Kirkshaw: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on a single detail: if the motor has started since the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Wherever your car is — Dundyvan, Kirkshaw — never start a motor that hasn't run yet. Leave the motor and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Kirkshaw. Pull over the minute you safely can and turn off, if it has been run. Stage one remains the same, even if the work grows.
Wherever in North Lanarkshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
At the pump around Kirkshaw: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Anywhere in Kirkshaw, then — Gulf, BP, or anywhere else close by.
The upshot: of all places to find out, this is the best. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has taken any in.
Freeing the pump is no reason to start it — and so do not get back in. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking bay, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets cleared right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Kirkshaw
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Homes just off Jedburgh Place are hit as often as anywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains there, however long it waits.
Your move: the keys in the house, and so nobody drives your vehicle off at breakfast. Then, phone. Your driveway is where it is drained, be it around Kirkshaw or Old Monkland. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
On the road in Kirkshaw with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond topping up, the motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Maybe driving to Glasgow, under 10 miles away, or just along Old Monkland Road.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger run, after the filter and lines have had it. It goes further with every mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so and switch off. On the M8, under a mile from Kirkshaw, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Phone us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, the car was unknown to you. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is right by the diesel inlet — news to you. Any driver, wherever around North Lanarkshire, could do the same.
In short: one extra step on top of the cases above, which depend on if it's run. Any work on your car often requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before the van arrives is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park outside Kirkwood, or by St James, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Kirkshaw: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. What cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Barrowfield.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Turning on the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
Do this: act as if it got in, and don't start the motor. Ring and give the details: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one after your motor has been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Kirkshaw shares these stages
Each case gets the same opening to the job. Our engineers come to the vehicle, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Kirkshaws Club or a side street close to Old Monkland Community Centre, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the motor has been run. Over the phone, before anything else, you hear the price, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of it washes away unaided. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour job after the moment our engineers arrive.
The final step is starting it. We make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel before leaving. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and if it is caught quickly, lasting damage is very unusual. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Kirkshaw itself
Kirkshaw is a locality in North Lanarkshire, situated inland at an elevation of 89 metres, approximately 7.8 miles from Glasgow. Kirkshaw is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing and is located near other nearby places such as Old Monkland and Shawhead. Kirkshaw has a population of around 4348 residents and is part of the wider Glasgow urban area.
AdBlue drains in Kirkshaw, and across North Lanarkshire too
Over ML postcodes, the vans covering Kirkshaw — a small village — reach surrounding places as well, Kirkshaws and Shawhead among them. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode that starts ML5 5.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Souterhouse Park or in a car park in the middle of Kirkshaw, it does not need to move. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it stands. Guessing doesn't help beside Kirkshaws Neigbourhood Centre, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; phone and check.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle off and phone. Started already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever case, across Kirkshaw and North Lanarkshire, on 0333 366 0103.