AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Scotlands, and What to Do Next
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if your motor has run afterwards. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle sits — Scotlands or Underhill. Usually that is emptying and thoroughly rinsing it right there around Scotlands — so keep your key and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. Where your motor has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then turn it off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Wherever in West Midlands it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
On a Scotlands forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Perhaps you're at the JET, possibly at the Esso, perhaps somewhere else around Scotlands.
The upshot: of all places to notice, this is the best. Only the tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has drawn it in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. A few jobs: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
At home around Scotlands with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. It takes place on driveways just off Blackhalve Lane as commonly as anywhere.
In short: if your car hasn't been driven since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so no one takes your car anywhere at breakfast. Then, ring. Our engineers drain the car on your drive, whether that is around Scotlands or out in Bushbury Hill. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Scotlands with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way after filling up, your engine started playing up: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Willow Avenue, say, or the route to Wolverhampton — a trip of under 3 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — on into the injection pump and each injector. It goes deeper with every mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe and switch off. On the M54, under 3 miles from Scotlands, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, anywhere around West Midlands, might make the same.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies too — run or unrun — and one further stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Leave the vehicle off while the reply comes, even if you are waiting outside Wolverhampton or near St Gregory the Great.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Scotlands
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think it did. A faint ammonia smell lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Maybe at a friend's drive in Westcroft, or rushing by Fallings Park Primary School at the school run.
The point: your motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. You cannot tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one after it's been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
The common ground in each Scotlands AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three questions are asked once our engineers arrive — on a forecourt, a drive, a street beside Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Church or the car park outside Red Lion: the liquid, the amount, and whether it has run. Those replies settle the work, and you hear our quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
Then the tank is drained and the fuel system cleaned thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Most unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment we get there.
Starting it comes at the end. We check it runs properly on new diesel before we leave. Our engineers do the whole job where the car is, and long-term damage is very unusual if it has been spotted soon. Payment is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: misfuelling cover is built into many policies.
About Scotlands itself
Scotlands is a suburban area located near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, sitting at an elevation of around 155 metres. Scotlands forms part of the larger urban area surrounding Wolverhampton, with nearby places including Bushbury Hill, Wood Hayes, and Old Fallings. Scotlands has a population of approximately 9568 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Scotlands is situated inland, about 2.3 miles from Wolverhampton city centre and 113.3 miles from London.
AdBlue drains about Scotlands and across West Midlands
Throughout WV postcodes, the teams covering Scotlands — a residential suburb — work nearby towns too, Wood Hayes and Old Fallings included. Fastest of all: a WV10 8 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Black Country Millennium Forest or in a car park in the middle of Scotlands, it does not need to move. The van empties it in place. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you are by The Good Shepherd, on a border, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
Your situation, in one line
Where it hasn't started, phone then keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Scotlands and anywhere in West Midlands on 0333 366 0103.