AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Joppa, and What to Do Next
One thing counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the motor has run afterwards. Wherever your car stands — Low Coylton, Joppa — don't run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Leave your engine and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Joppa. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then turn everything off. A bigger job, yes, yet the same first step.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere across South Ayrshire you are.
On a Joppa forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. Whether Thames, another forecourt nearby or somewhere else in Joppa, the case is the same.
The point: of every spot to find out, this is the best. Still inside the tank, and no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue is.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the pump needs freeing. Ring us from the forecourt after your car sits in a bay — the attendants will help push it — and save the bottle. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away gets drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Joppa drive?
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in on the driveway — and it was only by the bin that the cap caught a second look. Homes just off Hole Road get hit as much as everywhere else.
The point: no miles since leaves this nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. On the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is in Joppa or out in Coylton. Late-night clears beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Joppa?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the fill. Maybe it was on Meadow Park, maybe on the way out towards Glasgow, under 50 miles away.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue in already. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. On the M77, under 15 miles from Joppa, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to check. Let us know the distance covered when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've had this vehicle hardly a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Anyone, anywhere in South Ayrshire, might make the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. The owner frequently has to approve the work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we turn up than after. If you are stuck in the car park at Ayr, or by Coylton Sports Centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Joppa?
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. What cap was taken off, you can't say; but the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Belston, or in a rush by the local primary school on the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach the motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Any AdBlue in the tank would be drawn in by starting the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it did, and don't start the motor. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Joppa AdBlue drain
The work begins identically, whichever your situation. Forecourt, driveway, the pub in the village's car park or a street by Claude Hamilton Community Centre — the van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: what fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. The price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and those answers set the job.
Then your tank is emptied and the fuel system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of the car. Where your engine has not been started, allow roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
Firing it up comes at the end. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it is running correctly, and then we go. If it is noticed soon, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Joppa
Joppa is a small village in South Ayrshire, situated inland at an elevation of 73 metres, near the villages of Coylton and Sundrum. Joppa lies approximately 30 miles from Glasgow, and its rural setting is characterized by detached housing. Joppa is part of a wider area of rolling countryside, with nearby Hillhead and other small settlements.
AdBlue drains across South Ayrshire, Joppa included
Over KA postcodes, the vans serving Joppa — a rural village — reach surrounding places as well, Sundrum and Hillhead included. Giving us your KA6 6 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Central Joppa or a lay-by towards Old Pit Bing: wherever it sits, your car never needs to move an inch for us. The drain is done right there. Assuming won't help beside Coylton Parish Church, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and check.
Your scenario, summed up
Motor never started: phone, leaving it alone. Run already? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, across Joppa and South Ayrshire, on 0333 366 0103.