AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Blaenavon: What Now?
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This single question settles almost everything about what comes next. Not started yet? Then keep the car like that, wherever your vehicle is — Blaenavon or Middle Coedcae. Leave your motor and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Blaenavon. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. Step one stays unchanged, even though the work is bigger.
Below: the situations our technicians meet, anywhere across Torfaen. Choose the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Blaenavon 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. Perhaps you are at the Gulf, possibly at the Shell, perhaps somewhere else in Blaenavon.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to discover it. Nothing has pulled it through, so the AdBlue stays only in that tank.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to start it — and so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you push the car into a parking bay, keep the receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away is drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home around Blaenavon
On the dash, a warning had shown for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you had used on the driveway. Just off King Street is not different from anywhere.
Put simply: if your car hasn't been driven since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and remains put, however long the night.
Next: stop any early drive by keeping your keys in the house, then phone us. In Rifle Green or right here in Blaenavon, the drain happens on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road around Blaenavon with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Somewhere along Phillips Street or heading to Newport — under 15 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. More driving, more starts: deeper it travels.
Next: find a safe spot, stop, then switch your motor off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M4, under 15 miles from Blaenavon. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just had the vehicle for days. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you are across Torfaen, every driver can slip up.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it has run. Any work on the car often requires the owner's go-ahead under hire or company terms.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before we turn up than after. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside Abergavenny, or beside The Hwb? Leave the engine off throughout.
Blaenavon: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia near your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway out in Forge Side.
What it means: a little spilled round your filler does no harm to the engine. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another story. Any AdBlue in your tank will be pulled in by starting your car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Do this: behave as if it got in, and don't start your engine. Call us and explain what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Blaenavon has in common
Each situation has the same start to the job. We come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Fountain or a side street close to Bethlehem Congregational Chapel, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and whether your motor has been run. Replies set the job; the price follows by phone while nobody has set off yet.
Draining your tank comes next, then a careful flush — more important after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, no matter how long you wait. Next comes your filter — cleaned, or replaced when necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of the vehicle. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment we get there.
The last step is starting the engine. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it is running smoothly, and then we leave. Lasting damage is very unusual if it is spotted soon, and the whole job is done where your car is. Paying comes on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Check your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Blaenavon
Blaenavon is a town situated in the southeastern part of Wales, on the banks of the Afon Lwyd river at an elevation of 346 metres. Blaenavon has a mix of terraced housing and other types of residential properties, reflecting its history as a industrial centre. Blaenavon is located near several smaller communities, including Rifle Green and Upper Coedcae, and is close to the city of Newport. Blaenavon has a population of approximately 5902 people.
AdBlue drains in Blaenavon, and across Torfaen too
As a riverside town, Blaenavon shares its vans with the nearby towns — Blaenavon Junction, Upper Coedcae — right through NP postcodes. A postcode starting NP4 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Blaenavon or on a lay-by heading to Blaenafon Town Centre Conservation Area, so keep it where it is. The drain happens right there. Ring and check rather than guess when you are by Park Street Methodist Church, near a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
In one line: your scenario
If it hasn't run, phone and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Blaenavon and anywhere in Torfaen on 0333 366 0103.