AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Saline: What Now?
Everything hinges on a single fact: whether your motor has started since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Out in Hill End or right around Saline, an unrun engine must remain that way. Ring 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and motor both off. Across Saline, such a case is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Where the engine has been run, stop safely straight away, then turn the car off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Wherever across Fife it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Saline forecourt
Just at this point, bottle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. It might be the Thames Petroleum, or the another forecourt nearby, or another forecourt in Saline.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Still in your tank, and no fuel drawn through: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the staff helping, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Saline drive?
On your dash, a warning had been lit all week. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. It takes place on drives just off North Road as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car has not been driven since, it is close to the pump case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise a person may drive it away at breakfast — then phone us. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether in Saline or Balgonar. Night-time empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road in Saline with AdBlue in a diesel
Topped up, drove away, and soon the engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Perhaps it was on Main Street, maybe on the way out towards Dunfermline, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. It's been through the filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. It travels further with every mile covered and every restart.
Next: find a sensible place, pull in, and turn your motor off. Service stations further along can wait: on the M90, under 10 miles out of Saline, use the first junction. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had this car barely a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet was right beside your diesel. Any driver, wherever around Fife, might make the same.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts here — run or not — and one extra stage. The owner frequently needs to approve any work, under many rental and company contracts.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager first, us next, because settling it beforehand saves time. Hanging on for an answer in the car park outside Dunfermline City, or near War Memorial? Leave your engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Saline?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Comrie.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet never touch the engine at all. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Starting the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't start the vehicle. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain in Saline has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions are asked when our engineers reach the car — at a filling station, a driveway, a street by Saline and Blairingone Parish Church or the car park at the pub in the village: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Those answers determine this work, and you get our quote by phone, before anyone sets off.
Then your tank is emptied and your system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the vehicle. The majority of unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians turn up.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our check that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before we leave. Lasting damage is very uncommon when it's noticed early, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Check your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Saline
Saline is a village in Fife, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of 117 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Saline is located near several other small communities, including Balgonar, Steelend, and Cowstrandburn, and is approximately 5 miles from the city of Dunfermline. Saline has a population of around 1023 residents, who enjoy a relatively rural setting. Saline is also within commuting distance of larger towns and cities, although it is some 348 miles from London.
Saline and Fife: AdBlue drains across the area
Saline is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Steelend and Cowstrandburn among them, across the KY postcode area. A postcode starting KY12 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Central Saline or a lay-by near Saline Park: either way it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to shift an inch for us. The van empties it in place. Ring and check instead of guessing if you are close to Saline Community Centre, on a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine not started: ring, and leave it switched off. Run by now: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, within Saline or wherever in Fife.