What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Hailes Terrace
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? That one question decides almost everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Hailes Terrace itself or out in Black House Steading. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where your vehicle sits in Hailes Terrace. Where the engine has been run, stop safely first, then switch it off. A larger job, yes, yet the same first move.
Match what happened to one of the list below, wherever around East Lothian you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Hailes Terrace forecourt
Only at this point, bottle still in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Hailes Terrace, then — JET, Shell, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue sits only inside the tank.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to start it — so don't get back in. Get the attendants to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us right there. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away is cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Hailes Terrace drive?
For days the dash had been nagging you. Bought a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. It happens on drives just off Hailes Green as regularly as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's nearly as good as spotting it 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.
Your move: the keys indoors, so no one takes your vehicle off at breakfast. Then, ring. Haddington or Hailes Terrace: wherever your drive sits, that is where it gets emptied. The equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Hailes Terrace?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Perhaps it was on Mill Wynd, possibly on the way out towards Edinburgh, under 25 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue up. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and every injector. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then switch the motor off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M8, under 25 miles from Hailes Terrace. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, it was unknown to you. Your own car either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so no one warned you the AdBlue cap was right beside the diesel. Across East Lothian, no one is immune.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added stage. The owner often has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
Settling it before we arrives is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Drem, or beside The Bridge Centre? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Hailes Terrace
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can truthfully say. What cap was taken off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or a friend's drive out in Bolton.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Next: assume it went in, and leave your engine off. Ring and give the details: we'd sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the engine has run.
What each AdBlue drain around Hailes Terrace has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, drive, The Tyneside Tavern's car park or a road beside Aubigny Sports Centre — our van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: which fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear our quote, and those answers decide the job too.
Then your tank is drained and the system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a check of the vehicle. If your motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
We fire it up at the end. With clean diesel in, it runs while we confirm it is running smoothly, and then we leave. When it is caught quickly, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy as we travel pays.
About Hailes Terrace
Hailes Terrace is a riverside locality in East Lothian, situated near the River Tyne and close to the town of Haddington. Hailes Terrace has a relatively low elevation of 47 metres and is located approximately 16 miles east of Edinburgh. Hailes Terrace is characterized by its predominantly flat-type housing and is part of the wider area that includes nearby Nungate and Dovecote.
AdBlue drains across East Lothian, Hailes Terrace included
Nungate and Dovecote get the same vans as Hailes Terrace, a small village, along with further towns over EH postcodes. Giving us your EH41 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Stopped en route to Neilson Park, or bang in the centre of Hailes Terrace, your vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. The drain is done on the spot. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you are by St Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, on a boundary, or anywhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not started, phone then leave it that way. Run already: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Hailes Terrace or wherever across East Lothian.