Gowerton: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
All of it turns on one detail: if your engine has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Anywhere your car stands — Mynydd-bach-y-glo, Gowerton — don't run an engine that has not run yet. Keep nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where the vehicle sits in Gowerton. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. Stage one remains unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere around Swansea you happen to be.
At the petrol pump around Gowerton: AdBlue in a diesel
Just at this point, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Gowerton, then — Tesco, Murco, or anywhere else nearby.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue stays just in the tank.
Clearing the pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Have the attendants to lend a hand rolling it to a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Can't move it beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a live forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Gowerton drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. Bought a container, poured it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, too late. Driveways close to B4295 get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as the vehicle has not been driven since, it is second to the pump case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits.
Next: stop any early-morning drive by putting the keys in the house, then phone us. Your drive is where it is drained, whether around Gowerton or Waunarlwydd. The pumping kit works quiet enough that it won't wake the street at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Gowerton?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the engine was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up your dash. Maybe it was on Sterry Road, possibly on the way out towards Swansea, under 5 miles away.
The upshot: your system has pulled AdBlue in already. Distance sets how far it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a sensible spot, stop, and switch your engine off. Leave by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M4, under 3 miles from Gowerton. Starting it again to test gets nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear on its own. Tell us know the mileage driven when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car hardly a week. Your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so no one told you the AdBlue cap was just next to the diesel. Throughout Swansea, nobody is safe from it.
Put simply: an extra step on top of the situations above, which depend on whether it has run. Many rental and company contracts require the owner's sign-off before repairs.
Settling it before the van arrives is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Hanging on for an answer at the car park outside the nearest station, or near Rechabite Community Hall? Leave your engine off throughout.
Gowerton: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Dunvant.
The point: the motor isn't hurt by a little AdBlue spilled around the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't fire it up. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a happier outcome than a run one drained.
Gowerton: what each AdBlue drain has in common
No matter the situation, one start applies. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a driveway, the car park at The Commercial Hotel or a side street near Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, and ask three things: what went in, about how much, and if your motor has run. Those replies settle the work, and you get our quote on the phone, before anyone sets off.
Then the tank is emptied and the system cleaned thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. The fuel filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If your motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Lastly, our technicians start it. Our engineers make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel before we leave. Long-term damage is very rare if it is spotted quickly, and the whole job is done where the vehicle is. Payment is that day, never in advance. For the insurer, you get a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance while we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Gowerton itself
Gowerton is a coastal village in Swansea, situated approximately 4.5 miles northwest of Swansea city centre. Gowerton sits at a low elevation of around 22 metres, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type of accommodation. Gowerton is close to nearby places such as Waunarlwydd, Gorseinon Garden Village, and Gorseinon, and is part of the wider Swansea urban area.
AdBlue drains across Swansea, Gowerton included
Gorseinon Garden Village and Gorseinon get the identical vans as Gowerton, a coastal village, plus further places throughout SA postcodes. Quickest of all: a SA4 3 postcode for where you stand.
No moving is needed, whether parked centrally in Gowerton or in a layby en route to Gowerton R.F.C, and so leave it where it is. The van drains it in place. Guessing won't help beside Gowerton Library, on a border or anywhere hard to describe; ring and ask.
In one line: your situation
Engine not started: phone, and leave it switched off. Run already? Pull over, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, across Gowerton and Swansea, on 0333 366 0103.