What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Old Drumchapel
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether the engine has been run since it was put in. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Old Drumchapel itself or out in Yoker. Normally that means emptying and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Old Drumchapel — so leave the ignition and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment you safely can and switch off, if it has already run. It's a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Glasgow City it happened.
At the pump around Old Drumchapel: AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Perhaps you're at the Sainsbury's, possibly at the Shell, maybe somewhere else around Old Drumchapel.
In short: no better spot exists to discover it. Only your tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has drawn any in.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Old Drumchapel, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, too late. It occurs on drives just off Sunnyside Place as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle hasn't moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops to the base inside the tank and stays. A night parked alters nothing.
Next: stop an early move by putting your keys in the house, then phone us. Your drive is where it gets emptied, be it in Old Drumchapel or Blairdardie. Night-time drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Old Drumchapel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Golf Drive, perhaps, or the route towards Glasgow — a trip of under 10 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. Through the filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Stop safely — that's the next job — then switch it off. Service stations further on are too far: on the M8, under 3 miles out of Old Drumchapel, take the next junction. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Tell us know the distance covered when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just had this vehicle a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, the inlet is right next to your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Across Glasgow City, nobody is safe from it.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or unrun — plus one further stage. Any work on your car frequently requires the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us second, because sorting it beforehand saves time. If you're stranded in the car park at Drumchapel, or by United Free Church Of Scotland, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Old Drumchapel: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. It might have been on a friend's drive in High Knightswood, or rushing by the local primary school at the school run.
The upshot: your motor is not hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. If it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Your move: act as if it got in, and never start the motor. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Old Drumchapel shares these steps
No matter the case, one opening is used. Forecourt, drive, Leven Valley's car park or a road by St Benedict's R.C. church — the van reaches your vehicle, and three questions follow: which fluid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Those replies decide the work, and you get our price by phone, before anyone sets off.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that is why the flush, after the drain, matters much more here than with petrol. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Where the motor has not run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
We fire it up at the end. Before our technicians head off, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. When it's noticed early, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Old Drumchapel and where it is
Old Drumchapel is a suburban area situated on the River Clyde, with a mix of residential and local amenities, and is located near the neighbouring areas of Blairdardie, Drumchapel, and Linnvale. Old Drumchapel has a relatively low elevation of around 20 metres above sea level, and its proximity to Glasgow, approximately 5.7 miles away, makes it a commuter-friendly location. Old Drumchapel is predominantly composed of flat-type housing, which accommodates its population of around 5444 residents.
AdBlue drains across Glasgow City, Old Drumchapel included
Old Drumchapel is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns near it too, Drumchapel and Linnvale among them, across the G postcode area. Quickest of all: a G15 6 postcode for where you stand.
Parked en route to Peterson Park, or right in the heart of Old Drumchapel, your vehicle remains where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. Our van drains it where it stands. Ring and ask rather than guess when you're by War Memorial, on a boundary, or anywhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
If it has not started, phone and keep it that way. Whichever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Glasgow City and within Old Drumchapel — once you pull over, switch off then phone, if it has run.