What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Roslin
All of that turns on a single detail: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Over in Bush or here in Roslin, an unrun engine must remain that way. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where the car stands in Roslin. Stop the moment you safely can and switch off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though step one doesn't change.
Further down: the situations we meet, anywhere in Midlothian. Pick yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Roslin forecourt
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. It could be the Asda, or the Costco, or a different forecourt in Roslin.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue stays just in the tank.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt once your vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will help roll it — then save the receipt. Can't move it beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, so it can be drained where it is.
At home in Roslin with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Driveways near Station Road get it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't moved since, it's second to the forecourt case. Being reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low in the tank and stays. One night standing changes nothing.
Next: keys in the house, so no one drives your car anywhere first thing. After that, phone. Bilston or Roslin: whichever your driveway is, that is where it is drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Roslin: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
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. Perhaps it was on Main Street, perhaps on the way out towards Edinburgh, under 10 miles away.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a sensible spot, pull in, and switch your motor off. On the M8, under 10 miles from Roslin, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Call us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days back, it was new to you. On your own car, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is just next to the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Wherever you are around Midlothian, every motorist can be caught.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies here — run or not — plus one further stage. Plenty of hire and company contracts require the owner's approval for repairs.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Newtongrange, or beside War Memorial? Keep your car off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Roslin
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by the filler. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway over in Rosewell.
In short: spillage round your filler leaves your engine unharmed. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in that tank would be sucked in by starting your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, and leave the engine off. Tell us what you saw on your phone. A clean tank checked is a happier result than a run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain around Roslin has in common
Every situation has the same opening to the work. Three questions are asked when we arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a road beside Roslin Parish Church or the car park at The Royal British Legion Scotland: the liquid, the amount, and if it has been started. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the job.
Then the tank is cleared and your system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Then is the filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Never started? Then roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our test that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. Lasting damage is very uncommon if it's spotted quickly, and the whole job is done where your car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Roslin itself
Roslin is a village situated on the banks of the River North Esk in Midlothian, with a mix of semi-detached housing and other residential properties. Roslin sits at an elevation of 156 metres, close to the nearby settlements of Bilston and Milton Bridge. Roslin is located near the city of Edinburgh, which is approximately 6.6 miles away, and is part of the wider commuter belt around the Scottish capital. Roslin has a population of around 1698 people, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains in Roslin, and across Midlothian too
Roslin is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Milton Bridge and Seafield among them, across the EH postcode area. Giving us your EH25 9 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Centre of Roslin or a lay-by towards Roslin Glen Country Park: wherever it is, the car never needs to move an inch for this drain. Our technicians drain the car where it stands. Phone and check rather than guess if you're by Rosslyn Chapel Visitor Centre, near a border, or somewhere tricky to explain.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Keep it that way then phone. Run already: stop, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Roslin or anywhere across Midlothian.