Coity: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of that turns on one fact: whether your motor has started after the AdBlue was added — far more than anything else. Not run yet? Then keep the vehicle like that, whether the car is — Coity or Pen-yr-heol. Leave your engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Coity. Pull over the moment it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Further down: the situations our engineers meet, anywhere around Bridgend. Choose the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Coity forecourt
Imagine it: standing by the pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you took off was not the correct one. Perhaps you're at the Sainsbury's, maybe at the Welcome Break, possibly somewhere else around Coity.
In short: there is no better spot to be to spot it. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one part beyond it has taken any in.
Next: avoid the temptation to fire it up only to free up the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. If it cannot be moved, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Coity drive?
On the dash, a reminder had been lit all week. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Right off Ty Coch Avenue is no less likely from anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your car has not moved since, it is close to the pump case. On the floor of your tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — otherwise someone may drive it off first thing — and call us. Bragdy or Coity: wherever your drive sits, that is where it is cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Coity: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your engine was turning roughly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up the dash. Maybe driving for Cardiff, under 25 miles away, or just along Llys Y Brwyn.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector see it too on a longer run, after the filter and pipework have had it. More driving, more restarts: further it travels.
Pull in somewhere safe — that's the first job — then turn it off. Coity sits under a mile from the M4; there, come off at the next junction rather than pushing on to the services. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. Phone, saying how far your car went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, and so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was just next to your diesel. Across Bridgend, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Any work on the car often requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before we arrive than after. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside Wildmill, or beside Gilead Village Hall? Keep your car off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Coity?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Derwen, or in a rush by the local primary school at the school run.
The upshot: the motor isn't hurt by some AdBlue spilled on the filler. If it's inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Turning on your car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would draw it in.
Do this: act as if it did, and never start the motor. Inspecting a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats draining one after it's been run — so ring and tell us what you noticed.
Each AdBlue drain in Coity shares these stages
No matter the situation, a single start is used. We come to your car, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Six Bells or a side street close to Gilead Chapel, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and whether the engine has run. Over the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told our quote, and those replies shape the job too.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then comes the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of the car. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment our technicians turn up.
Finally, we start it. Our engineers confirm it runs properly on fresh diesel before leaving. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is noticed soon, permanent damage is very unusual. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it's worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Coity itself
Coity is a suburban area in Bridgend, situated on the riverside at an elevation of 83 metres, with detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Coity lies near several smaller communities, including Bragdy, Byeastwood, and Pant-y-pyllau, and is approximately 16.5 miles from Cardiff. Coity is also within commuting distance of major cities, with London being around 147.3 miles away. Coity has a population of around 3731 residents.
AdBlue drains across Bridgend, Coity included
Being a residential suburb, Coity has the same vans as the surrounding towns — Pant-y-pyllau, Byeastwood — right through CF postcodes. A postcode starting CF35 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped en route to Castle Park, or right in the heart of Coity, your vehicle remains where it is — there is no need to shift it at all. Wherever it stands, that is where it is cleared. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you are by Church of St Mary, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to pin down.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep it off then phone. Run already? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Coity and Bridgend, on 0333 366 0103.