AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Strathbungo: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your engine has run since it was put in. Not started so far? Then keep the vehicle like that, wherever your car is — Strathbungo or Crosshill. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where your car sits around Strathbungo. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever around Glasgow City it happened.
At the pump around Strathbungo: AdBlue in a diesel
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. Anywhere in Strathbungo, then — BP, Shell, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Just the tank has AdBlue; no component past it has drawn any in.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Strathbungo drive?
Days had gone by with the warning light on. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the drive. Homes just off Nithsdale Road are caught out as much as anywhere else.
The point: zero miles since leaves this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: stop an early move by keeping the keys indoors, then phone us. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that is around Strathbungo or out in Queens Park. Late-night drains outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
On the road in Strathbungo with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, your motor began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Perhaps it was on Darnley Street, possibly on the way out towards Glasgow, under 3 miles away.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. Past the filter, through the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a sensible spot, pull in, then turn the motor off. On the M74, under a mile from Strathbungo, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test restarts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue will do. Phone, saying what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week back, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere across Glasgow City, might make the same.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies here — run or not — and one extra step. The owner frequently has to sign off the work, under plenty of hire and company agreements.
Next: phone the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Stranded near Queen's Park Baptist Church or outside Pollokshields West till someone answers, the vehicle stays turned off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Strathbungo?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. What cap came off, you cannot say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Shawlands.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet don't reach your engine at all. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, it does. Firing up your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Strathbungo: what every AdBlue drain has in common
The job begins the same way, whichever your case. Wherever the vehicle is — Zinfandel Gastro Bar's car park, a street by Langside Synagogue, a driveway, a filling station — our van arrives and we ask for the liquid, the amount, plus whether the motor has been run. Answers shape the job; the price follows on the call while nobody has left yet.
Then your tank is cleared and the system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Not started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. Before we go, it is checked to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been caught early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Strathbungo, briefly
Strathbungo is a suburban area in Glasgow City, situated near the River Clyde at an elevation of around 24 metres. Strathbungo lies approximately 2.3 miles from Glasgow city centre and is close to nearby places such as Queens Park, Crossmyloof, and Govanhill. Strathbungo has a population of around 14023 people and is predominantly composed of flat-type housing.
Strathbungo and Glasgow City: AdBlue drains across the area
Being a residential suburb, Strathbungo has the same vans as the nearby towns — Govanhill, Crossmyloof — right through G postcodes. Fastest of all: a G41 2 postcode to show your location.
Central Strathbungo or a layby towards Maxwell Square: either way it is, the vehicle doesn't need to move an inch for this drain. The drain happens right there. Awkward to pin down? By Guru Granth Sahib Gurdwara or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, so ring.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep it off then ring. Run by now: stop, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest, in Strathbungo or wherever across Glasgow City.