AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Seafield: What Now?
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That one point decides nearly everything about what comes next. Wherever your vehicle is — Old Pentland, Seafield — never run a motor that hasn't run yet. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush plus a drain, done just where the vehicle stands in Seafield. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical first step.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever around Midlothian it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Seafield forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It could be the Asda, or perhaps the Costco, or another forecourt in Seafield.
Put simply: there is no better spot exists to spot it. Only the tank holds AdBlue; not one component past it has taken it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, even if the queue wants freeing. Phone us from the forecourt after the car is in a bay — the staff will help push it — then keep the bottle. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Seafield drive?
Several days had gone by with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used on the driveway. Just off Seafield Moor Road is no less likely from anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your car has not been driven since, it's second to the forecourt case. On the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue waits, since it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Keep your keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person may drive it off first thing — and phone us. Your drive is where it is drained, be it in Seafield or Bilston. Our equipment works quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
Seafield: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after filling up, your motor began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on Bush Farm Road, maybe on the way out towards Edinburgh, under 10 miles away.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue in already. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, after your filter and pipework have had it. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Next: find a safe place, stop, then switch the engine off. Services further along can wait: on the M8, under 10 miles out of Seafield, take the first junction. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it gone? Tell us as you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've only had the car for days. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was just beside your diesel. Anyone, wherever across Midlothian, might make it.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with one added step. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Keep the vehicle switched off while the answer arrives, whether you are parked outside Slateford or near Bilston Parish Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Seafield?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia smell hangs near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. It might have been on a friend's driveway in Easter Howgate, or rushing outside the local primary school on the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to your motor. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Firing up the vehicle won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
Take it that it got in, and never turn your key. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank checked counts as a better result than a run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain around Seafield has in common
No matter the situation, one start is used. Wherever your vehicle stands — the pub in the village's car park, a street beside Bilston Glen Colliery Memorial, a driveway, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has turned over. Those answers decide this work, and you get the quote by phone, before anyone heads out.
Then your tank is emptied and your system cleaned 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. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our engineers fire it up at the end. Our engineers check it runs smoothly on clean diesel before leaving. If it's noticed quickly, the vehicle very rarely has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Paying is that day, never in advance. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as we travel pays.
About Seafield itself
Seafield is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Midlothian, with a mix of semi-detached housing and a population of around 774 residents. Seafield sits at an elevation of approximately 170 metres, close to the nearby settlements of Bilston, Bush, and Boghall. Seafield is located near Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, which is about 5.8 miles away. Seafield occupies a scenic spot in the Midlothian countryside, with the River North Esk flowing nearby.
AdBlue drains in Seafield, and across Midlothian too
As a rural hamlet, Seafield shares its vans with the nearby places — Boghall, Bush — right through EH postcodes. Fastest of all: a EH25 9 postcode for your location.
Central Seafield or a lay-by towards Bilston Burn Park: wherever it is, your vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for this drain. We drain the vehicle where it is. Phone and ask rather than guess when you are by Fractal of Landscape, near a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Keep the car off and ring. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Midlothian and within Seafield — once you pull over, turn off then phone, if it has run.