South Parks: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has been started afterwards. Anywhere the car is — Town Centre, South Parks — never run a motor that hasn't been started yet. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, done right where the car sits around South Parks. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Stage one remains the same, even if the job grows.
Wherever in Fife it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a South Parks forecourt
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. It might be the Shell, or perhaps the Asda, or another forecourt around South Parks.
The point: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. Only that tank has AdBlue; no part beyond it has drawn any in.
Do this: stay out of the car, even if the pump wants freeing. Ring us from the forecourt after your vehicle sits in a space — the attendants will help roll it — then save the receipt. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a South Parks drive?
Days had gone by with the warning light on. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, too late. Houses just off Innes Road get hit as often as everywhere else.
The point: no driving since makes it almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains there, no matter how long the night.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Your drive is where it is drained, whether around South Parks or Rimbleton. Late-night empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
South Parks: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two after filling up, your motor began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Possibly it was on Fraser Place, possibly on the way out towards Dunfermline, under 15 miles away.
Meaning? The pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the injectors. It goes further with each mile covered and each restart.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, and switch your motor off. Service stations further on are too far: from the M90, under 10 miles out of South Parks, take the first junction. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Phone us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It is a car you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers sit next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Throughout Fife, no one is immune.
The upshot: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with an added step. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stuck in the car park at Markinch, or by YMCA The Farmhouse, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
South Parks: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. Which cap came off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle feels less than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Macedonia: either fit.
The upshot: the engine is not harmed by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by turning on your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as though it did, and never start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue is better than draining one once it has been run — so phone then describe to us what you saw.
Each AdBlue drain around South Parks shares these steps
Each situation has the same opening to the work. Three things are asked once our engineers reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road beside Scouts 58th Fife or the car park outside CISWO: the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you hear the price, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits build up and certain metals are attacked, and none of it rinses out unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Our technicians start it at the end. Our engineers check it runs properly on clean diesel before leaving. Permanent damage is very uncommon when it is spotted early, and the whole job is done where your car is. Paying is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About South Parks, briefly
South Parks is a suburban area situated on the banks of a river in Fife, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. South Parks has a relatively low elevation of 109 metres and is located near several other residential areas, including Rimbleton and Caskieberran. South Parks is close to the larger town of Glenrothes and is within commuting distance of Dunfermline, which is around 13 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Fife, South Parks included
As a residential suburb, South Parks shares its vans with the nearby towns — Glenrothes, Caskieberran — all the way through KY postcodes. Quickest of all: a KY6 1 postcode for where you stand.
Centre of South Parks or a layby towards Riverside Park: wherever it is, the vehicle doesn't need to move at all for this drain. Wherever it stands, that is where it is drained. Tricky to explain? Close to Mushrooms or a border? Asking beats assuming, so ring.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and call. Run already: stop, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within South Parks or wherever in Fife.