AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Finnieston: What Now?
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This one question settles nearly everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Finnieston itself or out in Kelvingrove Park. Leave your motor and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Finnieston. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then switch everything off. A bigger job, then, but the identical first step.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Glasgow City it happened.
At the pump in Finnieston: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Anywhere around Finnieston, then — Sainsbury's, BP, or somewhere else nearby.
In short: there is no better spot to be to spot it. Still inside your tank, with no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
Do this: keep out of the car, even if the pump wants clearing. Have the staff to lend a hand pushing it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Finnieston drive?
On the dash, a reminder had been lit for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. It happens on drives just off Palmerston Place as frequently as anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle has not been driven since, it's almost as good as finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: stop an early-morning move by keeping the keys in the house, then phone us. Yorkhill or Finnieston: wherever your driveway is, that is where it is drained. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Finnieston?
A mile or two after filling up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Kelvinhaugh Place, say, or the way towards Glasgow — a run of under 3 miles.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. It has been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. More driving, more starts: deeper it goes.
Stop safely — that's the first job — then switch it off. On the M8, under a mile from Finnieston, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far did it go? Say so as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week ago, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right next to 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 Glasgow City.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it's run. Any work on the car often requires the owner's approval under hire or company agreements.
Do this: rental firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, because sorting it beforehand cuts time. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Exhibition Centre, or near Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church? Leave the car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Finnieston?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. Too light, the bottle; a hint of ammonia near your filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Hillhead.
Put simply: a spill round the filler leaves your motor no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Do this: behave as though it did, and don't start your engine. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
Finnieston: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The job begins the same way, whichever the situation. Filling station, drive, The 78's car park or a street by Corunna Bowling Club — our van comes to your car, and three answers follow: what fluid, which amount, and if it has run. Replies set the work; the quote follows on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after this drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Last come your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Not started? Then roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
Starting the car comes last. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers head off. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been caught quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Finnieston and where it is
Finnieston is a suburban area in Glasgow City, situated on the north bank of the River Clyde at an elevation of around 22 metres. Finnieston sits close to the city centre, approximately 1.9 miles west of Glasgow, and is near neighbourhoods such as Yorkhill, Kelvingrove, and Kelvinhaugh. Finnieston is predominantly composed of flat housing and has a population of around 11615 people. Finnieston is located some 345.7 miles northwest of London, in the central belt of Scotland.
AdBlue drains around Finnieston, and across Glasgow City too
Throughout G postcodes, the teams serving Finnieston — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, Kelvingrove and Kelvinhaugh included. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts G3 8.
Central Finnieston or a lay-by near Kelvingrove Park: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to shift an inch for this drain. Draining is done right there. Assuming doesn't help beside Bait-Ur-Rahman Mosque, close to a county line or anywhere awkward to describe; ring and ask.
Your situation, summed up
Motor never started: phone, and leave it alone. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Glasgow City and in Finnieston — after you pull over, switch off then ring, if it's run.