What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Newington
Everything turns on a single fact: whether your motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not started yet? Then keep the vehicle that way, whether your vehicle is — Newington or Grange Park. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine both off. In Newington, that is typically emptied and cleaned on the spot. Stop the moment you safely can and switch off, if it has already run. Step one remains the same, even though the work is bigger.
Wherever across City of Edinburgh it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
At the pump in Newington: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the correct one. It could be the BP, or perhaps the Sainsbury's, or a different forecourt in Newington.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Still inside your tank, with nothing pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand pushing it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed away is drained right at the pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Newington
The warning light had been on for days. 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. Houses just off Mayfield Road are hit as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: zero miles since makes it nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Keep your keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may take it off first thing — then call us. In West Mains or right here in Newington, the drain happens on your driveway. Late-night empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Newington?
A mile or two beyond filling up, the motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Savile Terrace, say, or the route towards Edinburgh — a trip of under 3 miles.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue in already. It's been through your filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Your move: stop anywhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Leave at the next junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M8, under 10 miles from Newington. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Call, and say what distance your vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had the car hardly a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit next to each other here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in City of Edinburgh.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. The owner often needs to approve the work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers get there than after. Keep the vehicle off as the reply arrives, even if you're parked at Edinburgh Waverley or near Orthodox Community of St Andrew.
Newington: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A rushed stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Sciennes: both fit.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to the engine. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank would be drawn in by turning on the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it got in, and never start your motor. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Newington has in common
The work begins the same way, whichever your case. Filling station, driveway, John Leslie's car park or a road by Edinburgh People's Theatre — our van reaches your car, and three questions follow: what fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Answers shape the job; the price comes on the call while no one has set off yet.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it does not rinse out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers arrive.
The final step is starting the engine. We confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel before we leave. If it is caught soon, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. Paying is on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Newington itself
Newington is a suburban area in the City of Edinburgh, situated approximately 1.7 miles southeast of Edinburgh's city centre. Newington sits on the southern edge of the city, near the coast, with an elevation of around 65 metres. Newington is characterised by its predominantly flat-type housing and is close to nearby places such as West Mains, Nether Liberton, and Blackford. Newington has a population of around 8793 residents.
Newington and City of Edinburgh: AdBlue drains across the area
Newington is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Nether Liberton and Blackford among them, across the EH postcode area. Giving us your EH9 3 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Waverley Sports Club or in a car park in the middle of Newington, it does not need to move. The drain is done right there. Guessing doesn't help near War Memorial, on a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and ring. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across City of Edinburgh and within Newington — after you pull over, switch off then ring, if it's run.