AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Bethania, and What to Do Next
Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? This one point decides almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Bethania itself or out in Trefeini. Normally that is draining and thoroughly purging it on the spot in Bethania — and so keep your key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Already run? Stop when you safely can, then switch it off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Gwynedd it happened.
On a Bethania 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. Anywhere around Bethania, then — the nearest petrol station, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Have the attendants to lend a hand pushing it to a bay, hold on to the receipt, then ring us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear is cleared right at the petrol pump.
At home around Bethania with AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the drive. Driveways near Pen-y-bryn see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not been driven since, it's second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of that tank and remains there, no matter how long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's around Bethania or out in Maen-Offeren. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Bethania: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A short way after filling up, the engine started playing up: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. High Street, perhaps, or the way to Bangor — a run of under 25 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. It's been through the fuel filter and the lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop somewhere sensible, then turn your motor off. Service stations farther along are too far: on the Moreton Spur, under 50 miles out of Bethania, use the next junction. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense starting it again to find out. About what distance did it gone? Say so as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days back, it was new to you. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has none or stores it elsewhere. Wherever you happen to be in Gwynedd, any driver can be caught.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stuck in the car park at Blaenau Ffestiniog, or by Jerusalem Independent Chapel, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Bethania?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Congl-y-wal.
Meaning? Spills around the inlet never reach your motor at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not crank it. Inspecting a tank that proves clean is better than draining one after it's been run — so phone then tell us what you saw.
The common ground in every Bethania AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Three things come once our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a driveway, a street by The Church of All Saints of Wales or the car park at Y Manod: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has been started. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the job.
Draining the tank comes first, then a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long it sits. Finally are the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our engineers make sure it runs properly on fresh diesel before we go. When it is spotted quickly, the vehicle very rarely has permanent damage, and the whole job takes place where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Bethania, briefly
Bethania is a small suburban area situated on the riverside in Gwynedd, with a mix of terraced housing and a relatively small population of around 1092 residents. Bethania sits at an elevation of 237 metres, near the communities of Maen-Offeren and Blaenau Ffestiniog. Bethania is located approximately 18.5 miles from Bangor and about 190.5 miles from London, in a scenic part of northwest Wales. Bethania's riverside setting provides a distinctive character to the area.
Bethania and Gwynedd: AdBlue drains across the area
Throughout LL postcodes, the vans covering Bethania — a residential suburb — reach nearby places too, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Manod among them. A postcode starting LL41 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Bethania or a lay-by towards Municipal Garden: either way it sits, your vehicle doesn't need to shift at all for us. Wherever it stands, that is where it is drained. Phone and check instead of guessing when you're close to Blaenau Ffestiniog Library, on a border, or somewhere tricky to pin down.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Run already: pull over, power down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Bethania or wherever across Gwynedd.