What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sandyhills
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it was put in. Not started so far? Then leave it like that, wherever your car is — Sandyhills or Barlanark Place. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, done right where your car stands around Sandyhills. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Stage one remains the same, even if the work is bigger.
Match your case to one of the ones below, wherever in Glasgow City you are.
Sandyhills forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are 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. Be it Esso, JET or somewhere else in Sandyhills, the case is identical.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. No pump has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue stays just in that tank.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Have the attendants to lend a hand pushing it into a bay, hold on to the receipt, then ring us from there. Can't move it by the pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place.
Sandyhills, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. Right off Comrie Street is not different from any other place.
The upshot: no miles since leaves this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue drops to the base inside the tank and stays. A night parked alters nothing.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise a person might drive it away first thing — then phone us. Out in Mount Vernon or here around Sandyhills, the draining happens at your drive. Night-time clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Sandyhills: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after topping up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Anywhere along Sandyhills Road or else heading to Glasgow — under 5 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. More miles, more restarts: further it travels.
Next: pick a safe place, stop, and turn your engine off. On the M74, under a mile from Sandyhills, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, so there's no sense restarting to find out. Call us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week ago, the car was new to you. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet was just next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Glasgow City.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, and those turn on whether it has run. Any work on your car frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it early cuts time. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Shettleston, or near Saint Serf's Episcopal Church? Leave the car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Sandyhills?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A hurried stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Tollcross: both fit.
In short: a spill near the filler leaves the motor no harm. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in the tank will be pulled in by turning on the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it got in, and never turn your engine. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it has been run — so ring then tell us what you saw.
The common ground in every Sandyhills AdBlue drain
Every situation gets the same start to the work. Wherever your car stands — The Railway Tavern's car park, a street beside St Paul's RC Church, a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the fluid, the amount, plus whether the engine has turned over. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told the quote, and those replies decide the job too.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of that washes out unaided. Fresh diesel goes in once the fuel filter has been flushed or changed, and your car is then checked. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers get there.
Our technicians fire it up last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it is running correctly, and then we leave. Permanent damage is very unusual if it is noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where the car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Sandyhills, briefly
Sandyhills is a suburban area located on the riverside in Glasgow City, with an elevation of 42 metres above sea level. Sandyhills sits approximately 3.4 miles east of Glasgow city centre, near the communities of Mount Vernon and Shettleston. Sandyhills is characterized by its predominantly flat-type housing stock, which accommodates a population of around 5034 residents. Sandyhills is situated in a scenic area, with the River Clyde flowing nearby.
Sandyhills and Glasgow City: AdBlue drains across the area
As a residential suburb, Sandyhills has the same vans as the nearby towns — Fullarton, Shettleston — all the way through G postcodes. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode beginning G32 9.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Sandyhills Golf Club or in a car park in the middle of Sandyhills, it does not need to shift. Wherever it stands, that is where it is drained. Tricky to pin down? By Sandyhills Parish Church or a county line? Checking is better than guessing, and so ring.
In one line: your situation
Engine not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Sandyhills and anywhere in Glasgow City on 0333 366 0103.