AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in High Blantyre, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on one fact: if the engine has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Wherever your car stands — Udston, High Blantyre — never run an engine that hasn't run yet. Leave your motor and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around High Blantyre. Where your motor has been run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch the vehicle off. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Wherever across South Lanarkshire it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
High Blantyre forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Maybe you are at the Shell, perhaps at the Asda, possibly somewhere else in High Blantyre.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Just that tank has AdBlue; no part past it has drawn it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in High Blantyre
Several days had gone by with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Just off Broompark Road is no different from any other place.
The upshot: no driving since makes this nearly as good to finding it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and stays put, however long it waits.
Next: prevent an early drive by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. Auchinraith or High Blantyre: wherever your driveway is, that's where it gets drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around High Blantyre?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Nairn Street, say, or the route to Glasgow — a run of under 10 miles.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. It goes deeper with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, and turn the engine off. Leave at the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M74, under 3 miles from High Blantyre. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Tell us hear the mileage driven as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only driven this vehicle for days. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. Throughout South Lanarkshire, no one is immune.
The upshot: just as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added stage. The owner often needs to approve any work, under plenty of hire and company agreements.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Blantyre, or by Blantyre War Memorial, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in High Blantyre
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Low Blantrye.
In short: spillage round the filler leaves the motor unharmed. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the vehicle will pull it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Take it that it was put in, and never turn the key. Ring with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once the motor has been run.
The common ground in every High Blantyre AdBlue drain
Each situation gets the same start to the job. Filling station, drive, Red Burn Farm - Farmhouse inns's car park or a street by Blantyre Mining Disaster Memorial — the van comes to your car, and three answers come next: which fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Replies shape the work; the price follows on the call while no one has set off yet.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour visit after the moment we arrive.
Finally, our engineers fire it up. Before we head off, it is checked to confirm it runs properly on new diesel. Permanent damage is very unusual when it is spotted soon, and the entire job is done where the car is. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About High Blantyre itself
High Blantyre is a suburban area situated on the banks of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. High Blantyre sits at an elevation of 81 metres, approximately 7.5 miles southeast of Glasgow, and is part of the larger Blantyre settlement. High Blantyre has a population of around 4391 residents, living in a riverside setting with nearby neighbourhoods including Auchinraith and Low Blantyre.
AdBlue drains across South Lanarkshire, High Blantyre included
Over G postcodes, the teams serving High Blantyre — a residential suburb — reach surrounding towns too, Blantyre and Low Blantyre among them. Telling us a G72 0 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Parked heading to Milheugh Policy Parks, or right in the centre of High Blantyre, the car stays where it is — there's no need to shift it at all. Where it sits, that is where it gets drained. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're by Blantyre Disaster Centenary Monument, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Motor not started: phone, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around High Blantyre and anywhere in South Lanarkshire on 0333 366 0103.