AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Levan, and What to Do Next
One thing counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has run since. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Levan itself or out in Drumillan Hill. Leave your engine and the ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Levan. Already started? Stop once safe, then switch it off. Step one stays the same, even though the job grows.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever around Inverclyde you are.
Levan forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Perhaps you are at the BP, perhaps at the Shell, possibly somewhere else in Levan.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. No pump has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs clearing. Get the attendants to help pushing it to a bay, save the receipt, then phone us right there. Draining it there at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Levan
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. Drives near Levanne Gardens see it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. At the floor of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Keep the keys in the house overnight — or a person might drive it off first thing — and call us. In Trumpethill or right here around Levan, the draining is done on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Levan with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading to Glasgow, under 25 miles away, or simply along Farm Road.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Mileage decides how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Stop safely — that's the first job — then turn it off. Services farther along are too far: from the M8, under 15 miles out of Levan, take the next junction. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Call, saying how far your car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have only had the vehicle for days. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere in Inverclyde, might do the same.
Meaning? Whichever case above counts here — run or unrun — plus one further stage. Any work on your car often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because settling it early saves time. Waiting for an answer at the car park outside Gourock, or near Castle Levan? Leave the car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Levan?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. Which cap came off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in Coppermine.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't touch the engine at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up the car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Assume it got in, and never turn your engine. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank checked counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
Each AdBlue drain in Levan shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, driveway, the pub in the village's car park or a street by Jubilee Drinking Fountain — the van comes to your car, and three answers come next: what fluid, what quantity, and if it has run. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers set the job.
Then your tank is emptied and the fuel system purged 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 doesn't rinse out on its own. Next is the filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If your motor hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, our engineers fire it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it is running properly, and then we go. Long-term damage is very rare if it's spotted early, and the entire job is done where your car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into plenty of policies.
About Levan and where it is
Levan is a coastal suburban area in Inverclyde, situated near the towns of Greenock and Gourock, with Levan being one of the smaller residential communities in the area. Levan sits at a low elevation of around 11 metres, looking out onto the Firth of Clyde, and Levan is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock. Levan is located near other suburban areas such as Trumpethill, Midton, and Ashton, with Levan being a part of the wider Glasgow commuter belt.
AdBlue drains about Levan and across Inverclyde
Midton and Ashton get the identical vans as Levan, a residential suburb, plus other towns over PA postcodes. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode that starts PA19 1.
Parked heading to Gourock Golf Club, or bang in the centre of Levan, the vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it at all. Draining is done right there. Awkward to explain? By Larkfield Community Hall or a county line? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
In one line: your situation
Motor not started: phone, leaving it alone. Started already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, in Levan and Inverclyde, on 0333 366 0103.