What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Abermorlais
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: if your motor has run since it got in. Anywhere the vehicle stands — Ynys-fach, Abermorlais — never run an engine that has not run yet. Usually this is draining and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Abermorlais — and so leave your ignition and engine off then call 0333 366 0103. Where your motor has run, stop somewhere safe first, then turn it off. Stage one remains the same, even if the job grows.
Anywhere across Merthyr Tydfil it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
At the pump in Abermorlais: AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you opened was not the correct one. Perhaps you are at the Applegreen, perhaps at the Esso, maybe somewhere else in Abermorlais.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled onwards: that is where the AdBlue sits.
Do this: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue needs freeing. Get the attendants to help pushing it to a bay, save the receipt, then ring us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a car that can't be pushed clear is cleared right at the petrol pump.
Abermorlais, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then looked at the cap a second time, too late. Just off Bevan Place is not less likely from any other place.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not been driven since, it's close to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and stays there, no matter how long the night.
Next: prevent any early drive by keeping the keys in the house, then ring us. Out in Morgan Town or here in Abermorlais, the draining is done at your drive. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Abermorlais?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two after the fill. It might have been driving to Newport, under 25 miles away, or just down Bethesda Street.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. Distance decides how far it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. It travels deeper with each extra mile driven and every restart.
Pull in safely — that is the first step — then switch everything off. Leave at the next junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M4, under 25 miles from Abermorlais. It won't have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to check. Tell us hear the distance covered when you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. Across Merthyr Tydfil, nobody is safe from it.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, which turn on whether it's run. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off before work.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before our arrival is quicker. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside Merthyr Tydfil, or beside Salvation Army? Keep your engine off meanwhile.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Abermorlais?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. A faint ammonia smell lingers around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Georgetown, or rushing outside the local primary school on the school run.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler don't touch your engine at all. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank will be sucked in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and never start the engine. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats draining one once it's been run — so phone and tell us what you saw.
Abermorlais: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come once our technicians reach your car — on a filling station, a driveway, a street by Law Courts or the car park at The Taffy: the fluid, the quantity, and whether it has been started. On the phone, before anything else, you hear the quote, and those answers decide the work too.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it's routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of it washes away unaided. Finally are your filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour visit from the moment our technicians arrive.
The last step is firing it up. With new diesel in, it runs while we check it is running properly, and then we head off. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and long-term damage is very unusual when it has been noticed early. 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're en route: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Abermorlais and where it is
Abermorlais is a suburban area in Merthyr Tydfil, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 182 metres. Abermorlais is characterized by its predominantly terraced housing and is located near other local places such as Morgan Town and Cae-pant-tywyll. Abermorlais is also close to the nearby area of Glebeland and is within commuting distance of Newport, which is approximately 19.9 miles away.
Abermorlais and Merthyr Tydfil: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout CF postcodes, the teams serving Abermorlais — a residential suburb — reach nearby towns too, Cae-pant-tywyll and Glebeland among them. Your location comes clearest from a postcode beginning CF47 8.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Holocaust Remembrance Garden or in a car park in the middle of Abermorlais, it doesn't need to shift. Wherever it stands, that is where it gets emptied. If you are somewhere hard to describe, near Soar or close to a border, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't run, phone then leave it off. Run already: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Abermorlais or wherever across Merthyr Tydfil.