What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Stanley
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue was put in? That single question decides nearly everything else from here. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Newmiln, Stanley — never start an engine that has not been started yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine both off. Across Stanley, that is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. Already run? Stop when safe, then turn everything off. Step one stays the same, even though the job is bigger.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, anywhere in Perth and Kinross you are.
At the petrol pump in Stanley: AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. It could be the Gulf, or the another forecourt nearby, or another station around Stanley.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Only your tank has AdBlue; no part beyond it has drawn it in.
Do this: keep out of the car, however much the queue wants freeing. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home in Stanley with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the warning light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd used at the drive. Just off Perth Road is not different from anywhere.
Put simply: if the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is almost equal to spotting it at the pump. At the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue stays, since it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Put your keys in the house overnight — otherwise someone might drive it off first thing — and phone us. In West Tofts or right here in Stanley, the draining happens at your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road around Stanley with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, drove away, and before long the engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Possibly it was on Percy Street, perhaps on the way out towards Perth, under 10 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. More driving, more restarts: further it goes.
Next: find a sensible place, stop, then switch the engine off. Stanley sits under 10 miles from the M90; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Let us hear the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You have had the car hardly a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Any driver, anywhere around Perth and Kinross, might make the same.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, but with an added stage. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company terms.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, because settling it beforehand cuts time. If you are stranded in the car park outside Perth, or by War Memorial, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Stanley: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Stormontfield: either fits.
The point: the motor is not hurt by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on your car will draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: act as though it went in, then leave the motor off. Ring us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain around Stanley shares these steps
The job begins the same way, whichever your situation. Our engineers come to your car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Strathord Inn or a side street close to St. Columba's, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and if the engine has been run. Answers set the work; the quote follows by phone while no one has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, since deposits build up and certain metals are attacked, and none of that rinses away unaided. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, our engineers fire it up. Before our engineers go, it is tested to make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. When it is noticed quickly, the car very rarely has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Stanley itself
Stanley is a village situated on the riverside in Perth and Kinross, with a relatively low elevation of around 60 metres. Stanley sits near the city of Perth, approximately 5.9 miles away, and is close to other nearby places such as West Tofts and Airntully. Stanley has a population of around 1379 people and predominantly features detached housing. Stanley is located in a scenic area, with the River Tay flowing nearby.
Stanley and Perth and Kinross: AdBlue drains across the area
Stanley is a village, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Airntully and Guildtown among them, across the PH postcode area. Giving us your PH1 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Newlands Wood or in a car park in the middle of Stanley, it doesn't need to shift. The drain is done on the spot. Awkward to explain? Close to Stanley village hall or a border? Asking beats guessing, so phone.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and call. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Stanley and anywhere across Perth and Kinross on 0333 366 0103.