AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Kilwinning, and What to Do Next
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? That single question decides almost everything else from here. Wherever the car stands — Stevenston, Kilwinning — never start a motor that has not run yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor both off. Across Kilwinning, such a case is generally drained and cleaned on the spot. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Compare what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere across North Ayrshire you are.
On a Kilwinning forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Somewhere in Kilwinning, then — Esso, Gulf, or somewhere else nearby.
Put simply: no better place to be to spot it. Just the tank has AdBlue; no component past it has taken it in.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — so don't get back in. Have the staff to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the receipt, then ring us from there. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Kilwinning
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it's just by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. It happens on driveways just off Main Street as regularly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and stays there, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Kilwinning or out in Dalgarven. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Kilwinning?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Church Street or heading to Glasgow — under 25 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a longer run, once your filter and pipework have it. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Stop safely — that's the first step — then turn it off. On the M77, under 10 miles from Kilwinning, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Phone, saying how far the car went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue cap sits right beside the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across North Ayrshire.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Settling it before we turn up is quicker, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside the nearest station, or near Robert W Service Monument? Keep the car off meanwhile.
Kilwinning: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. Which cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or a friend's drive out in Sourlie.
In short: spillage near your filler does your engine no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Take it that it was put in, and don't turn your key. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Kilwinning: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation has the same opening to the work. Filling station, driveway, Home's car park or a street beside Mercat Cross — the van reaches the vehicle, and three answers come next: which fluid, which amount, and if it ran. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies shape the job.
Draining the tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, however long it sits. Next comes the filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Not started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Starting it comes last. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our engineers head off. If it's spotted early, the vehicle very seldom has lasting 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. Check your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Kilwinning
Kilwinning is a coastal town in North Ayrshire, situated on the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde, with a mix of terraced housing and other residential areas. Kilwinning lies at an elevation of around 17 metres, close to the nearby villages of Dalgarven and Benslie. Kilwinning is located approximately 23 miles from Glasgow, making it a commuter town for the larger city. Kilwinning has a population of around 12,972 people, with the town's setting and proximity to Glasgow influencing its development.
AdBlue drains around Kilwinning and across North Ayrshire
Kilwinning is a coastal town, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Benslie and Doura among them, across the KA postcode area. A postcode starting KA13 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Almswall Park or in a car park in the middle of Kilwinning, it doesn't need to shift. Wherever it stands, that's where it is emptied. Tricky to explain? By War Memorial or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, and so phone.
Your situation, in one line
Unstarted? Keep the car off then ring. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across North Ayrshire and within Kilwinning — once you pull over, switch off then ring, if it's run.