What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Carnglas
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has run since. Anywhere your car stands — Cwm Gwyn, Carnglas — never start an engine that has not run yet. Ring 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor still off. In Carnglas, that is generally emptied and cleaned where it stands. Where the engine has been run, stop somewhere safe first, then switch the car off. A bigger job, then, yet the identical first move.
Further down: the situations we see, anywhere across Swansea. Pick the one that fits.
At the petrol pump in Carnglas: AdBlue in a diesel
Only now, nozzle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Somewhere around Carnglas, then — Texaco, Shell, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it can be. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays only in that tank.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand rolling it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that cannot be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
Carnglas, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Bought a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and at that point looked at the cap a second time, after the fact. Drives close to LLwyn Mawr Close see it as much as any other street.
The point: no driving since leaves it almost as good to spotting it at the pump. As it is unable to blend, AdBlue settles low inside your tank and waits. One night standing changes none of that.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by putting the keys indoors, then phone us. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that's in Carnglas or out in Ty-coch. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Carnglas?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Llwyn Mawr Close, say, or the way to Swansea — a run of under 3 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the injectors. It travels deeper with each mile driven and each restart.
Pull in safely — that is the first step — then switch it off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you're on the M4, under 5 miles from Carnglas. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. Tell us know the mileage driven when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a motor you have had for a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right next to your diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Swansea.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies here — run or not — and one extra step. The owner often has to approve any work, under plenty of hire and fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we get there than after. Hanging on for an answer in the car park outside Swansea, or near Bethel Chapel? Keep the car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Carnglas?
At times, "I think so" is the most you can honestly say. A slight ammonia-like whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Perhaps it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Sketty.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no harm to your engine. Once it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in your tank would be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it got in, then leave your motor off. Ring 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.
Carnglas: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every situation gets the same opening to the job. Forecourt, driveway, Cockett Inn's car park or a road beside South Wales Miner's Library — our van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: which liquid, which quantity, and if it has run. Replies set the work; the quote follows on the call whilst no one has left yet.
Draining the tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear by themselves, however long you wait. Next comes your filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of the car. If the engine has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The last step is starting the engine. With clean diesel in, it runs while we make sure it's running smoothly, and then we go. Lasting damage is very unusual if it's caught early, and the whole job is done where your car is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as we travel is worthwhile.
About Carnglas, for a moment
Carnglas is a suburban area located on the outskirts of Swansea, situated near the coast in southern Wales. Carnglas sits at an elevation of 127 metres, overlooking the surrounding landscape. Carnglas is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, with nearby neighbourhoods including Ty-coch, Penyrheol, and Olchfa. Carnglas is close to the city of Swansea, being only 2.4 miles away from the city centre.
Carnglas and Swansea: AdBlue drains across the area
Carnglas is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Penyrheol and Olchfa among them, across the SA postcode area. Quickest of all: a SA2 9 postcode to show where you stand.
Parked en route to Hendrefoilan Woods, or right in the centre of Carnglas, the vehicle remains put — there's no need to shift it anywhere. The drain is done on the spot. Guessing won't help near Sketty Park Community Centre, on a county line or anywhere awkward to describe; phone and check.
The one-line version
Motor never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Carnglas and anywhere in Swansea on 0333 366 0103.