--- title: The Inch: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank, What Next canonical: https://www.petrolinadieselcar.co.uk/adblue-in-diesel/the-inch-city-of-edinburgh/ location: The Inch county: City of Edinburgh latitude: 55.918980 longitude: -3.150320 service: AdBlue in a Diesel Tank updated: 2026-10-12 --- # What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in The Inch What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it went in. Wherever the vehicle stands — Gracemount, The Inch — don't start a motor that has not run yet. Usually this is emptying and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot in The Inch — so keep the key and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. When the engine has run, pull in somewhere safe first, then switch the car off. Stage one remains unchanged, even if the job grows. Anywhere across City of Edinburgh it happened, one of the cases below fits yours. ## The Inch forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump Just now, nozzle still in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Perhaps you are at the Morrisons, perhaps at the Sainsbury's, possibly somewhere else in The Inch. Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. Nothing has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank. What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Get the staff to lend a hand rolling it into a space, save the bottle, then phone us from there. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt. ## AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around The Inch The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the drive — and it was just at the bin that the cap caught a second look. Just off Kingston Avenue is not less likely from anywhere. The point: zero driving since makes it nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits. Next: prevent any early-morning move by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. Liberton or The Inch: wherever your driveway sits, that is where it is drained. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway. ## Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in The Inch? 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. Somewhere along Ravenswood Avenue or heading to Edinburgh — under 3 miles away. The point: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. Through the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the mileage — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels deeper with every mile driven and every restart. Next: find a safe place, pull in, and turn your motor off. On the M8, under 10 miles from The Inch, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it go? Tell us as you call. ## A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank? You've had the car hardly a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one warned you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in City of Edinburgh. Put simply: one extra stage on top of the situations above, and those turn on whether it has run. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under many rental and fleet contracts. What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. Stranded near James Harrison Ghost Bike or outside Newcraighall till someone answers, your car remains turned off the whole time. ## AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in The Inch "I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Sound familiar? A hurried stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Craigmillar: both fits. Meaning? Drips outside the filler never touch your engine at all. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case. Take it that it got in, and don't turn the key. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clear tank checked counts as a happier outcome than a run one emptied. ## Every AdBlue drain in The Inch shares these stages Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Three questions are asked when we reach your car — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street by Liberton Northfield Parish Church or the car park outside Robins Nest: the fluid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. Over the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told the price, and those replies shape the work too. Then the tank is emptied and the system cleaned thoroughly, which matters 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. Last come your filter, flushed or renewed as needed; fresh diesel; and a check of your car. If your engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there. We start it at the end. Our test that it runs properly on new diesel comes before our technicians leave. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is caught quickly, long-term damage is very uncommon. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way. ## About The Inch The Inch is a suburban area located on the riverside in the City of Edinburgh, sitting at an elevation of 83 metres. The Inch is situated approximately 2.8 miles from Edinburgh city centre and is near other local areas such as Liberton, Moredun, and Nether Liberton. The Inch has a population of around 5575 people and is predominantly composed of flat-type housing. The Inch is part of the larger Edinburgh urban area, which is around 328.8 miles from London. ## The Inch and City of Edinburgh: AdBlue drains across the area Moredun and Nether Liberton have the same vans as The Inch, a residential suburb, plus other places over EH postcodes. Giving us your EH16 5 postcode finds you quickest of all. Parked heading to Liberton Golf Course, or bang in the centre of The Inch, the vehicle remains put — there is no need to shift it at all. Wherever it stands, that's where it gets emptied. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Ravenswood Avenue Standing Stone or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing. ## Your situation, in one line Not run yet: keep it off and call. Started by now? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across The Inch and City of Edinburgh, on 0333 366 0103.