AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Warriston: What Now?
Everything turns on one fact: if the motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Warriston itself or out in Broughton. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor still off. Across Warriston, such a case is generally drained and flushed on the spot. When the engine has been run, pull in safely straight away, then switch the vehicle off. It is a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Wherever around City of Edinburgh it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
At the pump around Warriston: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it while you are stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. It might be the BP, or the Morrisons, or a different forecourt in Warriston.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs clearing. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear is drained where it is at the petrol pump.
Warriston, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only at the recycling bin, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened on the drive. Just off Inverleith Row is no less likely from any other place.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's second to the pump case. On the bottom of the tank is where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: stop an early-morning drive by keeping your keys indoors, then phone us. In Inverleith or here around Warriston, the drain happens on your drive. Our equipment works quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Warriston?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was running unevenly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Bangholm Terrace, perhaps, or the route to Edinburgh — a run of under 3 miles.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue in already. The high-pressure pump and each injector get it too on a longer trip, once the filter and lines have it. Each restart, like every mile, carries it deeper.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, then turn your motor off. Warriston lies under 10 miles from the M8; on it, come off at the first junction instead of pushing on for the services. Starting it again to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Phone, saying how far your vehicle was driven.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have had the vehicle barely a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. Wherever you are across City of Edinburgh, any motorist could be caught.
Put simply: one extra stage on top of the cases above, which depend on if it's run. Work on your vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or company agreements.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Leave it switched off while the answer arrives, whether you're parked at Edinburgh Waverley or near Goldenacre.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Warriston?
"I think so" is often the most honest as it gets. A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Stockbridge.
Meaning? Spills around the filler never reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting the car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would draw it in.
Next: assume it got in, then leave your engine off. Ring us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Each AdBlue drain in Warriston shares these steps
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come once our technicians reach your car — at a forecourt, a drive, a road by Linnaeus Monument or the car park outside The Inverleith: the fluid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. Those replies decide the work, and you get the quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Draining that tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go by themselves, however long it sits. Last come the fuel filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of the vehicle. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
We fire it up at the end. We make sure it runs correctly on fresh diesel before we go. The entire job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is noticed soon, long-term damage is very unusual. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Warriston itself
Warriston is a suburban area in the City of Edinburgh, situated near the coast and approximately 1.3 miles from Edinburgh city centre. Warriston lies close to neighbouring areas such as Inverleith, Canonmills, and Trinity, and is characterized by its predominantly flat-type housing. Warriston has a population of around 5234 residents and is located at an elevation of 28 metres above sea level.
Warriston and City of Edinburgh: AdBlue drains across the area
Canonmills and Trinity get the identical vans as Warriston, a residential suburb, along with other places over EH postcodes. A postcode starting EH3 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, be it parked in the centre of Warriston or on a lay-by en route to Goldenacre Playing Fields (George Heriot's), and so keep it put. Draining is done right there. Guessing won't help near Lilian Alcock, close to a border or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and check.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't started, phone then leave it off. Started already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, across Warriston and City of Edinburgh, on 0333 366 0103.