What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Wallyford
Everything hinges on one fact: whether the engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not run so far? Then keep the vehicle that way, wherever your car sits — Wallyford or Pinkie. Leave the motor and the ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Wallyford. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, anywhere around East Lothian you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Wallyford forecourt
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 around Wallyford, then — Tesco, Thames, or somewhere else close by.
Put simply: no better spot exists to discover it. Still inside that tank, with nothing drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Wallyford, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. It occurs on driveways just off St Clements Crescent as often as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and stays put, however long it waits.
Next: stop any early-morning move by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. Pinkie Braes or Wallyford: whichever your driveway is, that is where it gets emptied. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Wallyford?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. St Clements Gardens North, say, or the route towards Edinburgh — a run of under 10 miles.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. It goes deeper with every mile driven and every restart.
Next: pick a sensible place, stop, then turn the engine off. On the M8, under 15 miles from Wallyford, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance had it gone? Tell us when you phone.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had this vehicle hardly a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the cap is just by your diesel inlet — news to you. Any driver, anywhere across East Lothian, might make it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers arrive than after. Stuck near Wallyford Mining Memorial Stone or at the nearest station till someone answers, the car stays switched off the whole time.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Wallyford
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. A faint ammonia-like whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or a friend's drive over in Lewisvale.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no harm to the motor. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Assume it went in, and don't turn the key. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain in Wallyford shares these stages
Each situation has the same opening to the work. Wherever the car is — Levenhall Arms's car park, a road beside Wallyford Livingroom Church, a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, plus if your motor has been run. Those answers determine this work, and you get our quote on the phone, before anybody sets off.
Emptying that tank comes first, then a full flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go on their own, however long you wait. Then comes the filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the car. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment our technicians arrive.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our test that it runs correctly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers leave. Long-term damage is very uncommon if it's caught quickly, and the whole job is done where the car is. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Wallyford itself
Wallyford is a coastal village in East Lothian, situated near the Firth of Forth and approximately 6.8 miles east of Edinburgh. Wallyford has a relatively low elevation of 42 metres and is characterised by terraced housing. Wallyford is close to nearby places such as Pinkie Braes, Levenhall, and Westpans, and is home to a population of around 3277 people.
Wallyford and East Lothian: AdBlue drains across the area
As a coastal village, Wallyford has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Westpans, Levenhall — right through EH postcodes. Fastest of all: a EH21 8 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Pinkie Braes Park or in a car park in the middle of Wallyford, it does not need to shift. We drain the vehicle where it stands. Tricky to pin down? Close to Battle of Pinkie Cleugh Memorial Stone or a county line? Checking beats guessing, and so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Not run yet: keep the car off and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Wallyford and anywhere in East Lothian on 0333 366 0103.