What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Limepark
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your motor has been run since it was put in. Not run so far? Then leave it like that, wherever the car is — Limepark or Corry. Leave the motor and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Limepark. Already run? Stop once safe, then switch it off. A bigger job, yes, but the same first move.
Match what happened to one of the list below, anywhere across Highland you are.
On a Limepark forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're 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. Be it Asda, another forecourt nearby or anywhere else in Limepark, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. No pump has drawn it through, so the AdBlue sits only inside the tank.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Three jobs: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Can't move the car beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt sensible, so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Limepark drive?
For days the dash had been warning you. 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. Houses just off A' Phàirce Dhubh are caught out as often as everywhere else.
In short: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the pump. On the floor of your tank sits where AdBlue stays, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person might take it away at breakfast — then call us. We drain the car on your drive, whether that is in Limepark or out in Blackpark. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Limepark with AdBlue in a diesel
A mile or two beyond filling up, your motor began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on Cèarnag Chabairfèidh, possibly on the way out towards Inverness, over 50 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Through the filter, along the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next job — then turn everything off. On the M9, over 50 miles from Limepark, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car barely a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Any driver, wherever in Highland, could do it.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies here — run or not — plus one extra step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you are stranded in the car park at Kyle of Lochalsh, or by Broadford ROC Post, while you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Limepark: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can truthfully say. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Sound familiar? Maybe on a friend's drive in Waterloo, or rushing by the local primary school at the school run.
The upshot: your motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Next: assume it went in, and keep the motor off. Inspecting a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one once it has been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain around Limepark shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come once we arrive — at a filling station, a drive, a street by Broadford War Memorial or the car park at Gabbro Bar: the liquid, the quantity, and if it has run. Answers shape the work; the price follows by phone while no one has left yet.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits build up and certain metals corrode, and none of it washes out unaided. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. If the engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Starting the car comes last. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before our engineers leave. Our engineers do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been spotted quickly. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Limepark
Limepark is a small suburban area situated on the coast of Highland, Scotland, with a population of around 514 people. Limepark sits at a low elevation of 12 metres, looking out to sea, and is located near other communities such as Blackpark and Broadford. Limepark is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its residential nature. Limepark is also relatively distant from major cities, with London over 458 miles to the south and Inverness around 64 miles away.
AdBlue drains in Limepark, and across Highland too
Limepark is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Harrapool and Broadford among them, across the IV postcode area. Quickest of all: a IV49 9 postcode to show where you stand.
Central Limepark or a layby towards Suardal Forrest: wherever it is, your vehicle doesn't need to move at all for this drain. We drain the car where it stands. Awkward to pin down? Close to Broadford Village Hall or a county line? Asking beats guessing, so phone.
The one-line version
Where it has not run, ring and leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Limepark and anywhere in Highland on 0333 366 0103.