AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blackpill: What Now?
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it got in. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Blackpill itself or out in Norton. Leave your engine and the ignition off then call 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Blackpill. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It's a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Compare what happened to a situation from the ones below, anywhere across Swansea you are.
At the pump in Blackpill: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you're standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Whether Texaco, Newton Garage or somewhere else around Blackpill, the situation is the same.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to spot it. Only that tank holds AdBlue; no component past it has drawn any in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs freeing. A few things: a push into a bay with the staff assisting, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away is drained where it is at the petrol pump.
At home in Blackpill with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown all week. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, after the fact. It happens on drives just off Mayals Road as often as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as the car hasn't moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue keep separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of your tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits.
Next: keys in the house, so nobody drives the car anywhere first thing. After that, phone. Your driveway is where it is emptied, be it in Blackpill or Lower Sketty. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Blackpill?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Roman Court or on the road to Swansea — under 3 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue through already. The injection pump and every injector get it too on a longer trip, after your filter and pipework have it. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Do this: stop somewhere sensible, then switch the motor off. Service stations farther on can wait: from the M4, under 10 miles out of Blackpill, take the first junction. No test restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Call, and say how far your vehicle went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It is a vehicle you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Anywhere you are in Swansea, any driver could slip up.
The point: exactly as above, divided by if it ran, but with one added step. Plenty of rental and company contracts require the owner's approval for work.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Stranded near Persian Iranwood or outside Swansea until the firm answers, the car stays switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank around Blackpill?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think so. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Oystermouth, or in a rush by the local primary school on the school run.
The upshot: your engine isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Firing up the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it will draw it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Tell us what you noticed on your phone. A clear tank looked at is a happier result than a run one drained.
What each AdBlue drain in Blackpill has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Three questions are asked when our technicians arrive — at a forecourt, a drive, a street beside The Mill Bridge or the car park at The Woodman: the liquid, the quantity, and if the motor has been started. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told the price, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, since crystals build up and some metals are attacked, and none of it washes out unaided. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Not started? In that case about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Our engineers start it last. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before our engineers leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it's caught early, permanent damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Plenty of policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Blackpill
Blackpill is a coastal suburban area in Swansea, situated near the shores of Swansea Bay at an elevation of around 9 metres. Blackpill lies approximately 2.9 miles west of Swansea city centre, within close proximity to nearby places such as Lower Sketty, Mayals, and West Cross. Blackpill is characterised by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, reflecting the typical residential development patterns of the region. Blackpill has a population of around 1653 residents, according to recent estimates.
AdBlue drains around Blackpill, and across Swansea too
Mayals and West Cross get the identical vans as Blackpill, a residential suburb, along with further towns throughout SA postcodes. Quickest of all: a SA3 5 postcode for where you stand.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Wild Meadow Flower or in a car park in the middle of Blackpill, it does not need to move. The van drains it in place. Guessing doesn't help beside Blue Atlas Cedar, close to a border or anywhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
Your situation, in one line
Motor not started: ring, and leave it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Blackpill and anywhere in Swansea on 0333 366 0103.