--- title: Ratho Station: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/ratho-station-city-of-edinburgh/ location: Ratho Station county: City of Edinburgh latitude: 55.937740 longitude: -3.386290 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-07 --- # AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ratho Station, and What to Do Next One thing matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the motor has been started since. Anywhere the vehicle is — Kirkliston, Ratho Station — don't run an engine that has not run yet. Usually this means draining and properly purging it right there in Ratho Station — so keep the ignition and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then switch it off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical opening step. Anywhere across City of Edinburgh it happened, one of the situations below fits yours. ## At the petrol pump in Ratho Station: AdBlue in a diesel Imagine it: stood by the pump, gripping the nozzle, you realise the cap you took off wasn't the right one. Perhaps you are at the BP, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, possibly somewhere else around Ratho Station. Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it can be. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in. Your move: stay out of the car, even if the queue needs freeing. Have the attendants to help rolling it into a bay, save the bottle, then ring us from there. Draining it right at the petrol pump is fine if it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof. ## At home around Ratho Station with AdBlue in your diesel tank Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Houses just off Glasgow Road get hit as much as everywhere else. What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the floor of that tank and remains there, no matter how long the night. Put the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may take it away at breakfast — and phone us. Your driveway is where it is drained, whether in Ratho Station or Ingliston. Late-night empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise. ## On the road around Ratho Station with AdBlue in a diesel Filled up, drove away, and before long your engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Somewhere along Hillwood Road or else heading towards Edinburgh — under 10 miles away. The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a longer run, after your filter and pipework have had it. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on. What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. On the M8, under a mile from Ratho Station, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Roughly what distance had it gone? Say so when you phone. ## AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors You've just had the car for days. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right next to the diesel cap — news to you. Any driver, anywhere across City of Edinburgh, could do it. Meaning? Whichever applies above applies here — run or unrun — plus one further step. Plenty of hire and fleet contracts need the owner's sign-off before work. Settling it before the van turn up is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded near 'The Mound' Planespotting viewpoint or outside Edinburgh Gateway till someone answers, your vehicle stays turned off the whole time. ## Ratho Station: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank? Honestly, the only answer might be that you think so. What cap was taken off, you cannot say; but the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway over in Almondhill. The upshot: the motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in. Assume it went in, and don't turn your key. Tell us what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained. ## The common ground in each Ratho Station AdBlue drain Every situation gets the same start to the job. Wherever your car is — the pub in the village's car park, a street by Hallyards Castle, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the quantity, plus if your motor has been run. Replies shape the work; the quote comes by phone whilst nobody has set off yet. Draining that tank comes next, then a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Fresh diesel is put in after the filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is finally checked. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there. We start the car last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running correctly, and then we head off. Long-term damage is very uncommon if it is caught early, and the entire job is done where your car is. Payment is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels. ## About Ratho Station itself Ratho Station is a small locality in the City of Edinburgh, situated near the Union Canal and approximately 7.7 miles west of Edinburgh's city centre. Ratho Station sits at an elevation of around 40 metres, in a generally low-lying area near the villages of Ingliston and Newbridge. Ratho Station has a mix of housing types, but terraced housing is predominant in the area. ## Ratho Station and City of Edinburgh: AdBlue drains across the area Being a small village, Ratho Station has the same vans as the nearby towns — Ratho, Newbridge — all the way through EH postcodes. Telling us your EH28 8 postcode pins you fastest of all. Parked en route to Ratho Station Flyover Park, or right in the heart of Ratho Station, the car remains put — there is no need to shift it at all. Our van empties it where it stands. Ring and check instead of guessing when you're by Xtreme Karting Edinburgh, near a border, or somewhere awkward to pin down. ## Your situation, summed up Motor never started: ring, leaving it alone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Ratho Station and anywhere across City of Edinburgh on 0333 366 0103.