AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Polinard, and What to Do Next
Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That one question settles almost everything about what comes next. Out in Fordie or right around Polinard, an unrun engine should stay unrun. Leave the motor and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Polinard. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the job grows.
Wherever around Perth and Kinross it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the pump in Polinard: 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. Somewhere around Polinard, then — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Nothing has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
Do this: keep out of the car, however much the pump needs freeing. Ask the staff to help you push your car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Polinard drive?
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the drive — and it was only by the recycling that the cap caught a second look. Homes just off Polinard get hit as often as anywhere else.
The point: no driving since leaves this almost equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Put the keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone may take it off at breakfast — and phone us. Your drive is where it is drained, whether around Polinard or Dalginross. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Polinard: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Topped up, pulled away, and before long your engine was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Somewhere along Cowden Road or on the road to Stirling — under 25 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue through already. Distance sets how deep it goes: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and each injector. It travels further with each extra mile covered and each restart.
Next: pick a safe spot, pull in, then turn your motor off. Polinard sits under 15 miles from the M9; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the mileage covered when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
A week ago, it was new to you. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets are next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Anyone, wherever around Perth and Kinross, could do it.
The point: just as above, divided by if it ran, but with one added stage. Any work on your car often requires the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
Next: phone the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Keep it off as the answer arrives, even if you are parked at Gleneagles or near Dunmoid Stone Circle.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Polinard
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Which cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or someone's driveway over in Cultybraggan.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no damage to the motor. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Your move: act as though it did, and don't start the engine. Phone and give the details: we would rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after the motor has been run.
Each AdBlue drain in Polinard shares these stages
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Our engineers come to the vehicle, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at the pub in the village or a side street close to Diamond Jubilee Drinking Fountain, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and whether your engine has been run. Those answers decide this work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
Draining the tank comes first, followed by a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, however long it sits. Last are the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. Never started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Our technicians fire it up last. With clean diesel in, it runs while we make sure it's running properly, and then we leave. If it is noticed soon, the car very seldom has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy while you wait pays.
About Polinard
Polinard is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Perth and Kinross, with a mix of detached housing and a population of around 1403 residents. Polinard sits at an elevation of 63 metres, close to the nearby settlements of Dalginross and Comrie. Polinard is located near the city of Stirling, which is approximately 17.5 miles away, and is part of the wider Scottish countryside. Polinard's riverside setting provides a scenic backdrop to the area.
AdBlue drains round Polinard and across Perth and Kinross
Polinard is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Comrie and The Ross among them, across the PH postcode area. A postcode starting PH6 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is needed, be it stopped centrally in Polinard or on a lay-by heading to Legion park, and so leave it put. Our van empties it in place. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Dalginross Roman fort or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your situation, in one line
If it hasn't run, phone and leave it off. Run already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, in Polinard and Perth and Kinross, on 0333 366 0103.