Llandovery: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your motor has been run since it went in. Out in Pentre-ty-gwyn or here around Llandovery, an unstarted motor must stay unrun. Keep nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, then count on a proper flush after a drain, carried out right where your car stands in Llandovery. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It's a larger job, though step one doesn't change.
Below: the cases our technicians meet, wherever in Carmarthenshire. Pick the one that fits.
On a Llandovery forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you're stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. Be it Oil4Wales, another forecourt nearby or somewhere else in Llandovery, the case is the same.
What it means: this is the ideal place to find out. Just the tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has drawn it in.
Freeing the petrol pump is no excuse to start it — so do not get back in. Have the attendants to help rolling it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then ring us from there. Stuck by the pump? Our explosion-proof equipment keeps a busy forecourt sensible, and so we can drain the car where it is.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Llandovery drive?
On your dash, a reminder had been lit for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the driveway, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. Drives close to Garden Lane see it as much as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it's close to the forecourt case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of that tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Your move: keys in the house, so no one takes your vehicle anywhere first thing. After that, ring. Siloh or Llandovery: wherever your driveway is, that is where it is cleared. Late-night drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Llandovery: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
A mile or two beyond filling up, your motor started playing up: roughness, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Anywhere on Adelaide Street or heading towards Swansea — under 50 miles away.
What it means: the system has pulled the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors. It travels further with every extra mile covered and each restart.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn your motor off. On the M4, under 25 miles from Llandovery, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial restarts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue will do. Roughly how far did it go? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be around Carmarthenshire, every driver could be caught.
Meaning? Whatever applies above counts too — run or unrun — plus one extra stage. Plenty of rental and company contracts require the owner's approval for work.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since settling it beforehand cuts time. Keep it off as the answer comes, whether you're waiting outside the nearest station or close to Pethau Pawb.
Llandovery: unsure if it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest answer there is. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's drive in Cilycwm, or in a rush by the local primary school on the school run.
Meaning? Drips outside the filler never touch the engine at all. If it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Firing up the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would pull it in.
Next: act as though it went in, and leave your motor off. Ring and give the details: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than empty one after your engine has been run.
The common ground in every Llandovery AdBlue drain
The job begins the same way, whichever your case. Three things come once our technicians arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a road beside Lewis Memorial Fountain or the car park at The Greyhound: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has run. Those replies decide the work, and you get the price by phone, before anybody sets off.
AdBlue forms crystals and is corrosive to certain metals in fuel systems, so it does not wash out on its own; that is why a full flush, after this drain, counts much more here than with petrol. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of the vehicle. Never started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Finally, we start it. Our check that it runs properly on clean diesel comes before our engineers go. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very unusual when it has been noticed soon. Nothing is paid upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what the insurer wants: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Llandovery and where it is
Llandovery is a small town in Carmarthenshire, situated on the River Towy at an elevation of around 67 metres. Llandovery lies near several smaller communities, including Siloh and Myddfai, and is approximately 26 miles north of Swansea. Llandovery has a mix of housing types, with semi-detached homes being particularly common. Llandovery is located in a scenic area, with the town's riverside setting and surrounding countryside making it a pleasant place to live.
AdBlue drains across Carmarthenshire, Llandovery included
Throughout SA postcodes, the vans serving Llandovery — a riverside town — reach surrounding towns too, Myrtle Hill and Myddfai included. A postcode starting SA20 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Llandovery RFC or in a car park in the middle of Llandovery, it doesn't need to move. Our engineers drain it where it sits. Phone and ask instead of guessing when you are close to Hiraeth Gallery, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your scenario, summed up
If it has not run, ring and leave it off. Started already? Stop, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever case, across Llandovery and Carmarthenshire, on 0333 366 0103.