AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tillyloss, and What to Do Next
Has your engine run since the AdBlue got in? This single question settles almost everything else from here. Anywhere your car stands — Southmuir, Tillyloss — don't start an engine that hasn't been started yet. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out just where your car sits in Tillyloss. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Stage one remains the same, even though the job is bigger.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, wherever around Angus. Pick yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Tillyloss forecourt
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Maybe you're at the Autosales, maybe at the Shell, maybe somewhere else in Tillyloss.
The point: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Get the attendants to help rolling it to a bay, hold on to the bottle, then ring us right there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is drained right at the pump.
At home around Tillyloss with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it was only at the bin that the cap got your eye. Driveways close to Hillrise see it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if your car hasn't moved since, it is nearly equal to spotting it at the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles low inside that tank and waits. A night standing changes none of that.
Your move: keys in the house, so no one takes your vehicle off first thing. After that, ring. We drain it on your drive, whether that is in Tillyloss or out in Kirriemuir. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road in Tillyloss with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two after the top-up. Somewhere on Hillhead Terrace or else on the road towards Dundee — under 25 miles away.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Past your filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. Each restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Do this: pull up anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Services further along can wait: on the M90, under 50 miles out of Tillyloss, use the first junction. No test restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Call us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have only had this vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Angus.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it has run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it early saves time. Leave it switched off while the answer arrives, even if you're waiting at the nearest station or near St. Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church.
Tillyloss: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. A slight ammonia smell hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Maryton, or rushing outside the local primary school at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to the engine. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. Any AdBlue in that tank would be sucked in by turning on the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not start the car. Ring and give the details: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than drain one once your motor has been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Tillyloss has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Filling station, driveway, Roods Bar's car park or a road by Kirriemuir Camera Obscura — our van comes to the vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, which amount, and whether it has run. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the job.
Emptying that tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, no matter how long it sits. Then is the filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. Never started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Last, our engineers fire it up. Our test that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before we leave. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been spotted early. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Tillyloss itself
Tillyloss is a locality situated on the riverside in Angus, with an elevation of 171 metres and a mix of detached housing. Tillyloss lies near the city of Dundee, approximately 15 miles away, and is also close to other nearby places such as Kirriemuir and Wellbank. Tillyloss has a population of around 1854 residents and is part of the wider Northmuir area. Tillyloss is located in a scenic part of Scotland, with the city of Dundee providing nearby amenities.
Tillyloss and Angus: AdBlue drains across the area
Wellbank and Northmuir get the identical vans as Tillyloss, a small village, along with further places throughout DD postcodes. Giving us a DD8 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to West Quarry or in a car park in the middle of Tillyloss, it doesn't need to move. Draining is done right there. Assuming won't help near Kirriemuir WW1 War Memorial, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to pin down; phone and ask.
In one line: your situation
Engine never started: phone, leaving it alone. Run already? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, in Tillyloss and Angus, on 0333 366 0103.