Stockethill: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether the engine has run since it got in. Anywhere your vehicle stands — Hilton, Stockethill — never start a motor that hasn't run yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and engine still off. In Stockethill, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn it off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare your case to one of the ones below, wherever around Aberdeen City you happen to be.
Stockethill forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, bottle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. Possibly you are at the Shell, possibly at the Esso, maybe somewhere else around Stockethill.
The point: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. Only your tank has AdBlue; no part past it has taken any in.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to free up the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the petrol pump is possible if it cannot be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Stockethill
Several days had passed with the warning light on. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. It takes place on drives just off Oldcroft Place as often as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of that tank and stays there, however long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. We drain the car on your drive, whether that's in Stockethill or out in Cornhill. The pumping kit works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Stockethill?
Filled up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning unevenly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up your dash. Cornhill Drive, perhaps, or the route towards Aberdeen — a trip of under 3 miles.
Meaning? The pump has taken the AdBlue up. It has been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. Every restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then switch your engine off. On the M90, over 50 miles from Stockethill, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call, and say what distance your vehicle was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be in Aberdeen City, every driver could slip up.
The point: just as above, split by whether it ran, only with an added stage. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park outside Aberdeen, or by Cornhill Shopping Centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Stockethill: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. A faint ammonia smell lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A rushed stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Mastrick: both fits.
Put simply: a spill round your filler leaves the motor no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the car would draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Do this: behave as if it did, and never start the motor. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in every Stockethill AdBlue drain
Every case has the same start to the job. Our engineers come to the vehicle, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside Murdos Bar or a side street near Cairncry Community Centre, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether the engine has been run. Those answers decide the work, and you get our price by phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it won't rinse out on its own; that's why a full flush, after this drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour on site covers most jobs.
The last step is starting it. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been caught early. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Stockethill
Stockethill is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Aberdeen, situated approximately 1.9 miles from the city centre. Stockethill sits on the coastal fringe of Aberdeen City, with its elevation at around 105 metres above sea level. Stockethill is characterised by its predominantly flat-type housing, which accommodates a population of around 6163 residents. Stockethill is close to nearby places such as Cornhill, Rosehill, and Cummings Park.
AdBlue drains about Stockethill and across Aberdeen City
Rosehill and Cummings Park have the identical vans as Stockethill, a residential suburb, along with other places over AB postcodes. Telling us your AB16 5 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Cornhill Park or in a car park in the middle of Stockethill, it does not need to move. Our engineers drain the car where it sits. Phone and check instead of guessing when you're by University of Aberdeen Medical Library, near a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
Engine never started: ring, leaving it alone. Run already: pull over, switch down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Stockethill or anywhere in Aberdeen City.