AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Drummochy: What Now?
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This single question decides nearly everything else from here. Anywhere your car stands — Drumeldrie, Drummochy — never run a motor that hasn't run yet. Usually this means draining and properly flushing it right there around Drummochy — and so keep your ignition and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. Stage one stays the same, even if the work is bigger.
Further down: the situations we meet, wherever across Fife. Pick yours.
Drummochy forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
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. Whether Sainsbury's, Shell or anywhere else around Drummochy, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits only inside that tank.
What to do: do not get back in and start the vehicle to clear the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is fine if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Drummochy with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had shown all week. Bought a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, too late. Homes just off Drummochy Road get hit as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: zero driving since makes this almost equal to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of your tank is where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Drummochy or Lundin Links. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drummochy: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long the engine was running unevenly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Somewhere on Emsdorf Crescent or else on the road towards Dundee — under 25 miles away.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. On the M90, under 25 miles from Drummochy, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it gone? Say so when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just driven this car a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Fife.
The point: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with one added stage. The owner often needs to approve any work, under plenty of rental and fleet contracts.
Do this: rental firm or fleet manager first, us second, because settling it early saves time. Stranded by Largo Library and Community Hub or outside Leven till someone answers, the vehicle remains turned off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Drummochy?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Which cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. A hurried stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Scoonie: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to the engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: act as though it went in, then keep the motor off. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Drummochy AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come when our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street beside Malagan or the car park outside Railway Inn: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers set the work.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it does not rinse out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally are your filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the car. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Our engineers start the engine at the end. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before our technicians leave. Lasting damage is very rare if it is spotted soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Payment comes on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Drummochy
Drummochy is a coastal suburban area in Fife, situated near the towns of Lundin Links, Lower Largo, and Upper Largo. Drummochy has a relatively low elevation of 13 metres, and its coastal location offers views of the Firth of Tay. Drummochy is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its suburban nature. Drummochy is located approximately 17 miles from Dundee, the nearest city.
AdBlue drains around Drummochy, and across Fife too
Lower Largo and Upper Largo get the same vans as Drummochy, a residential suburb, plus further places throughout KY postcodes. A postcode starting KY8 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked heading to Lundin Ladies Golf Club, or bang in the heart of Drummochy, the car stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. Our van drains it in place. Phone and check instead of guessing when you're by Obelisk, near a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, ring then leave it that way. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Fife and within Drummochy — after you pull over, turn off then ring, if it's run.