AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ashvale: What Now?
Has the engine run since the AdBlue went in? This one question settles almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Ashvale itself or out in Nant-y-Bwch. Normally this is draining and thoroughly cleaning it on the spot around Ashvale — so leave the key and engine off and phone 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over when safe, then turn everything off. Step one stays the same, even if the job is bigger.
Wherever across Blaenau Gwent it happened, one of the situations below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Ashvale 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. Maybe you are at the Texaco, possibly at the Gulf, maybe somewhere else around Ashvale.
Put simply: no better spot exists to discover it. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
At home around Ashvale with AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. Homes just off The Crescent are caught out as often as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's second to the pump case. At the bottom of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Next: the keys in the house, so nobody drives your car anywhere first thing. Then, phone. Your driveway is where it gets drained, be it around Ashvale or Dukes Meadow. The equipment runs quietly enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Ashvale?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way beyond the top-up. Ashvale, perhaps, or the way to Newport — a trip of under 25 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. Through the filter, through the lines, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, pushes it on.
Your move: stop somewhere safe, then switch the engine off. Leave at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M4, under 25 miles from Ashvale. It will not have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to find out. Roughly what distance had it gone? Tell us when you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
A week back, it was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so no one warned you the AdBlue cap sits right beside your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Blaenau Gwent.
Meaning? Whatever case above applies too — run or not — and one further step. Many rental and fleet contracts require the owner's sign-off for repairs.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you're stranded in the car park at Ebbw Vale Town, or by The Forgotten 53 Memorial, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Ashvale?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. A hurried stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Waundeg: both fit.
The upshot: your motor is not harmed by some AdBlue splashed on the filler. A diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it will draw it in.
Your move: act as if it got in, and never start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean beats emptying one after it has been run — so ring then tell us what you noticed.
The common ground in every Ashvale AdBlue drain
Every case has the same opening to the work. Filling station, drive, Mountain Air Inn's car park or a road beside Siloam Baptist Church — the van reaches your vehicle, and three answers follow: what fluid, which quantity, and if it has run. Answers set the job; the price follows on the call whilst nobody has set off yet.
Then the tank is emptied and the fuel system purged thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next is your filter — flushed, or swapped where necessary — followed by clean diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Finally, our engineers start it. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers go. The entire job is done where your car is, and when it's noticed early, long-term damage is very rare. Payment is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Ashvale itself
Ashvale is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Blaenau Gwent, with a mix of semi-detached housing and a population of around 3289 residents. Ashvale sits at an elevation of 335 metres, overlooking the surrounding landscape. Ashvale is located near other local places such as Dukes Meadow, Scwrfa, and Dukestown, and is approximately 17.6 miles from Newport. Ashvale forms part of the wider urban area in south Wales, with London around 135.5 miles to the east.
AdBlue drains across Blaenau Gwent, Ashvale included
Throughout NP postcodes, the vans covering Ashvale — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places too, Scwrfa and Dukestown among them. Giving us a NP22 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Central Ashvale or a layby towards Parc Bryn Bach: either way it sits, the car doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. Our technicians drain the car where it stands. Assuming doesn't help beside Central Baptist Church, close to a border or anywhere awkward to pin down; phone and check.
In one line: your scenario
If it hasn't started, ring then leave it off. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Blaenau Gwent and in Ashvale — after you stop, switch off and phone, if it has run.