--- title: What Now? AdBlue in a Diesel Tank Straiton canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/straiton-midlothian/ location: Straiton county: Midlothian latitude: 55.886350 longitude: -3.160790 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-11 --- # Straiton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation Has your motor turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This single question decides nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Straiton itself or out in Old Pentland. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, done right where the vehicle sits around Straiton. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, yes, but the same first move. Wherever across Midlothian it happened, one of the cases below fits yours. ## At the petrol pump around Straiton: AdBlue in a diesel Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the nozzle, you spot the filler you opened was not the right one. Somewhere in Straiton, then — Sainsbury's, Costco, or somewhere else close by. Put simply: no better place exists to discover it. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in. Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a bay — the attendants will lend a hand to push it — and save the receipt. Stuck beside the pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Straiton For days the dashboard had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. It happens on drives just off Loanhead Road as regularly as anywhere. Put simply: if your car has not moved since, it is nearly equal to finding out at the forecourt. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that. Keep the keys indoors tonight — otherwise someone might take it off first thing — and call us. Burdiehouse or Straiton: wherever your drive is, that is where it is drained. Late-night empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet. ## On the road around Straiton with AdBlue in a diesel You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been heading for Edinburgh, under 5 miles away, or just down Straiton Mains. Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it as well on a bigger run, after the filter and lines have it. It travels further with each extra mile driven and each restart. Next: find a safe place, pull in, then switch your engine off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M8, under 10 miles from Straiton. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Tell us know the mileage driven as you ring. ## Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank You have just had the vehicle for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has none or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Midlothian. The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added stage. The owner frequently has to approve any work, under many rental and company agreements. Do this: hire firm or fleet manager first, us second, since settling it early cuts time. Leave it switched off as the reply comes, whether you're parked at Eskbank or close to TK Maxx. ## Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Straiton? "I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. A faint ammonia-like smell hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A hurried top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Southhouse: either fits. Meaning? Spills outside the filler never touch your motor at all. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting your car will suck it in, and it would not tell you which either. Take it that it got in, and don't start the key. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a happier result than a run one drained. ## What each AdBlue drain around Straiton has in common Whatever the situation, one start is used. Anywhere your vehicle stands — The Forrester's Arms's car park, a street beside Sounds Fade, Silence Unfolds, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and asks about the liquid, the amount, and whether the engine has been run. Those replies decide the work, and you get the price on the phone, before anybody sets off. AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after the drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Next is the filter — flushed, or replaced where needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Never started? In that case about half an hour on site covers most jobs. The last step is firing it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we confirm it's running properly, and then we go. The whole job is done where the car is, and when it is spotted quickly, permanent damage is very unusual. Payment is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way. ## About Straiton itself Straiton is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Midlothian, with a mix of semi-detached housing and other residential properties. Straiton sits near the city of Edinburgh, approximately 4.8 miles from the city centre, and is close to neighbouring areas such as Burdiehouse and Loanhead. Straiton has a population of around 2155 people and is located at an elevation of 153 metres. Straiton is part of the wider Edinburgh urban area, with the city's amenities and services within easy reach. ## Straiton and Midlothian: AdBlue drains across the area New Pentland and Loanhead get the identical vans as Straiton, a residential suburb, plus other places over EH postcodes. Telling us a EH20 9 postcode finds you quickest of all. Parked heading to Straiton Pond Local Nature Reserve, or bang in the centre of Straiton, the vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. Our van empties it where it stands. Phone and check rather than guess if you are close to Eden Rock Edinburgh, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain. ## The one-line version Not run yet: keep it off then ring. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Midlothian and in Straiton — after you pull over, turn off and phone, if it's run.