AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Galafoot, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on one detail: whether your motor has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Wherever the vehicle is — Langlee, Galafoot — don't start a motor that has not run yet. Usually that is emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot around Galafoot — and so keep your ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. When the motor has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then switch the car off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Match what happened to a situation from the ones below, wherever around Scottish Borders you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Galafoot forecourt
Just at this point, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Somewhere in Galafoot, then — Esso, BP, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Nothing has drawn it in, so the AdBlue sits only inside your tank.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants clearing. Three things: a shove into a bay with the attendants assisting, the receipt saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Can't move the vehicle by the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt safe, so it can be drained in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Galafoot drive?
On the dash, a warning had been lit all week. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the driveway — and it was just by the recycling that the cap caught your eye. Right off Galafoot Lane is no less likely from any other place.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's second to the forecourt case. On the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Your move: the keys indoors, so no one drives your car off at breakfast. After that, ring. Out in Netherdale or here in Galafoot, the draining happens at your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Galafoot: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after filling up, your engine started playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, warnings on the dash. It might have been heading for Edinburgh, under 50 miles away, or simply down Galafoot Road.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue up. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a longer run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. More driving, more restarts: further it travels.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then switch the engine off. Leave at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M8, under 50 miles from Galafoot. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the mileage driven when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week ago, it was new to you. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Throughout Scottish Borders, nobody is safe from it.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added stage. The owner often needs to approve the work, under many rental and company agreements.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you're stuck in the car park at Tweedbank, or by Tweedbank Community Centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Galafoot?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. What cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Tweedbank.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no harm to the motor. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the car would suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your key. Ring and give the details: we would rather confirm a clean tank than empty one once your engine has run.
Galafoot: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Anywhere the car is — The Woodcutter's car park, a road by Langlee Community Centre, a drive, a forecourt — the van arrives and asks about the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been run. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told our price, and those answers shape the work too.
Draining your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long you wait. Next comes your filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Never started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Before our engineers head off, it is tested to confirm it runs correctly on clean diesel. Long-term damage is very uncommon if it's caught quickly, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as you wait pays.
About Galafoot
Galafoot is a suburban area situated on the shores of a lake in the Scottish Borders, with an elevation of 99 metres. Galafoot lies approximately 28 miles southeast of Edinburgh and 303 miles north of London, near the communities of Netherdale, Easter Langlee, and Lowood. Galafoot has a population of around 3285 people, predominantly residing in terraced housing.
AdBlue drains around Galafoot, and across Scottish Borders too
Over TD postcodes, the vans serving Galafoot — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, Easter Langlee and Lowood included. Fastest of all: a TD1 3 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Netherdale or in a car park in the middle of Galafoot, it does not need to shift. The drain is done on the spot. Phone and check rather than guess if you're close to Home of Sir Walter Scott, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Engine never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Scottish Borders and within Galafoot — after you stop, turn off then ring, if it has run.