AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Jedburgh: What Now?
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue got in? That single question settles nearly everything else from here. Anywhere your car stands — Scraesburgh, Jedburgh — don't run a motor that has not run yet. Leave your engine and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Jedburgh. Where your engine has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then turn the vehicle off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, wherever across Scottish Borders. Choose yours.
Jedburgh forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Somewhere around Jedburgh, then — Esso, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else nearby.
In short: no better place exists to spot it. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue stays only in your tank.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Jedburgh drive?
On your dash, a reminder had shown all week. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. It happens on drives just off Market Place as frequently as anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since makes it nearly as good to finding it at the pump. At the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it is drained, be it in Jedburgh or Hundalee. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Jedburgh with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two after topping up, your motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Exchange Street, say, or the way to Edinburgh — a run of under 50 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger trip, after the filter and pipework have had it. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the A74(M), under 50 miles from Jedburgh. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Phone us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've only had the vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are next to each other here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Scottish Borders.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, since settling it beforehand cuts time. Stuck near Jubilee Fountain or at Tweedbank until the firm answers, your vehicle remains switched off the whole time.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Jedburgh
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in Mossburnford.
The point: the engine is not hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the filler. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by starting the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: act as though it got in, and don't start your engine. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked is a happier result than an already-run one drained.
Jedburgh: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every case has the same start to the job. Filling station, drive, The Brick Yard's car park or a street beside Mercat Cross (site of) — our van comes to your vehicle, and three questions follow: which liquid, what quantity, and whether it ran. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of it rinses away unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If the motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our technicians check it runs smoothly on new diesel before we go. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been noticed quickly. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Jedburgh itself
Jedburgh is a town situated in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Jed and surrounded by rolling countryside. Jedburgh sits at an elevation of 89 metres, with the nearby settlements of Hundalee, Bonjedward, and Lanton forming part of its wider community. Jedburgh is characterized by its predominantly flat housing stock, reflecting its history of development and growth. Jedburgh remains a significant urban centre in the region, with Edinburgh located 41 miles to the north,
AdBlue drains across Scottish Borders, Jedburgh included
Bonjedward and Lanton have the identical teams as Jedburgh, a riverside town, plus other places throughout TD postcodes. Your location is clearest from a postcode that starts TD8 6.
No moving is required, whether stopped centrally in Jedburgh or in a lay-by en route to Pipewell Brae, so keep it put. The van empties it where it stands. Guessing won't help near Jedburgh Sheriff Court, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your situation
If it hasn't started, phone and keep it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Jedburgh and anywhere across Scottish Borders on 0333 366 0103.