Fallin: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your engine has been run since it got in. Out in Bannockburn or here around Fallin, an unrun engine must stay that way. Normally that is emptying and thoroughly flushing it on the spot in Fallin — so keep the key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment you safely can then switch off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, yet the identical first step.
Below: the situations our engineers meet, wherever around Stirling. Pick yours.
Fallin forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: standing by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you spot the filler you took off wasn't the correct one. Maybe you are at the Morrisons, possibly at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else in Fallin.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it gets. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — and so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you push the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the pump.
Fallin, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. Drives close to The Square see it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains put, however long the night.
Next: stop any early drive by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Your driveway is where it gets drained, whether around Fallin or Throsk. Night-time empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Fallin: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the top-up. Somewhere on Bandeath Road or else on the road towards Stirling — under 3 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Fallin lies under 3 miles from the M9; there, come off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. About what distance did it go? Say so as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Anywhere you are around Stirling, every driver can slip up.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added step. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before the van turn up is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Keep the vehicle switched off as the reply arrives, whether you're waiting outside Stirling or close to Polmaise Colliery Museum.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Fallin?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Which cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by the filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Broomridge.
The upshot: the engine is not hurt by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Starting your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
Next: act as though it went in, then keep the motor off. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Fallin has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions are asked when our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a road beside Polmaise 3 and 4 Collieries Memorial or the car park at The Gothenburg: the fluid, the quantity, and if it has been started. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the work.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals form and certain metals are attacked, and none of that rinses out unaided. Last come the filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of your car. Not started? Then about half an hour on site is most jobs.
We fire it up at the end. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before we head off. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been noticed quickly. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Fallin itself
Fallin is a village in central Scotland, situated near the city of Stirling and close to the coastal areas of the Firth of Forth. Fallin has a relatively low elevation of around 13 metres and is surrounded by nearby places such as Throsk, Cowie, and Canbus. Fallin is characterized by its semi-detached housing and is located approximately 2.4 miles from Stirling, making it a commuter-friendly location. Fallin is also part of the wider Stirling area, with its residents being around 352 miles from London.
AdBlue drains across Stirling, Fallin included
As a coastal village, Fallin has the same vans as the nearby towns — Canbus, Cowie — all the way through FK postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode beginning FK7 7.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Wester Moss and Polmaise Colliery or in a car park in the middle of Fallin, it doesn't need to shift. Where it stands, that is where it gets cleared. Awkward to pin down? By Beacon or a county line? Checking beats guessing, so ring.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not run, phone and leave it that way. Run already: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Fallin or anywhere across Stirling.