AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Milltimber: What Now?
One fact matters most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether the motor has run since. Not run so far? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle sits — Milltimber or Bieldside. Normally this means draining and thoroughly flushing it right there around Milltimber — and so leave your ignition and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then switch everything off. It's a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Further down: the cases our technicians meet, wherever in Aberdeen City. Pick yours.
Milltimber forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Just now, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Whether BP, Esso or somewhere else around Milltimber, the situation is identical.
In short: there is no better place exists to discover it. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has drawn any in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after your car is in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — then keep the bottle. If it cannot be shifted, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Milltimber drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. A bottle from the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it was just at the bin that the cap got a second look. It happens on drives just off Culter House Road as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. On the floor of your tank sits where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: prevent an early drive by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. Peterculter or Milltimber: whichever your drive sits, that's where it is emptied. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Milltimber: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Possibly it was on Contlaw Road, perhaps on the way out towards Aberdeen, under 10 miles away.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. Through the filter, through the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. More driving, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M90, over 50 miles from Milltimber. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the car hardly a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Aberdeen City.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Waiting for a reply in the car park at Portlethen, or near Deeside Christian Fellowship Church? Leave the engine off meanwhile.
Milltimber: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia smell hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or a friend's drive out in Stony Hill.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet don't touch your engine at all. In the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Firing up the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
Assume it got in, and never turn the engine. Ring and give what you saw: we would rather find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your motor has run.
The common ground in each Milltimber AdBlue drain
The job opens the same way, whatever your case. Wherever your vehicle stands — The Ploughman's car park, a street by Binghill stone circle, a drive, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has turned over. Your price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the work.
Then the tank is emptied and the fuel system cleaned 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 doesn't rinse out on its own. Then comes the filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Where your engine hasn't been started, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our technicians confirm it runs correctly on fresh diesel before leaving. When it is spotted early, the car very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Milltimber, briefly
Milltimber is a village in Aberdeen City, situated inland at an elevation of 57 metres, approximately 6 miles west of Aberdeen. Milltimber has a population of around 1215 people and is characterised by predominantly detached housing. Milltimber is located near other small settlements such as Peterculter and Kirkton of Maryculter, and is part of the wider Aberdeen urban area.
AdBlue drains around Milltimber and across Aberdeen City
Throughout AB postcodes, the teams serving Milltimber — a rural village — reach surrounding places as well, Kirkton of Maryculter and Riverside of Blairs included. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts AB13 0.
Central Milltimber or a layby towards Milltimber Community Green: either way it is, your vehicle never needs to move an inch for us. The van drains it in place. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you're by Maryculter Community Hall (Corbie Hall and Field), near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
The one-line version
Motor not started: ring, leaving it alone. Started already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever case, across Milltimber and Aberdeen City, on 0333 366 0103.