Murieston: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that turns on one detail: whether your engine has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not run yet? Then keep the vehicle like that, wherever the car sits — Murieston or Livingston. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where your vehicle sits in Murieston. Pull over the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. It's a larger job, though stage one does not change.
Match what happened to a situation from the ones below, wherever in West Lothian you are.
At the pump in Murieston: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. It could be the Shell, or the Asda, or another forecourt in Murieston.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. No pump has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays only in that tank.
Freeing the pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. Have the staff to lend a hand rolling it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible if it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home around Murieston with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap caught your eye. Driveways near Murieston Drive get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as the car has not been driven since, it's second to the forecourt case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Put your keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person might take it off at breakfast — then phone us. Out in Bellsquarry or right here around Murieston, the draining is done on your drive. Night-time empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Murieston?
Filled up, drove away, and before long the engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Perhaps it was on East Kip Walk, possibly on the way out towards Edinburgh, under 15 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. Each restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the next job — then turn everything off. Services farther along can wait: from the M8, under 5 miles out of Murieston, use the first junction. No trial starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Roughly what distance did it gone? Say so as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is just next to the diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in West Lothian.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on if it has run. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under many rental and fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we arrive than after. If you're stranded in the car park outside Livingston South, or by Murieston Village Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Murieston
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think so. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway out in Adambrae.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to your engine. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Take it that it went in, and don't start the engine. Ring and give the details: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the motor has run.
What each AdBlue drain around Murieston has in common
Whatever the situation, one opening is used. Filling station, drive, the pub in the village's car park or a road by 9th West Lothian (Dedridge) Scout Group — our van reaches the vehicle, and three questions follow: what fluid, what amount, and whether it has run. Those answers determine the work, and you get our quote on the phone, before anybody heads out.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or replaced as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the car. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Last, we start the car. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running smoothly, and then we go. When it is noticed quickly, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Murieston itself
Murieston is a suburban area situated on the shores of a lake in West Lothian, with a mix of detached housing and local amenities. Murieston sits at an elevation of 164 metres, overlooking the surrounding countryside and providing views of the nearby water. Murieston is located near several other suburban areas, including Bellsquarry, Dedridge, and Almondvale, and is approximately 13.5 miles from Edinburgh. Murieston has a population of around 2313 residents, living in predominantly detached homes.
AdBlue drains in Murieston, and across West Lothian too
Murieston is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Dedridge and Almondvale among them, across the EH postcode area. Your location comes clearest from a postcode that starts EH54 9.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Livingston Cricket Club or in a car park in the middle of Murieston, it doesn't need to move. Where it stands, that's where it is cleared. Awkward to explain? By Oozlum Bird or a border? Asking is better than guessing, so phone.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way and phone. Run by now: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Murieston or anywhere across West Lothian.