AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Birchgrove, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on one fact: if your engine has been run after the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Anywhere the vehicle is — Cymmer, Birchgrove — don't run a motor that hasn't run yet. Normally this is draining and properly cleaning it right there around Birchgrove — and so keep the ignition and engine off and ring 0333 366 0103. When your motor has run, pull in safely straight away, then switch the car off. The job is bigger, yet the first stage is the same.
Below: the cases we see, anywhere across Rhondda Cynon Taf. Pick yours.
On a Birchgrove forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or the nozzle in your hand. Somewhere around Birchgrove, then — Texaco, Shell, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Still inside that tank, and nothing drawn through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to run it — so do not get back in. Get the attendants to lend a hand pushing it to a bay, save the receipt, then ring us right there. Emptying it right at the pump is fine if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Birchgrove
The warning light had been on for days. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you had used at the driveway. It occurs on drives just off Porth Street as frequently as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue settles to the base in your tank and waits. One night parked alters nothing.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that is in Birchgrove or out in Glynfach. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Birchgrove?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your engine was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe driving for Cardiff, under 15 miles away, or just along America Place.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. The injection pump and every injector see it too on a bigger run, after the filter and lines have it. It goes further with every mile covered and each restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then turn it off. Leave at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M4, under 10 miles from Birchgrove. Restarting it to check gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. About what distance had it gone? Say so as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or elsewhere. On this one, its cap is right by your diesel cap — news to you. Any driver, wherever across Rhondda Cynon Taf, might make the same.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner frequently needs to sign off the work, under many rental and company agreements.
Settling it before we arrives is faster, and so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Porth, or near Tabernacle Baptist Church? Leave the car off meanwhile.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, around Birchgrove
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; a hazy memory of which cap. Look familiar? A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Britannia: both fit.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler don't touch the engine at all. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. If there is AdBlue in that tank, turning on the car would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Assume it got in, and don't turn your engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Birchgrove: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Each case has the same start to the work. Wherever the car stands — Sports Bar's car park, a street beside William Evans, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask for the liquid, the quantity, plus whether your engine has turned over. Replies shape the work; the quote comes by phone while no one has set off yet.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, matters far more here than with petrol. Then is your filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job after the moment we turn up.
Firing it up comes last. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it's running properly, and then we go. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very rare 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 arrive: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Birchgrove
Birchgrove is a suburban area in Rhondda Cynon Taf, situated near the riverside at an elevation of 101 metres. Birchgrove lies close to the communities of Glynfach, Porth, and Mount Pleasant, and is approximately 13.6 miles from Cardiff. Birchgrove has a population of around 4630 people, predominantly living in terraced housing. Birchgrove is also within commuting distance of major cities, being 141.1 miles from London.
AdBlue drains round Birchgrove and across Rhondda Cynon Taf
Over CF postcodes, the vans covering Birchgrove — a residential suburb — reach surrounding places as well, Porth and Mount Pleasant among them. Fastest of all: a CF39 9 postcode for your location.
No towing is needed, be it stopped centrally in Birchgrove or in a layby heading to Bronwydd Park, so keep it put. Where it stands, that is where it gets emptied. Phone and ask rather than guess when you're close to Porth Elm Church, near a border, or somewhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Birchgrove and anywhere around Rhondda Cynon Taf on 0333 366 0103.