AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Maryfield, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it went in. Not started so far? Then leave the car like that, wherever the car sits — Maryfield or Claverhouse. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where the car stands around Maryfield. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a larger job, though step one does not change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Dundee City it happened.
Maryfield forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you opened was not the correct one. Anywhere around Maryfield, then — Esso, Morrisons, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it gets. Just the tank holds AdBlue; not one part past it has taken it in.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — and so don't get back in. Get the staff to lend a hand rolling it into a bay, save the receipt, then ring us right there. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home in Maryfield with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had gone by with the dash light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Just off Clive Street is no different from anywhere.
The upshot: no driving since makes it almost equal to finding it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent any early-morning move by putting the keys indoors, then phone us. Out in Linlathen or right here in Maryfield, the draining happens at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Maryfield: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Maybe heading to Dundee, under 3 miles away, or just down Argyle Street.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. Through the filter, along the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
Your move: pull up somewhere sensible, then switch the engine off. Services further on can wait: on the M90, under 25 miles out of Maryfield, take the next junction. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it gone? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the car hardly a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right next to your diesel inlet — news to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Dundee City.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Work on your vehicle often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Leave the car off while the answer arrives, even if you're waiting outside Dundee or close to Dundee International Sports Centre.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Maryfield
At times, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A hurried top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Fintry: either fits.
In short: a spill near your filler does your engine no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. Any AdBlue in your tank would be pulled in by starting your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Your move: behave as if it did, and never start your motor. Phone with what you saw: we would rather find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after your engine has run.
Maryfield: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The work opens identically, whichever the situation. Filling station, drive, Stobswell Bar's car park or a road by Land o' Cakes — our van reaches your car, and three questions follow: which fluid, which amount, and if it ran. Those replies decide this work, and you get our quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
Draining the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, however long it sits. Then is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Where the engine hasn't been started, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The last step is starting the engine. We make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before leaving. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been spotted soon. Payment comes that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Maryfield and where it is
Maryfield is a coastal suburban area in Dundee City, situated approximately 1.5 miles from Dundee city centre. Maryfield has a relatively low elevation of 92 metres and is characterised by predominantly flat-type housing. Maryfield is close to nearby places such as Linlathen, Hilltown, and Craigie, and is home to a population of around 5769 people.
AdBlue drains in Maryfield, and across Dundee City too
Maryfield is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Hilltown and Craigie among them, across the DD postcode area. Your location comes quickest from a postcode beginning DD4 7.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Foxglove Community Garden or in a car park in the middle of Maryfield, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that's where it is emptied. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near Stobswell Parish Church or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
In one line: your scenario
If it has not run, ring and keep it off. Run by now? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever it is, across Maryfield and Dundee City, on 0333 366 0103.