What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Broadfield
Has the motor turned over since the AdBlue went in? That single point settles almost everything about what comes next. Not run yet? Then leave the car like that, whether the vehicle sits — Broadfield or Saundersfoot. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. Across Broadfield, such a case is typically drained and cleaned where it stands. Where the engine has run, stop somewhere safe straight away, then switch the car off. Stage one remains the same, even if the work grows.
Wherever around Pembrokeshire it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Broadfield forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
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. It could be the Lifestyle Express, or the another forecourt nearby, or a different station in Broadfield.
In short: there is no better place exists to spot it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue needs clearing. Ring us from the forecourt once the vehicle is in a space — the attendants will help roll it — and save the bottle. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear gets cleared right at the petrol pump.
Broadfield, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap again, after the fact. Right off Broadfield Hill is not different from anywhere.
The point: no miles since leaves it almost equal to spotting it at the pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent any early-morning move by keeping the keys indoors, then ring us. Twy Cross or Broadfield: whichever your drive sits, that's where it is emptied. Late-night clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Broadfield: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading for St Davids, under 50 miles away, or just along Nyth Gwennol.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a bigger trip, after your filter and lines have had it. It travels deeper with each extra mile driven and each restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the first step — then turn it off. On the M4, under 50 miles from Broadfield, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you drove.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to the diesel. Throughout Pembrokeshire, nobody is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Any work on the car frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet terms.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. Keep the vehicle switched off as the reply arrives, whether you're parked at Saundersfoot or close to Regency Hall.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Broadfield?
"I think so" is often the most honest answer there is. A slight ammonia-like smell lingers near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Churchton.
In short: a spill round the filler leaves your motor unharmed. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, firing up the vehicle would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Next: act as though it went in, and leave your engine off. Phone with the details: we'd sooner find a clean tank than empty one once your engine has run.
Every AdBlue drain around Broadfield shares these stages
Whichever scenario you are in, this job starts the same way. Filling station, drive, The Captains Table's car park or a road by Saundersfoot Library — the van comes to your car, and three answers come next: what fluid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Your price comes on the call, before a van leaves, and the answers set the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out on its own; that's why the flush, after this drain, matters much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Finally are your filter, cleaned or replaced if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. Where the motor hasn't run, allow about half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Lastly, we fire it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it's running smoothly, and then we leave. When it is spotted quickly, the car very seldom has long-term damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Paying is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Broadfield, for a moment
Broadfield is a coastal suburban area in Pembrokeshire, situated near the villages of Twy Cross and New Hedges. Broadfield sits at an elevation of 88 metres, overlooking the surrounding countryside. Broadfield is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its residential nature. Broadfield is located approximately 26.9 miles from St Davids, the smallest city in the UK.
AdBlue drains around Broadfield, and across Pembrokeshire too
Broadfield is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the places around it too, Rusheylake and New Hedges among them, across the SA postcode area. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode beginning SA69 9.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to The Plantation or in a car park in the middle of Broadfield, it doesn't need to move. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it is. Guessing doesn't help beside History of Coal Mining, close to a county line or somewhere awkward to describe; phone and ask.
The one-line version
Where it hasn't started, ring then leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Broadfield and anywhere in Pembrokeshire on 0333 366 0103.