What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Afon Eitha
All of that turns on a single fact: if the engine has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Anywhere the car stands — Rhosllannerchrugog, Afon Eitha — don't start an engine that has not been started yet. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. In Afon Eitha, that is typically drained and cleaned on the spot. Already run? Pull over when safe, then turn it off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the work is bigger.
Below: the situations our technicians meet, wherever in Wrexham. Pick yours.
At the pump around Afon Eitha: AdBlue in a diesel
Just now, nozzle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Maybe you are at the BP, possibly at the Esso, possibly somewhere else in Afon Eitha.
The point: of every spot to notice, this is the best. Only the tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn any in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets emptied where it is at the pump.
Afon Eitha, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
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 again at the cap. Houses just off Coed Y Graig are hit as much as anywhere else.
Meaning? Provided your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is around Afon Eitha or out in Pant. Our equipment works quiet enough that it won't wake the neighbours at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Afon Eitha?
A short way beyond filling up, the motor began misbehaving: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Maybe driving for Wrexham, under 5 miles away, or simply along Trem Y Gardden.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. Through your filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. It travels deeper with each extra mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. Afon Eitha sits under 25 miles from the M53; on it, come off at the next junction instead of pushing on for the services. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us know the distance covered as you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You've had the vehicle barely a week. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or somewhere else. On this one, its cap is just by your diesel inlet — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Wrexham.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Work on the vehicle frequently requires the owner's approval under rental or fleet agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us second, because settling it early cuts time. Stranded near Penycae Community Centre or at Ruabon till someone answers, your car stays switched off throughout.
Afon Eitha: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Look familiar? Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Pen-y-cae.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no damage to your motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Firing up your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't crank it. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What each AdBlue drain in Afon Eitha has in common
Whatever the situation, a single opening applies. Three things come when our technicians arrive — at a filling station, a drive, a road by Hill St Presbyterian Chapel or the car park at Cross Foxes: the liquid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. Answers shape the job; the price comes on the call while nobody has left yet.
Then your tank is emptied and your system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it does not rinse out on its own. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If your engine hasn't run, most jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our technicians check it's running smoothly, and then we go. If it's spotted quickly, the car very seldom has lasting damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you get what the insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes built into plenty of policies.
About Afon Eitha
Afon Eitha is a suburban area situated on the banks of a river in Wrexham, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Afon Eitha sits at an elevation of around 165 metres, close to the nearby communities of Pant, Stryt-issa, and Groes. Afon Eitha is located near the city of Wrexham, approximately 4.2 miles away, and is part of the wider Wrexham urban area. Afon Eitha has a population of around 2488 residents, living in a variety of semi-detached homes.
Afon Eitha and Wrexham: AdBlue drains across the area
Afon Eitha is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Stryt-issa and Groes among them, across the LL postcode area. Giving us your LL14 2 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Stopped en route to Gardden Wood, or bang in the heart of Afon Eitha, your vehicle stays put — there is no need to shift it anywhere. Our engineers drain it where it sits. Tricky to explain? Close to Chapel Mawr or a border? Checking is better than assuming, so phone.
Your scenario, summed up
Still unrun? Leave it off then phone. Run already? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever it is, in Afon Eitha and Wrexham, on 0333 366 0103.