What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cwm-felin-fach
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your engine has run since it got in. Wherever your car stands — Tircanol, Cwm-felin-fach — don't run an engine that has not run yet. Normally this means draining and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot in Cwm-felin-fach — and so leave the key and motor off then phone 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute it is safe then turn off, if it has been run. A bigger job, then, but the same opening move.
Match your case to one of the list below, anywhere across Swansea you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Cwm-felin-fach forecourt
Picture it: standing by the pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you took off was not the right one. Somewhere in Cwm-felin-fach, then — Asda, BP, or anywhere else nearby.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. Only that tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has drawn it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Cwm-felin-fach drive?
On your dash, a reminder had shown for days. Bought a bottle, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Right off Glyn Hirnant is no different from any other place.
The point: no miles since leaves this nearly equal to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
Next: stop an early drive by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. Pen-rhiw-forgan or Cwm-felin-fach: wherever your driveway is, that is where it is emptied. Night-time clears outside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Cwm-felin-fach?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading to Swansea, under 5 miles away, or just along Clydach Road.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. It has been through the fuel filter and your lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: stop anywhere sensible, then turn your motor off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M4, under a mile from Cwm-felin-fach. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Ring us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had the car hardly a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. Across Swansea, nobody is immune.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts too — run or unrun — and one further stage. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stranded in the car park outside Llansamlet, or by Morriston Library, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Cwm-felin-fach: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Truthfully, the best answer may be that you think it did. Which cap was taken off, you can't say; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than expected, and ammonia hangs by your filler. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Cwmrhydyceirw.
Meaning? Spills outside the filler don't touch the engine at all. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, turning on the car will draw it in, and it would not tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank checked is a better result than an already-run one drained.
Cwm-felin-fach: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Forecourt, driveway, The Red Lion Inn's car park or a street by Seion Newydd Chapel — our van reaches your car, and three answers follow: what liquid, what quantity, and whether it has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our price, and those answers decide the job too.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because deposits build up and some metals corrode, and none of that rinses out unaided. Clean diesel goes in after the fuel filter has been cleaned or replaced, and the car is then tested. Where the motor hasn't run, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
The final step is firing it up. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our technicians go. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it is caught quickly, permanent damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover is included in many policies.
About Cwm-felin-fach and where it is
Cwm-felin-fach is a suburban area located on the riverside in Swansea, with an elevation of 17 metres above sea level. Cwm-felin-fach sits near the cities of Swansea and the surrounding communities of Pen-rhiw-forgan, Llanlleian-wen, and Ynysforgan. Cwm-felin-fach is characterised by its semi-detached housing and is situated approximately 3.9 miles from Swansea city centre. Cwm-felin-fach is a relatively small community with a population of around 3870 residents.
AdBlue drains across Swansea, Cwm-felin-fach included
Llanlleian-wen and Ynysforgan have the same vans as Cwm-felin-fach, a residential suburb, along with further places throughout SA postcodes. Your location is quickest from a postcode beginning SA6 6.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Ynystawe Cricket Club or in a car park in the middle of Cwm-felin-fach, it doesn't need to move. Our van drains it where it stands. Phone and check instead of guessing when you are by Morriston Leisure Centre, on a boundary, or anywhere awkward to explain.
In one line: your situation
Motor never started: ring, leaving it alone. Started by now? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever it is, across Cwm-felin-fach and Swansea, on 0333 366 0103.