AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Gors-goch, and What to Do Next
Has the engine run since the AdBlue was put in? This single point decides almost everything else from here. Not started yet? Then leave it like that, whether your car is — Gors-goch or Cross Hands. Leave the motor and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Gors-goch. Pull over the minute it is safe and switch off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Below: the situations our technicians see, anywhere around Carmarthenshire. Pick the one that fits.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Gors-goch forecourt
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you just spot it while you are stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Be it Texaco, Esso or anywhere else in Gors-goch, the case is the same.
The point: of every spot to notice, this is the best. Just that tank has AdBlue; not one part past it has drawn any in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — and so do not get back in. Get the staff to help pushing it to a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us from there. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
At home in Gors-goch with AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Right off A476 is not different from any other place.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the floor of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Keep the keys in the house overnight — or a person may drive it away first thing — then phone us. Morfa or Gors-goch: wherever your driveway is, that is where it is cleared. Late-night drains beside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Gors-goch?
Filled up, drove away, and soon your engine was running unevenly, smoking, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Possibly it was on Black Lion Road, perhaps on the way out towards Swansea, under 15 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. Distance sets how deep it gets: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it deeper.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, and turn the motor off. Exit at the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M4, under 5 miles from Gors-goch. Don't restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Tell us hear the distance driven as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've just had the vehicle a week. Unbeknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it elsewhere. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Carmarthenshire.
In short: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it's run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's faster settled before our engineers get there than after. Hanging on for a reply in the car park outside Ammanford, or beside Leekes? Leave your engine off throughout.
Gors-goch: unsure whether it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. A slight ammonia-like smell lingers around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in The Gate.
The upshot: the engine is not harmed by some AdBlue spilled on the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by starting the vehicle, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Your move: act as though it got in, and don't start the 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.
Every AdBlue drain around Gors-goch shares these stages
The work begins identically, whatever the case. Our technicians come to the car, whether it is on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Phoenix or a side street close to Jerusalem Chapel, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has run. The price is given on the call, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the work.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at certain metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Next is the filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Starting the car comes at the end. Our test that it runs properly on fresh diesel comes before we go. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it is noticed early, long-term damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Worth knowing: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy as we travel is worthwhile.
About Gors-goch, briefly
Gors-goch is a small village in Carmarthenshire, situated inland at an elevation of around 167 metres. Gors-goch lies near the communities of Morfa, Gorslas, and Pen-y-groes, and is approximately 13 miles from Swansea. Gors-goch has a population of around 838 people, predominantly living in detached houses.
AdBlue drains across Carmarthenshire, Gors-goch included
Over SA postcodes, the teams covering Gors-goch — a rural village — reach surrounding places too, Gorslas and Pen-y-groes among them. Your whereabouts is clearest from a postcode beginning SA14 6.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Penygroes Welfare Park or in a car park in the middle of Gors-goch, it doesn't need to move. Our technicians drain the car where it stands. Tricky to explain? By Saint Lleian's Church or a border? Asking beats assuming, and so ring.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not run, ring then leave it off. Run already? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, in Gors-goch and Carmarthenshire, on 0333 366 0103.