AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Netherplace, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it was put in. Not started yet? Then keep it like that, whether your car is — Netherplace or Mearns. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. In Netherplace, such a case is generally drained and flushed on the spot. Already started? Pull over when safe, then switch everything off. Stage one stays the same, even if the work is bigger.
Wherever across East Renfrewshire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the petrol pump around Netherplace: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Be it Esso, BP or anywhere else around Netherplace, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to move away from the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after the vehicle is in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — and save the bottle. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
Netherplace, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit all week. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the drive — and it's just at the recycling that the cap caught your eye. It takes place on drives just off Traquair Gardens as regularly as anywhere.
Put simply: if your car hasn't moved since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Put the keys indoors tonight — or someone may drive it off first thing — and call us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that's around Netherplace or out in Newton Mearns. Night-time drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Netherplace: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. It might have been driving to Glasgow, under 10 miles away, or simply down Hunter Drive.
What it means: the fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it too on a longer trip, after the filter and lines have it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Your move: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Netherplace lies under a mile from the M77; there, pull off at the first junction rather than pressing on to the services. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point restarting to check. Roughly how far did it go? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've just had this vehicle for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across East Renfrewshire.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it has run. Work on the vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Patterton, or by Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Netherplace?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot 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 Burnhouse.
Put simply: spillage round your filler leaves the motor no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: act as if it did, and never start the engine. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clean tank checked is a happier outcome than an already-run one emptied.
What every AdBlue drain around Netherplace has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Capelrig Pub or a side street close to Albertslund Hall, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if the motor has run. Your price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and those replies set the work.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither washes away unaided. Last are your filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of your car. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Last, our technicians start the car. Before our technicians leave, it's checked to make sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. The whole job is done where your car is, and if it is caught soon, lasting damage is very rare. Payment comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Netherplace itself
Netherplace is a locality situated on the shores of a lake in East Renfrewshire, with a mix of detached housing and natural scenery. Netherplace sits at an elevation of 131 metres, close to the nearby settlements of Newton Mearns, Crookfur, and Broom. Netherplace is located approximately 7.9 miles from Glasgow, making it a commuter-friendly area. Netherplace has a population of around 2312 residents, who enjoy the locality's lakeside setting.
AdBlue drains around Netherplace, and across East Renfrewshire too
As a small village, Netherplace shares its vans with the surrounding places — Broom, Crookfur — right through G postcodes. Quickest of all: a G77 6 postcode to show your location.
Stopped en route to Cadoc Wood, or right in the centre of Netherplace, the car stays where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. The van empties it in place. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Scout Hall or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than assuming.
In one line: your situation
Where it hasn't run, ring then leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Netherplace and anywhere in East Renfrewshire on 0333 366 0103.