AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Abergarw: What Now?
Has the motor run since the AdBlue was put in? That single point decides almost everything about what comes next. Over in East Side or right in Abergarw, an unrun engine must remain that way. Keep nothing on, call 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush after a drain, carried out right where your vehicle stands in Abergarw. Pull over the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, anywhere across Bridgend you happen to be.
On a Abergarw forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It might be the Texaco, or perhaps the Welcome Break, or another station around Abergarw.
In short: no better spot to be to spot it. Still inside that tank, with nothing pulled through: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the pump is possible if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Abergarw
On the dash, a reminder had been lit all week. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. It takes place on drives just off Ty-Fry Close as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not been driven since, it's close to the pump case. On the floor of your tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Next: prevent an early move by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. Brynmenyn or Abergarw: wherever your drive sits, that's where it is emptied. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Abergarw?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving to Swansea, under 25 miles away, or simply along Llangeinor Road.
The upshot: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. It goes deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Your move: pull up anywhere safe, then switch your motor off. On the M4, under 3 miles from Abergarw, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call us and say how far you drove.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have just driven this car a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, wherever around Bridgend, could do the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Many rental and company agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Next: phone the rental company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. If you are stuck in the car park at Tondu, or by Bryn Road Chapel, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Abergarw
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; no clear recollection of which cap. Look familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or someone's drive over in Cymdda.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Firing up the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not start the vehicle. Phone and give the details: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after your motor has run.
What each AdBlue drain in Abergarw has in common
The job opens identically, whatever your situation. Forecourt, drive, Fox & Hounds's car park or a road beside Ynysawdre Community Centre — our van comes to your vehicle, and three questions follow: which liquid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Those answers decide the work, and you hear our quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then comes the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped where necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the car. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we arrive.
Finally, our technicians start it. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running properly, and then we go. We do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been spotted early. Nothing is taken upfront, payment happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Abergarw itself
Abergarw is a suburban area in Bridgend, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 71 metres. Abergarw lies near the communities of Brynmenyn, Bryncethin, and Bryncoch, and is located approximately 16 miles from Swansea. Abergarw is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, and its population is around 1509 residents. Abergarw is also within commuting distance of major cities, being around 148 miles from London.
Abergarw and Bridgend: AdBlue drains across the area
Abergarw is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Bryncethin and Bryncoch among them, across the CF postcode area. Giving us your CF32 8 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Coed Waunpiod or in a car park in the middle of Abergarw, it does not need to move. The drain happens on the spot. Ring and ask instead of guessing if you are close to Ynysawdre Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
In one line: your scenario
Engine not started: phone, and leave it switched off. Run already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever it is, across Abergarw and Bridgend, on 0333 366 0103.