AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Sighthill, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on one detail: whether your engine has started after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Wherever your vehicle stands — Parkhead, Sighthill — never run an engine that has not run yet. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Sighthill. Pull over the moment it is safe then turn off, if it has already run. A larger job, yes, yet the same opening step.
Anywhere in City of Edinburgh it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Sighthill forecourt
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. Anywhere in Sighthill, then — BP, Morrisons, or anywhere else nearby.
Put simply: there is no better place to be to discover it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the queue needs clearing. Have the attendants to lend a hand pushing it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then ring us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets emptied right at the pump.
At home around Sighthill with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had gone by with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. Right off Bankhead Broadway is no different from anywhere.
In short: if your car hasn't moved since, it's almost equal to spotting it at the forecourt. At the floor of that tank is where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Keep the keys in the house tonight — otherwise a person might drive it off at breakfast — then call us. Your drive is where it is emptied, whether in Sighthill or Wester Hailes. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Sighthill?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Bankhead Crossway South, perhaps, or the route to Edinburgh — a trip of under 5 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it as well on a longer run, once the fuel filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: find a safe spot, pull in, then turn the engine off. Services further on are too far: from the M8, under a mile out of Sighthill, use the next junction. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About how far did it gone? Tell us as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just had the car a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever around City of Edinburgh, could make the same.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of 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 — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Leave the car switched off as the answer comes, whether you're waiting at Edinburgh Park or near St Nicholas Parish Church.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Sighthill
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". What cap was taken off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Riccarton.
In short: spillage near your filler leaves your motor no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
Take it that it got in, and don't start the key. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it has been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
Sighthill: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation gets the same opening to the work. Forecourt, driveway, Artful Dodger's car park or a road by Graduating Birds - Gull — our van comes to the vehicle, and three questions come next: which liquid, what amount, and whether it has run. Those answers settle the work, and you get the price by phone, before anybody heads out.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since deposits build up and some metals corrode, and neither washes out unaided. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Never started? In that case about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Starting the car comes last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it is running correctly, and then we leave. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been spotted early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Sighthill and where it is
Sighthill is a suburban area in the City of Edinburgh, situated near the Water of Leith and approximately 4.6 miles west of Edinburgh's city centre. Sighthill sits at an elevation of around 65 metres, with the surrounding landscape dominated by the urban sprawl of the city. Sighthill is characterised by its predominantly flat-based residential housing, with nearby areas including Wester Hailes, South Gyle, and Broomhouse. Sighthill is home to a population of around 2561 people, according to recent estimates.
Sighthill and City of Edinburgh: AdBlue drains across the area
South Gyle and Broomhouse get the identical teams as Sighthill, a residential suburb, along with further places over EH postcodes. Telling us a EH11 4 postcode finds you fastest of all.
Stopped heading to St Nicholas Parish Church Gardens, or right in the centre of Sighthill, your car stays put — there's no need to move it at all. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near Graduating Birds - Crow or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your scenario, in one line
Still unrun? Leave the car off then phone. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across City of Edinburgh and in Sighthill — once you stop, turn off then phone, if it has run.