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since deposits build up and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses away unaided. Next is the filter — flushed, or replaced when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. If the motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there. Starting it comes last. Before our engineers leave, it's tested to confirm it runs properly on clean diesel. If it is caught early, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way. ## About Davidsons Mains Davidsons Mains is a suburban area in the City of Edinburgh, situated approximately 3.5 miles northwest of Edinburgh's city centre. Davidsons Mains lies close to the coast, with the Firth of Forth nearby, and has a relatively low elevation of around 57 metres. Davidsons Mains is characterised by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, with nearby neighbourhoods including Silverknowes, Muirhouse, and Clermiston. ## AdBlue drains across City of Edinburgh, Davidsons Mains included Muirhouse and Clermiston have the identical vans as Davidsons Mains, a residential suburb, along with further towns over EH postcodes. Fastest of all: a EH4 6 postcode for your location. Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Forget me not garden or in a car park in the middle of Davidsons Mains, it doesn't need to move. The van empties it where it stands. Guessing won't help beside War Memorial, on a county line or somewhere hard to describe; phone and ask. ## In one line: your situation Unstarted? Keep it that way and phone. Run by now: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Davidsons Mains or wherever across City of Edinburgh.