New Pentland: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That single point settles nearly everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around New Pentland itself or out in Old Pentland. Usually this is emptying and properly purging it right there in New Pentland — so keep your key and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has been run. It is a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Compare your case to a situation from the list below, anywhere around Midlothian you are.
At the pump in New Pentland: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you're stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Somewhere in New Pentland, then — Costco, Asda, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. Still in your tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Your move: keep out of the car, however much the pump needs freeing. Phone us from the forecourt once the vehicle is in a space — the staff will help roll it — then keep the bottle. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt safe, and so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a New Pentland drive?
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. Homes just off Dalum Loan get hit as much as anywhere else.
In short: if the car has not been driven since, it is nearly as good as finding out at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and remains put, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. Straiton or New Pentland: wherever your driveway sits, that's where it gets cleared. Late-night clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
New Pentland: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was running roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Pentland Road, perhaps, or the route towards Edinburgh — a run of under 10 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the fuel system. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then switch your engine off. Leave by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M8, under 10 miles from New Pentland. It will not have cleared, so there is no sense restarting to find out. Phone, saying how far your car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days ago, it was new to you. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Midlothian, nobody is immune.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off for repairs.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before our arrival is quicker. Keep the car off while the reply comes, whether you are parked at Eskbank or near Southside Free Baptist Church.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in New Pentland
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; no clear memory of which cap. Look familiar? It might have been on a friend's driveway in Seafield, or in a rush outside the local primary school on the school run.
The point: the engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. In your diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Firing up the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start the vehicle. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
The common ground in each New Pentland AdBlue drain
Every situation gets the same start to the job. Wherever your vehicle is — The Forrester's Arms's car park, a street by The Link, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask about the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been run. Answers set the work; the price comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet.
Emptying that tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, however long you wait. Finally are your filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The final step is firing it up. Before our technicians leave, it is checked to confirm it runs correctly on new diesel. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon if it has been caught quickly. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, and so check yours while the van travels.
About New Pentland
New Pentland is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Midlothian, with a mix of flat housing and local amenities. New Pentland sits near the southern edge of Edinburgh, approximately 5 miles from the city centre, and is close to nearby places such as Straiton and Loanhead. New Pentland has a population of around 3301 residents, who enjoy easy access to the surrounding countryside and the nearby city of Edinburgh. New Pentland is located at an elevation of 157 metres above sea level, overlooking the surrounding landscape.
AdBlue drains around New Pentland, and across Midlothian too
Throughout EH postcodes, the teams serving New Pentland — a residential suburb — work nearby places as well, Loanhead and Bilston among them. A postcode starting EH20 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Loanhead Memorial Park or in a car park in the middle of New Pentland, it doesn't need to shift. Draining happens right there. Phone and check rather than guess when you're close to Sounds Fade, Silence Unfolds, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine not started: phone, leaving it alone. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Midlothian and in New Pentland — after you stop, switch off and phone, if it's run.