AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Woodside, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your motor has run since it got in. Not run so far? Then leave the car like that, whether the car is — Woodside or Danestone. Leave the motor and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Woodside. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then switch it off. It is a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Anywhere in Aberdeen City it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Woodside forecourt
You're 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 Woodside, then — Esso, Tesco Extra, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it can be. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — and so do not get back in. Get the attendants to help pushing it into a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Can't move the vehicle beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, and so we can drain it in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Woodside drive?
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It occurs on drives just off Clifton Road as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Put your keys indoors overnight — or a person might take it off at breakfast — and phone us. Hilton or Woodside: whichever your drive is, that is where it is cleared. Our pumping kit runs quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Woodside?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up the dash. It might have been driving for Aberdeen, under 3 miles away, or just down Great Northern Road.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through already. The injection pump and each injector see it as well on a longer run, after your filter and pipework have had it. More miles, more restarts: further it travels.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Exit by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M90, over 50 miles from Woodside. It won't have cleared, so there is no point starting it again to check. Call, and say what distance the vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had this car barely a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — unlike your own car, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Aberdeen City.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those turn on if it has run. The owner frequently needs to sign off any work, under plenty of rental and company contracts.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Aberdeen, or by Taylor Memorial Well, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Woodside: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the only answer may be that you think so. What cap came off, you can't recall; but the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or someone's driveway out in Rosehill.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet never touch the motor at all. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Assume it went in, and don't turn the engine. Describe what you noticed on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a better outcome than an already-run one emptied.
Woodside: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each case has the same opening to the job. Our technicians come to the car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside White Horse or a side street near 51 ABD, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and if the engine has been run. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told the price, and those replies shape the job too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of that rinses away unaided. Then comes the fuel filter — flushed, or replaced when necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Where the motor hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
The final step is starting it. Before our technicians go, it's checked to be sure it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Permanent damage is very unusual when it's noticed quickly, and the entire job is done where the car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing in advance. Many insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Woodside, for a moment
Woodside is a suburban area located on the coast of Aberdeen City, sitting at an elevation of 59 metres and approximately 2.2 miles from Aberdeen city centre. Woodside is characterized by its predominantly flat-type housing and is situated near other local areas such as Hilton, Middlefield, and Cummings Park. Woodside has a population of around 5401 residents and is part of the larger Aberdeen urban area. Woodside's coastal setting provides residents with proximity to the sea and surrounding landscape.
AdBlue drains across Aberdeen City, Woodside included
Throughout AB postcodes, the teams serving Woodside — a residential suburb — work surrounding places too, Middlefield and Cummings Park among them. Fastest of all: a AB24 4 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Woodside Wee Forest or in a car park in the middle of Woodside, it does not need to shift. Draining is done on the spot. Tricky to pin down? By 52 ABD or a border? Asking is better than guessing, so ring.
In one line: your situation
Unstarted? Leave the car that way and ring. Run by now? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, in Woodside and Aberdeen City, on 0333 366 0103.