AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Llanddulas, and What to Do Next
One thing matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has been started since. Anywhere the vehicle is — Rhyd-y-foel, Llanddulas — don't start a motor that hasn't been started yet. Leave the engine and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Llanddulas. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Conwy it happened.
On a Llanddulas forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Anywhere in Llanddulas, then — Shell, another forecourt nearby, or anywhere else close by.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, this is the best. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue sits only in the tank.
Freeing the pump is no excuse to run it — so don't get back in. A few jobs: a push into a space with the staff helping, the receipt kept, and a ring to us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear gets drained right at the petrol pump.
Llanddulas, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Just off Ffordd yr Orsaf is no less likely from any other place.
The upshot: no driving since leaves this almost as good to finding it at the pump. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of your tank and remains put, no matter how long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves your car in the morning. Then ring. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that's in Llanddulas or out in Terfyn. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel in Llanddulas?
Topped up, drove away, and soon your motor was turning unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or flashing up your dash. It might have been heading to St Asaph, under 10 miles away, or just along Y Gelli.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how deep it gets: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. It travels further with each extra mile covered and every restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe and switch off. Service stations farther along are too far: on the Moreton Spur, under 25 miles out of Llanddulas, use the next junction. Don't restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Roughly how far had it go? Tell us as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
A week ago, the car was unknown to you. On your own car, AdBlue is missing or elsewhere. On this one, the inlet is right next to your diesel cap — a surprise to you. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Conwy.
Meaning? Whichever applies above counts here — run or unrun — plus one further step. Work on your vehicle frequently requires the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Next: ring the rental company or the fleet manager first, then us — sorting it before we arrive is quicker. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside Abergele & Pensarn, or beside Cynbryd Sant? Leave your car off meanwhile.
Llanddulas: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Now and then, "I think so" is the most you can truthfully say. Too light, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Llysfaen.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to your motor. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. Starting the vehicle will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will pull it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't start the car. Phone and give what you saw: we'd rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than drain one once your motor has been run.
The common ground in every Llanddulas AdBlue drain
Whichever scenario you are in, the job starts the same way. Three things come once our technicians reach the car — on a forecourt, a driveway, a road by Lewis Valentine or the car park outside Llanddulas Royal British Legion: the liquid, the quantity, and whether the motor has been started. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the replies set the job.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out on its own; that's why a full flush, after the drain, matters far more with AdBlue than with petrol. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Most unstarted vehicles are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians turn up.
Firing it up comes last. Before our engineers go, it is tested to make sure it runs correctly on new diesel. The entire job is done where your car is, and when it is noticed soon, permanent damage is very uncommon. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it's worth checking yours while we're on the way.
About Llanddulas, for a moment
Llanddulas is a coastal village in Conwy, situated near the cliffs and beaches of the Irish Sea coast. Llanddulas has a population of around 1337 people and is characterized by detached housing. Llanddulas is close to nearby places such as Terfyn, Bryn Dulas, and Mynydd Marian, and is approximately 8.4 miles from St Asaph.
AdBlue drains about Llanddulas and across Conwy
Llanddulas is a coastal village, and the same vans that cover it work the places around it too, Bryn Dulas and Mynydd Marian among them, across the LL postcode area. The whereabouts comes quickest from a postcode beginning LL22 8.
No moving is required, whether stopped in the centre of Llanddulas or in a lay-by en route to Gwrych Castle Wood, so leave it put. Our van empties it where it stands. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're by Llanddulas Youth and Community Centre, near a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
If it has not run, ring then keep it that way. Run by now: pull over, power down, phone 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, in Llanddulas or wherever in Conwy.