What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Torryburn
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 was put in. Not run yet? Then leave the car that way, whether your car is — Torryburn or Cairneyhill. Normally this is emptying and thoroughly purging it on the spot around Torryburn — and so leave your key and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. Pull over the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. A larger job, then, but the same first move.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, anywhere across Fife you happen to be.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Torryburn forecourt
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Maybe you are at the Thames Petroleum, maybe at the Hastons of Bo'ness, maybe somewhere else around Torryburn.
The point: of every spot to find out, this is the best. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, even if the queue needs clearing. Phone us from the forecourt after your car sits in a space — the staff will lend a hand to push it — and save the receipt. Can't move the car beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
At home in Torryburn with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. A bottle from the garage, emptied in at the drive — and it was just at the bin that the cap got a second look. It happens on driveways just off Eilean Lane as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your car hasn't been driven since, it is second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and stays put, no matter how long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it is drained, be it around Torryburn or Low Torry. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Torryburn?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way after the fill. Maybe driving for Dunfermline, under 5 miles away, or simply along Low Causeway.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger trip, once the filter and lines have had it. Each restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, and switch your engine off. Service stations farther along can wait: on the M9, under 5 miles out of Torryburn, use the first junction. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. About how far did it gone? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It's a motor you have had for a week. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is just next to your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Fife.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Many hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the car.
Next: phone the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is faster. Stuck by Torryburn Parish Church or outside Dunfermline City until someone answers, your vehicle remains turned off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Torryburn
"I think so" is sometimes as honest as it gets. A faint ammonia smell hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Low Valleyfield.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't touch your engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Firing up the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would pull it in.
Assume it was put in, and never turn your key. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than emptying one after it's been run — so phone and describe to us what you saw.
Torryburn: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Three things are asked once we reach the car — on a forecourt, a drive, a road by Tuilyies Standing Stones or the car park at The Crown: the fluid, the quantity, and if it has been started. Answers set the job; the price comes by phone while nobody has left yet.
Emptying that tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long you wait. Last are the fuel filter, flushed or replaced as needed; fresh diesel; and a test of your vehicle. If your engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is firing it up. Our test that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our technicians head off. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it's caught soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours as we head over.
About Torryburn
Torryburn is a small coastal village in Fife, situated near the town of Dunfermline and overlooking the Firth of Forth. Torryburn has a low elevation of around 10 metres, reflecting its seaside location. Torryburn is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, which is typical of many Scottish villages. Torryburn is close to nearby places such as Low Torry, Newmills, and High Valleyfield.
Torryburn and Fife: AdBlue drains across the area
Torryburn is a coastal village, and the same vans that cover it work the places near it too, Newmills and High Valleyfield among them, across the KY postcode area. The location comes clearest from a postcode beginning KY12 8.
Parked heading to Valleyfield Woods, or right in the centre of Torryburn, your vehicle stays put — there's no need to move it anywhere. The drain is done on the spot. Tricky to explain? By Crombie Old Parish Church or a border? Checking beats assuming, and so ring.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not run, ring and keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Torryburn and anywhere around Fife on 0333 366 0103.