What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Grovesend
Has your engine run since the AdBlue got in? This single point settles nearly everything about what comes next. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Grovesend itself or out in Pontlliw. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where your car sits in Grovesend. Pull over the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. It is a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Anywhere around Swansea it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the pump in Grovesend: AdBlue in a diesel
You are 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. It might be the Asda, or the Murco, or another station around Grovesend.
The upshot: of all places to find out, the forecourt is the best. The AdBlue is inside your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Phone us from the forecourt after the car is in a space — the attendants will lend a hand to roll it — then save the bottle. Draining it right at the petrol pump is possible if it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
Grovesend, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had shown all week. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it was just by the bin that the cap got a second look. Driveways near High Street get it as much as any other street.
In short: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it's almost equal to finding out at the pump. On the floor of your tank is where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
Your move: the keys indoors, so nobody takes the car anywhere at breakfast. After that, phone. Waungron or Grovesend: wherever your drive sits, that is where it gets cleared. Our equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Grovesend?
A mile or two beyond filling up, your motor started misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on your dash. Perhaps it was on Station Road, possibly on the way out towards Swansea, under 10 miles away.
What it means: the system has sucked the AdBlue in. It's been through your filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors. More miles, more restarts: further it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. On the M4, under a mile from Grovesend, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly what distance did it gone? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a motor you have had for a week. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing warned you the AdBlue cap sits right beside your diesel. Anywhere you are across Swansea, any motorist can slip up.
The point: exactly as above, split by whether it ran, but with one added step. The owner frequently has to approve the work, under plenty of rental and fleet contracts.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, and so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Waiting for a reply at the car park outside Llangennech, or near Penyrheol Leisure Centre? Leave the engine off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Grovesend
At times the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia-like whiff lingers near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Gorseinon.
The point: your engine is not hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, firing up your car would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't fire it up. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked is a better result than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Grovesend AdBlue drain
No matter the case, one opening applies. Anywhere the car is — The Brynlliw's car park, a street by Penyrheol Theatre, a drive, a forecourt — our van arrives and asks for the liquid, the amount, plus whether the motor has been run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies shape the work.
Then that tank is emptied and the system purged thoroughly, which matters more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Next is the fuel filter — cleaned, or swapped when needed — followed by clean diesel, and a test of the car. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we turn up.
Our technicians start it at the end. Before we head off, it's checked to make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. If it is caught soon, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the entire job happens where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what your insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Grovesend itself
Grovesend is a coastal village in Swansea, situated approximately 6 miles west of the city centre, with Waungron, Penyrheol, and Bach-y-gwreiddyn nearby. Grovesend has a population of around 1148 residents and is characterised by semi-detached housing. Grovesend sits at an elevation of 40 metres, overlooking the coastline of Swansea Bay. Grovesend is located 168 miles west of London, making it a relatively distant commuter location.
AdBlue drains about Grovesend and across Swansea
As a coastal village, Grovesend shares its vans with the nearby places — Bach-y-gwreiddyn, Penyrheol — all the way across SA postcodes. Telling us a SA4 4 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Bryn Lliw Grasslands or in a car park in the middle of Grovesend, it doesn't need to move. The drain happens on the spot. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Carmel Chapel or close to a border, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep it off then ring. Started by now? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder whatever case, in Grovesend and Swansea, on 0333 366 0103.