AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Udston, and What to Do Next
Has the engine turned over since the AdBlue went in? This one point decides almost everything about what comes next. Not started yet? Then keep the car that way, wherever your car sits — Udston or Earnock. Normally that means emptying and properly rinsing it on the spot around Udston — and so keep your ignition and motor off and ring 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Compare your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever across South Lanarkshire you happen to be.
On a Udston forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it as you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It might be the Shell, or perhaps the BP, or another forecourt around Udston.
Put simply: no better spot exists to spot it. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it just to move away from the pump. Three jobs: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the pump is possible if it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
At home in Udston with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a warning had been lit for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Drives close to Farm Road get it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of the tank and remains there, however long the night.
Next: prevent any early move by keeping the keys in the house, then ring us. Your driveway is where it gets drained, whether in Udston or Hillhouse. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Udston: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Perhaps it was on Livingstone Street, maybe on the way out towards Glasgow, under 10 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through your fuel system. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and your injectors. More miles, more starts: further it travels.
Next: pick a safe spot, pull in, and switch the engine off. Exit at the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M74, under 3 miles from Udston. No test restarts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Phone, saying what distance your vehicle was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You've only driven this vehicle for days. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Any driver, anywhere across South Lanarkshire, might do the same.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or unrun — plus one further step. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under plenty of hire and company contracts.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stuck in the car park outside Hamilton West, or by Burnbank Bowling Club, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Udston?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia smell hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Whitehill.
In short: a spill near your filler does the engine no harm. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Any AdBlue in the tank would be sucked in by firing up the vehicle, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and never start the key. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue is better than emptying one after it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
Udston: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same start to the work. We come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Red Burn Farm - Farmhouse inns or a side street close to Jock Stein Sports Centre, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and whether your motor has run. On the phone, before anything else, you are told the price, and those replies shape the job too.
Emptying your tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long you wait. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is starting the engine. Before we go, it is checked to confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel. When it is spotted early, the car very rarely has permanent damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Udston
Udston is a suburban area located on the riverside in South Lanarkshire, with a relatively low elevation of 82 metres. Udston sits near the cities of Glasgow and is close to nearby places such as Hillhouse, Burnbank, and Auchinraith. Udston has a population of approximately 5841 people and predominantly consists of flat-type housing. Udston is situated about 8.6 miles from Glasgow city centre.
Udston and South Lanarkshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Burnbank and Auchinraith have the identical teams as Udston, a residential suburb, along with other places over ML postcodes. Your whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode that starts ML3 9.
No moving is required, be it stopped centrally in Udston or in a layby heading to Udston Woods, and so leave it put. Draining happens on the spot. Awkward to explain? By St Ninian's or a county line? Asking is better than assuming, so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Unstarted? Leave the car off and phone. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whichever case, in Udston and South Lanarkshire, on 0333 366 0103.