AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Brynhyfryd, and What to Do Next
One thing matters most when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has run since. Anywhere the car stands — Landore, Brynhyfryd — never start a motor that hasn't run yet. Leave the motor and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Brynhyfryd. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever across Swansea it happened.
At the pump around Brynhyfryd: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the cap you opened wasn't the correct one. It might be the Texaco, or the Morrisons, or a different station around Brynhyfryd.
The point: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. Still in the tank, and no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants freeing. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking spot, keep the receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed away is cleared right at the petrol pump.
Brynhyfryd, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Houses just off Freeman Street get hit as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle has not been driven since, it is close to the pump case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of the tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Next: prevent any early drive by keeping your keys indoors, then phone us. Our technicians drain the car on your drive, whether that's in Brynhyfryd or out in Manselton. Night-time clears beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Brynhyfryd?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your engine was running roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Maybe heading for Swansea, under 3 miles away, or just down Sydney Street.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. Past the fuel filter, along the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. It goes further with every mile driven and each restart.
Do this: pull up somewhere safe, then switch the engine off. Exit at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M4, under 3 miles from Brynhyfryd. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point restarting to find out. Phone, and say how far your vehicle was driven.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler is right next to the diesel one, which you did not know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere in Swansea, could do it.
What it means: the same as the situations 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 vehicle.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. If you are stranded in the car park at Swansea, or by Brynhyfryd Library, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Brynhyfryd
Now and then, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. A faint ammonia whiff lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Cae-Bricks, or in a rush by the local primary school on the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the inlet don't reach the motor at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Do this: behave as though it got in, and never start the motor. Phone with what you saw: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than drain one once your engine has run.
Every AdBlue drain in Brynhyfryd shares these steps
Each situation has the same opening to the job. Three questions come once our engineers reach your car — at a filling station, a drive, a road beside Saint Michael and All Angels or the car park outside Morris Arms: the fluid, the amount, and if the motor has been started. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and the replies set the work.
Then that tank is cleared and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Then is your filter — cleaned, or replaced where needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Where your motor hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most cases.
The final step is starting the engine. Before we leave, it is tested to confirm it runs smoothly on clean diesel. Lasting damage is very rare when it's noticed soon, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: misfuelling cover comes included in plenty of policies.
About Brynhyfryd
Brynhyfryd is a suburban area located on the coast near Swansea, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. Brynhyfryd sits at an elevation of 48 metres, close to the city centre and overlooking Swansea Bay. Brynhyfryd is bordered by nearby places such as Manselton and Penfilia, and is a short distance from the city of Swansea. Brynhyfryd has a population of approximately 8236 residents.
AdBlue drains in Brynhyfryd, and across Swansea too
Penfilia and Lisbon get the identical vans as Brynhyfryd, a residential suburb, plus further places over SA postcodes. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning SA5 9.
Central Brynhyfryd or a layby towards Manselton Park: either way it is, the car doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. Our technicians drain the car where it is. Awkward to pin down? Close to Mount Calvary Baptist Church or a border? Asking beats assuming, and so phone.
The one-line version
Engine not started: ring, and leave it alone. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Swansea and within Brynhyfryd — after you pull over, turn off then ring, if it has run.