What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Felin Newydd
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your motor has been run since it got in. Over in Tircanol or right around Felin Newydd, an unstarted motor must remain unrun. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and motor still off. Across Felin Newydd, such a case is generally drained and flushed on the spot. Already run? Stop once you safely can, then turn everything off. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Wherever around Swansea it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
At the petrol pump in Felin Newydd: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you're stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Somewhere in Felin Newydd, then — BP, Tesco, or anywhere else close by.
Meaning? Finding out here is as good as it can be. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no part beyond it has drawn any in.
Next: resist the urge to fire it up only to free up the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Felin Newydd drive?
Days had passed with the warning light on. Picked up a bottle, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and only then checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Driveways close to Bran Close get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? Provided the vehicle has not moved since, it's close to the forecourt case. On the bottom of that tank is where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Your move: keys indoors, so nobody takes the vehicle off at breakfast. After that, ring. In Llansamlet or here in Felin Newydd, the draining happens on your drive. Late-night empties outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Felin Newydd?
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. Anywhere along Fendrod Way or heading to Swansea — under 5 miles away.
The upshot: your system has drawn AdBlue through already. Through the filter, through the lines, and — the more the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. It travels further with every extra mile driven and each restart.
Your move: pull up somewhere safe, then turn the engine off. On the M4, under a mile from Felin Newydd, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Call, and say what distance the vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had this vehicle hardly a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Wherever you are in Swansea, every driver can slip up.
The point: exactly as above, split by if it ran, only with one added stage. The owner often needs to sign off any work, under many hire and 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. If you're stranded in the car park at Llansamlet, or by Llansamlet Community Centre, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Felin Newydd?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. A slight ammonia-like smell hangs around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. It might have been at a friend's driveway in Tair-ysgol, or in a rush outside the local primary school at the school run.
Meaning? Drips around the filler never reach your engine at all. Inside your diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Next: act as though it went in, then leave your motor off. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clear tank checked counts as a happier result than an already-run one emptied.
What each AdBlue drain around Felin Newydd has in common
Each situation has the same opening to the work. Three questions are asked once our engineers reach the car — on a filling station, a drive, a road by Saint Samlet's or the car park outside The Fendrod: the liquid, the amount, and whether it has run. Answers shape the job; the quote follows by phone whilst no one has set off yet.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, since deposits form and certain metals corrode, and neither rinses away unaided. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Not started? Then about half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Starting the engine comes last. Before we head off, it is tested to confirm it runs properly on new diesel. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it's spotted quickly, long-term damage is very uncommon. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your policy as you wait pays.
About Felin Newydd
Felin Newydd is a small suburban area situated near the coast in Swansea, with an elevation of around 13 metres above sea level. Felin Newydd is located approximately 3.2 miles from Swansea city centre and is close to nearby places such as Llansamlet and Cae-maes-y-bar. Felin Newydd has a mix of housing types, but is predominantly characterised by terraced homes. Felin Newydd is a relatively small community, with a population of around 583 people.
AdBlue drains round Felin Newydd and across Swansea
As a residential suburb, Felin Newydd shares its vans with the surrounding places — Pwllygrafel, Cae-maes-y-bar — right across SA postcodes. A postcode starting SA7 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Felin Newydd or a lay-by near Swansea Vale Local Nature Reserve: wherever it sits, your car doesn't need to shift an inch for this drain. The van empties it where it stands. Guessing won't help beside Venue 2 (Cornerstone Church), on a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; phone and check.
The one-line version
Engine not started: phone, leaving it alone. Started already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever it is, across Felin Newydd and Swansea, on 0333 366 0103.