--- title: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Methlick: What Now canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/methlick-aberdeenshire/ location: Methlick county: Aberdeenshire latitude: 57.425740 longitude: -2.239770 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-18 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Methlick, and What to Do Next One thing counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the engine has been started afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Methlick itself or out in Brownhill. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, done right where the car sits around Methlick. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same. Compare your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever around Aberdeenshire you happen to be. ## On a Methlick forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Whether the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby or anywhere else in Methlick, the case is the same. Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Still in that tank, and no fuel drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits. Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to move away from the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared right at the petrol pump. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Methlick The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Just off B9170 is no different from anywhere. In short: if the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. On the floor of the tank is where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by changes nothing of the difference. What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. In Crofts of Brainjohn or right here in Methlick, the drain is done at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night. ## On the road in Methlick with AdBlue in a diesel Topped up, drove away, and soon the engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Anywhere along Smiddy Field or else heading to Aberdeen — under 25 miles away. In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. Distance sets how far it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further. Next: find a safe spot, stop, and turn your engine off. Methlick lies over 50 miles from the M90; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Phone us and say how far you travelled. ## A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank? You have only had the car for days. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is just next to the diesel cap — news to you. Anyone, anywhere in Aberdeenshire, could do it. Meaning? Whichever applies above applies here — run or not — and one extra step. Many hire and fleet contracts require the owner's sign-off before work. Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you are stuck in the car park outside Inverurie, or by Methlick War Memorial, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off. ## Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Methlick? Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Hillbrae. The upshot: your motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled on the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by firing up the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case. Do this: behave as though it got in, and never start the engine. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a better outcome than a run one emptied. ## What each AdBlue drain in Methlick has in common No matter the case, a single opening is used. Three questions come when our technicians arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a road beside Methlick Old Parish Church or the car park at Ythanview Hotel: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has run. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those answers set the work. Then your tank is cleared and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Then is your filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there. Starting it comes last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running correctly, and then we head off. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been noticed quickly. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over. ## About Methlick itself Methlick is a small village in Aberdeenshire, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 28 metres. Methlick lies near the towns and villages of Crofts of Brainjohn, Crofts of Haddo, and Ardo, and is approximately 19.8 miles from Aberdeen. Methlick has a population of around 520 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Methlick is located in a rural area, with the city of Aberdeen being the nearest major urban centre. ## AdBlue drains in Methlick, and across Aberdeenshire too As a village, Methlick shares its vans with the nearby towns — Ardo, Crofts of Haddo — all the way through AB postcodes. Fastest of all: a AB41 7 postcode for your location. Parked en route to King George V Park, or right in the heart of Methlick, your vehicle stays put — there is no need to move it anywhere. The drain happens right there. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Methlick Parish Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming. ## In one line: your situation Not run yet: keep it off then call. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, across Aberdeenshire and within Methlick — after you pull over, switch off then ring, if it has run.