Glyntaff: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything hinges on one fact: whether your motor has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Out in Pontypridd or right in Glyntaff, an unstarted motor should stay unrun. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and motor both off. In Glyntaff, such a case is typically drained and flushed on the spot. Pull over the minute it is safe and turn off, if it has been run. It is a bigger job, yet stage one does not change.
Wherever around Rhondda Cynon Taf it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a Glyntaff forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Possibly you are at the Sainsbury's, maybe at the Asda, maybe somewhere else in Glyntaff.
Put simply: no better spot to be to spot it. No pump has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the queue needs freeing. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Emptying it there at the pump is fine if it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Glyntaff, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been nagging you. 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. Just off Glyntaff Road is not less likely from anywhere.
The point: zero miles since makes it nearly equal to spotting it at the petrol pump. At the floor of your tank is where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: prevent any early-morning drive by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. Our technicians drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Glyntaff or out in Treforest. Late-night clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Glyntaff: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was running roughly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Graig yr Helfa, perhaps, or the route to Cardiff — a trip of under 15 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the fuel system. Through your filter, through the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
Stop safely — that's the next job — then turn everything off. Glyntaff sits under 10 miles from the M4; on it, come off at the next junction rather than pushing on for the services. Starting it again to check gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Tell us know the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
You have only had the car for days. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Any driver, anywhere around Rhondda Cynon Taf, might do it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements need the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Settling it before the van arrives is faster, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Leave the car off while the answer comes, even if you're waiting outside Trefforest or close to Saint Mary's Church.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Glyntaff?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or someone's driveway over in Graig.
The upshot: the engine isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the outside. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, it does. If there is AdBlue in the tank, starting the car would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Your move: act as if it got in, and never start your engine. Call us and explain what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Glyntaff: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The work opens the same way, whichever the case. Our engineers come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at Pick & Shovel or a side street near Taff Meadow Community Centre, and ask three things: what got in, about how much, and if the motor has run. Those replies determine this work, and you hear the quote on the phone, before anybody heads out.
A thorough flush comes after this drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because deposits form and some metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or replaced when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The final step is firing it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our technicians make sure it's running properly, and then we go. Permanent damage is very uncommon when it is noticed soon, and the entire job is done where the vehicle is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money upfront. Dig out your insurance before we arrive: cover for misfuelling comes included in plenty of policies.
About Glyntaff and where it is
Glyntaff is a suburban area situated on the banks of the River Taff in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. Glyntaff sits at an elevation of 79 metres, close to the nearby communities of Treforest, Trallwn, and Rhydyfelin. Glyntaff is located near the city of Cardiff, which is approximately 10 miles away, and is part of the wider Cardiff urban area. Glyntaff has a population of around 2996 residents.
AdBlue drains across Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glyntaff included
Trallwn and Rhydyfelin have the identical teams as Glyntaff, a residential suburb, along with other towns throughout CF postcodes. A postcode starting CF37 4 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Parked en route to Pontypridd Golf Club, or right in the centre of Glyntaff, your vehicle remains where it is — there's no need to move it at all. Draining happens right there. Assuming doesn't help near Saint Dyfrig's Church, on a county line or somewhere hard to describe; ring and check.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine never started: phone, leaving it switched off. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there in Glyntaff and anywhere across Rhondda Cynon Taf on 0333 366 0103.