AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Colwyn Bay, and What to Do Next
Has the engine run since the AdBlue got in? This single point settles nearly everything else from here. Not started yet? Then keep the car that way, wherever the car is — Colwyn Bay or Llanelian-yn-Rhos. Leave your motor and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Colwyn Bay. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. It is a larger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Wherever in Conwy it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Colwyn Bay forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. Anywhere around Colwyn Bay, then — the nearest petrol station, BP, or somewhere else close by.
Meaning? Spotting it here is as good as it can be. No pump has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits only inside your tank.
Your move: keep out of the driver's seat, even if the pump needs freeing. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Draining it there at the petrol pump is possible if it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home in Colwyn Bay
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Homes just off Holyrood Avenue are caught out as often as everywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Being unable to mix, AdBlue drops low inside the tank and stays. One night standing changes none of that.
Next: stop an early-morning drive by keeping your keys indoors, then ring us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it around Colwyn Bay or Old Colwyn. Our equipment works quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
On the road in Colwyn Bay with AdBlue in a diesel
Filled up, pulled away, and soon the motor was turning roughly, smoking, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Perhaps it was on Abergele Road, possibly on the way out towards St Asaph, under 15 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. It has been through your filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, then turn your engine off. Services farther on can wait: from the Moreton Spur, under 50 miles out of Colwyn Bay, take the first junction. It will not have cleared, and so there's no sense starting it again to find out. About what distance did it gone? Tell us as you phone.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just had the vehicle a week. Unknown to you, the two fillers are next to each other here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Conwy.
The point: exactly as above, divided by whether it ran, only with one added stage. The owner often has to approve the work, under plenty of rental and company contracts.
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 the nearest station, or beside Old Colwyn Community Centre? Keep the engine off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Colwyn Bay?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Mynydd Marian.
What it means: a little spilled about your filler does no damage to the motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Do not fire it up. Ring and give the details: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once the engine has been run.
The common ground in each Colwyn Bay AdBlue drain
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Anywhere the car is — The Cuckoo's car park, a street by The Barn, a drive, a forecourt — our van gets there and we ask about the fluid, the amount, plus whether your engine has been run. The price comes on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the job.
Draining the tank comes next, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, however long it sits. Then is your filter — flushed, or replaced when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. If your motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Last, we fire it up. Our engineers make sure it runs properly on clean diesel before leaving. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and lasting damage is very uncommon if it has been spotted early. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement is made on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, so a check of your policy while we travel pays.
About Colwyn Bay itself
Colwyn Bay is a coastal town in Conwy, Wales, situated on the Irish Sea coast at an elevation of around 30 metres. Colwyn Bay lies approximately 11 miles from St Asaph and is near the communities of Old Colwyn, Tan-y-Lan, and Penmaen Rhos. Colwyn Bay has a population of around 11,455 people and is characterised by its semi-detached housing stock. Colwyn Bay is located about 195 miles northwest of London.
AdBlue drains around Colwyn Bay, and across Conwy too
Throughout LL postcodes, the teams covering Colwyn Bay — a coastal town — reach surrounding places too, Tan-y-Lan and Penmaen Rhos among them. Fastest of all: a LL29 9 postcode to show your location.
No towing is required, be it parked in the centre of Colwyn Bay or on a layby heading to Min y Don Park, so leave it put. We drain it where it is. Phone and check instead of guessing when you are close to Colwyn Leisure Centre, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your scenario
Motor never started: phone, leaving it alone. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whichever case, across Colwyn Bay and Conwy, on 0333 366 0103.