What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Litchard
All of that turns on one detail: if your engine has been run since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Out in Wild Mill or right around Litchard, an unstarted engine must remain that way. Phone 0333 366 0103 with the ignition and motor still off. In Litchard, such a case is generally drained and flushed where it stands. Already run? Stop once safe, then switch everything off. The job is bigger, yet the first step is the same.
Below: the cases our engineers see, anywhere in Bridgend. Choose yours.
At the pump around Litchard: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're stood at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Whether Sainsbury's, Murco or anywhere else around Litchard, the situation is the same.
In short: no better spot to be to discover it. The AdBlue is in your tank and nowhere else. Nothing has drawn it in.
Next: resist the temptation to fire it up only to move away from the pump. Ring us from the forecourt once your vehicle is in a space — the attendants will help roll it — then save the bottle. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
At home around Litchard with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in at the drive — and it's just by the recycling that the cap got a second look. It happens on drives just off Bryn Llidiard as frequently as anywhere.
The upshot: zero miles since makes this almost equal to finding it at the petrol pump. At the floor of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Out in Derwen or here in Litchard, the drain happens at your driveway. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Litchard?
A short way beyond topping up, your motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on the dash. Maybe driving to Swansea, under 25 miles away, or simply down Litchard Hill.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, after the filter and pipework have had it. Every restart, like every mile, pushes it on.
Do this: stop anywhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Service stations further on can wait: from the M4, under a mile out of Litchard, take the first junction. No test starts: clearing is not something AdBlue will do. Phone, saying what distance the car was driven.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
It is a motor you have had for a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Anywhere you happen to be around Bridgend, any motorist can be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. The owner often needs to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and fleet agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it beforehand saves time. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Wildmill, or beside litchard comminity hall? Leave your car off throughout.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Litchard?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or someone's driveway out in Coity.
Put simply: a spill near the filler does your engine no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Turning on the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would pull it in.
Assume it was put in, and don't turn the engine. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
The common ground in each Litchard AdBlue drain
The job begins identically, whichever the case. Anywhere your vehicle is — The Red Dragon's car park, a street beside Litchard Mission Church, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, plus whether the motor has turned over. The price is given on the call, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the work.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, no matter how long it sits. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Never started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Finally, our technicians fire it up. With fresh diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it's running smoothly, and then we head off. We do the entire job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very unusual when it has been spotted early. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you get what your insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: lots of insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a check of your documents as you wait pays.
About Litchard
Litchard is a suburban area in Bridgend, situated on the riverside at an elevation of around 70 metres. Litchard lies near several smaller communities, including Derwen, Pendre, and Pen-y-cae, and is within commuting distance of Swansea, which is approximately 17 miles away. Litchard is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock, reflecting the area's residential nature. Litchard is also relatively distant from London, at around 148 miles away.
AdBlue drains in Litchard, and across Bridgend too
Litchard is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns around it too, Pendre and Pen-y-cae among them, across the CF postcode area. The location is quickest from a postcode beginning CF31 1.
No moving is required, be it parked in the centre of Litchard or in a lay-by en route to Oak field Park, and so leave it put. Our technicians drain the car where it sits. Tricky to pin down? Close to M&S Outlet or a county line? Asking is better than guessing, so phone.
Your scenario, in one line
Motor never started: ring, leaving it switched off. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, across Bridgend and in Litchard — once you pull over, switch off and ring, if it's run.