What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Cwmaman
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has been run since it was put in. Not run yet? Then keep the vehicle like that, wherever the car is — Cwmaman or Blaenllechau. Normally this means emptying and properly rinsing it right there in Cwmaman — so keep your key and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. Stop the minute it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, yet stage one does not change.
Wherever around Rhondda Cynon Taf it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
Cwmaman forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Possibly you are at the Asda, perhaps at the Murco, maybe somewhere else around Cwmaman.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it gets. Only the tank holds AdBlue; no part past it has taken any in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up only to free up the pump. Have the staff to help pushing it to a bay, save the receipt, then phone us from there. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear gets drained right at the pump.
At home in Cwmaman with AdBlue in the diesel tank
Days had gone by with the warning light on. Picked up a container, tipped it in outside the house, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Just off Cwmneol Street is not different from anywhere.
In short: if your vehicle hasn't moved since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low inside that tank and stays. One night parked changes none of that.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by putting the keys in the house, then phone us. Out in Godreaman or here around Cwmaman, the draining is done on your drive. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Cwmaman?
A mile or two after topping up, your motor began playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, lights on your dash. Somewhere on Fforchaman Road or on the road to Cardiff — under 25 miles away.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. Past your filter, through the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels deeper with every mile driven and every restart.
Pull in safely — that is the next step — then turn everything off. Cwmaman sits under 15 miles from the M4; on it, pull off at the first junction rather than pushing on to the services. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone, and say how far the vehicle went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've had this vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be across Rhondda Cynon Taf, every motorist could slip up.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. The owner frequently has to approve any work, under plenty of rental and company contracts.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager to begin with, us second, because sorting it early cuts time. Stranded near Hope Church or outside Cwmbach until the firm answers, the car remains turned off throughout.
Cwmaman: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. A faint ammonia-like whiff hangs around the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Ferndale.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't touch your motor at all. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and don't start the engine. Ring and give the details: we'd sooner confirm a clean tank than empty one once your motor has run.
The common ground in every Cwmaman AdBlue drain
Each case has the same opening to the job. Anywhere your car stands — The Shepherd's Arms's car park, a street beside Cwmaman Theatre, a drive, a forecourt — our van arrives and asks about the fluid, the amount, and if your motor has been run. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told our price, and those answers decide the work too.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at certain metals in fuel systems, so it won't wash out unaided; that is why the flush, after this drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Clean diesel goes in once the filter has been cleaned or replaced, and your car is finally tested. Never started? In that case about half an hour on site is most jobs.
Finally, we start the car. Our engineers check it runs properly on fresh diesel before we leave. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it's noticed quickly, lasting damage is very uncommon. Nothing is paid upfront, payment happens on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours while the van travels.
About Cwmaman itself
Cwmaman is a suburban area in Rhondda Cynon Taf, situated near the River Cynon and surrounded by former industrial communities. Cwmaman sits at an elevation of 174 metres, with terraced housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Cwmaman is located near other similar suburban areas, including Godreaman, Aberaman, and Abercwmboi, and is approximately 18 miles north of Cardiff. Cwmaman has a population of around 2057 residents.
Cwmaman and Rhondda Cynon Taf: AdBlue drains across the area
Over CF postcodes, the teams covering Cwmaman — a residential suburb — work nearby towns as well, Aberaman and Abercwmboi among them. A postcode starting CF44 6 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Cwmaman or a layby towards Cwmaman Park: wherever it is, your vehicle never needs to shift at all for the drain. Where it sits, that is where it is cleared. Awkward to explain? By St Joseph's or a border? Asking is better than guessing, and so ring.
In one line: your scenario
Still unrun? Keep it that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off and ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Cwmaman and anywhere in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 0333 366 0103.