What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cae-maes-y-bar
Has your engine run since the AdBlue went in? That single question settles almost everything else from here. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Cae-maes-y-bar itself or out in Winsh-wen. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then expect a proper flush after a drain, carried out just where the vehicle sits around Cae-maes-y-bar. Stop the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has been run. Step one stays unchanged, even if the job grows.
Match what happened to one of the list below, anywhere around Swansea you happen to be.
At the pump around Cae-maes-y-bar: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the pump. Anywhere in Cae-maes-y-bar, then — Tesco, BP, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out here is the best it can be. Still in the tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the queue wants freeing. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from where you stand. Emptying it there at the pump is fine if it can't be shifted, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Cae-maes-y-bar, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Houses just off Samlet Road are caught out as much as everywhere else.
Meaning? Provided the car has not been driven since, it's close to the pump case. At the bottom of your tank is where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: the keys indoors, and so no one drives the vehicle off at breakfast. After that, phone. Your drive is where it is drained, whether around Cae-maes-y-bar or Pwllygrafel. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
Cae-maes-y-bar: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a lit dashboard arrived a short way beyond the top-up. It might have been driving to Swansea, under 5 miles away, or simply along Nantyffin Road South.
The point: the system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a bigger run, once the fuel filter and pipework have it. It travels deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Pull in safely — that is the first job — then turn everything off. Cae-maes-y-bar lies under a mile from the M4; on it, come off at the next junction rather than pressing on for the services. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to check. Call us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It's a motor you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets are next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Swansea.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the cases above, and those turn on if it has run. Any work on your car often needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet agreements.
Next: ring the hire company or the fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for an answer at the car park at Llansamlet, or beside Llansamlet Community Centre? Leave the engine off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Cae-maes-y-bar?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. What cap came off, you can't say; but the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. It might have been at a friend's drive in Trallwn, or rushing outside the local primary school at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no damage to your engine. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up the car will pull it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Do this: act as if it did, and don't start the motor. Checking a tank that turns out clean is better than draining one once it has been run — so phone and tell us what you noticed.
Cae-maes-y-bar: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the situation, one start is used. Three things are asked when our technicians arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a street beside Saint Samlet's or the car park at Smith Arms: the fluid, the quantity, and if it has been started. Those answers settle the work, and you get our quote on the phone, before anyone heads out.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Clean diesel goes in once your filter is cleaned or replaced, and your car is then checked. Never started? Then roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
The last step is firing it up. Our check that it runs properly on new diesel comes before our engineers leave. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very rare if it has been caught quickly. Paying is that day, never upfront. For your insurer, you get a VAT invoice and a report from the engineer. It is worth remembering: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Cae-maes-y-bar
Cae-maes-y-bar is a small suburban area located near the coast in Swansea, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. Cae-maes-y-bar sits at an elevation of 23 metres, close to the nearby communities of Pwllygrafel and Llansamlet. Cae-maes-y-bar is situated approximately 3 miles from Swansea city centre, making it a convenient residential location. Cae-maes-y-bar has a population of around 1187 people, according to recent estimates.
Cae-maes-y-bar and Swansea: AdBlue drains across the area
Llansamlet and Felin Newydd have the same teams as Cae-maes-y-bar, a residential suburb, along with further places over SA postcodes. The whereabouts comes clearest from a postcode beginning SA7 9.
Stopped heading to Fendrod Lake Park, or right in the centre of Cae-maes-y-bar, the vehicle stays where it is — there's no need to shift it anywhere. The van empties it in place. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Bethel Chapel or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
In one line: your situation
Engine not started: ring, and leave it alone. Run already? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, in Cae-maes-y-bar and Swansea, on 0333 366 0103.