AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Oxgangs: What Now?
One fact counts most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the engine has been started afterwards. Out in Comiston or right around Oxgangs, an unstarted motor must remain unrun. Leave your motor and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Oxgangs. Where the engine has been run, pull in somewhere safe first, then turn the car off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare what happened to a situation from the list below, wherever around City of Edinburgh you happen to be.
At the petrol pump in Oxgangs: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It could be the Tesco, or the Shell, or a different forecourt in Oxgangs.
In short: no better place exists to discover it. Still inside that tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a bay — the attendants will help push it — then save the bottle. Can't move the vehicle beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, so it can be drained in place.
At home in Oxgangs with AdBlue in your diesel tank
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. Homes just off Oxgangs Farm Terrace are caught out as often as anywhere else.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle has not moved since, it's second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains put, no matter how long it waits.
Next: stop any early move by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. Our technicians drain it on your drive, whether that is in Oxgangs or out in Colinton Mains. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road around Oxgangs with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving to Edinburgh, under 5 miles away, or simply along Oxgangs Road North.
The point: your system has drawn AdBlue through already. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and lines have had it. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Your move: stop anywhere sensible, then switch the motor off. Oxgangs lies under 5 miles from the M8; on it, pull off at the next junction rather than pressing on to the services. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have had this car hardly a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around City of Edinburgh.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or not — plus one extra stage. The owner often has to sign off any work, under many rental and fleet contracts.
Next: ring the rental company or your fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Slateford, or beside All Nations Christian Fellowship? Keep the car off throughout.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Oxgangs
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Which cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by the filler. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Fairmilehead, or rushing outside the local primary school at the school run.
The upshot: the motor is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled on the filler. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Next: assume it went in, and leave the engine off. Phone with what you saw: we would rather find a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your engine has run.
Oxgangs: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever the car stands — Hunter's Tryst's car park, a road by OCC Hub, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and asks for the liquid, the quantity, plus whether the motor has turned over. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Draining the tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Finally are the fuel filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Our engineers fire it up last. Our test that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. We do the entire job where your car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been spotted quickly. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy while we travel is worthwhile.
About Oxgangs and where it is
Oxgangs is a suburban area in the City of Edinburgh, situated near the River Almond and approximately 3.5 miles from Edinburgh city centre. Oxgangs sits at an elevation of around 130 metres, with nearby areas including Colinton Mains, Dreghorn, and Greenbank. Oxgangs is predominantly composed of flat-type housing, accommodating a population of around 7643 residents. Oxgangs is located near the Scottish capital, with London being around 329 miles to the south.
AdBlue drains across City of Edinburgh, Oxgangs included
Throughout EH postcodes, the vans serving Oxgangs — a residential suburb — work nearby places as well, Dreghorn and Greenbank included. A postcode starting EH13 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Oxgangs or a lay-by towards Cockit Hat Plantation: either way it sits, the car never needs to shift an inch for this drain. Our van empties it where it stands. Ring and check instead of guessing when you are close to Oxgangs Library, on a border, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not started, ring and leave it that way. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout City of Edinburgh and within Oxgangs — once you stop, turn off and ring, if it's run.