St Cyrus: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything hinges on one detail: whether the engine has started since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Out in Lochside or right in St Cyrus, an unstarted engine should stay unrun. Normally this is emptying and properly purging it right there around St Cyrus — and so keep your key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. Step one remains the same, even if the job grows.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, wherever in Aberdeenshire. Choose the one that fits.
St Cyrus forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you opened wasn't the right one. Perhaps you are at the Asda, maybe at the another forecourt nearby, maybe somewhere else around St Cyrus.
What it means: this is the ideal location to find out. No pump has pulled it in, and so the AdBlue stays just in that tank.
Clearing the pump is no reason to start it — so don't get back in. Ring us from the forecourt after your car is in a bay — the staff will lend a hand to push it — then keep the bottle. Can't move the car by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in St Cyrus
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. Right off Mercury Terrace is not different from any other place.
Put simply: if your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low inside your tank and waits. One night parked changes nothing.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then call. Your driveway is where it is emptied, be it in St Cyrus or Kirkton. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
St Cyrus: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the fill. It might have been heading for Aberdeen, under 50 miles away, or simply down A92.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue in by now. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it as well on a longer trip, once the filter and pipework have it. It goes deeper with each mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. St Cyrus lies under 50 miles from the M90; there, come off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Call, saying what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you didn't know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you are around Aberdeenshire, every motorist can be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us next, because sorting it beforehand cuts time. Leave the vehicle switched off as the answer arrives, even if you are waiting at Laurencekirk or near St Cyrus Public Hall.
St Cyrus: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in Bush.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no harm to the engine. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is a different story. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not start the car. Phone with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after your engine has been run.
The common ground in each St Cyrus AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, driveway, Great Scot's car park or a road by St Cyrus War Memorial — our van comes to your car, and three questions follow: which fluid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Those answers decide the work, and you hear our price by phone, before anyone sets off.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because deposits build up and certain metals corrode, and none of that rinses away unaided. Fresh diesel is put in after the fuel filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is finally checked. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our engineers get there.
Starting the engine comes last. Our engineers make sure it runs correctly on clean diesel before we go. Permanent damage is very uncommon if it's noticed soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth knowing: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents while we travel is worthwhile.
About St Cyrus and where it is
St Cyrus is a small coastal village in Aberdeenshire, situated near the mouths of the North Esk River, with St Cyrus being one of the villages that make up the wider coastal community. St Cyrus sits at an elevation of around 74 metres, looking out over the North Sea, and is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock. St Cyrus is located near other small settlements such as Kirkton and Roadside, and is within commuting distance of Aberdeen, which is around 28 miles away.
AdBlue drains across Aberdeenshire, St Cyrus included
Roadside and Burnhead have the identical teams as St Cyrus, a coastal village, plus further places throughout DD postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode beginning DD10 0.
No moving is needed, be it stopped in the centre of St Cyrus or on a layby en route to St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that's where it gets cleared. Ring and ask rather than guess when you're by St Cyrus Parish Church, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
In one line: your situation
Still unrun? Keep it that way then phone. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in St Cyrus and anywhere across Aberdeenshire on 0333 366 0103.