What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Llantrisant
All of it hinges on one detail: whether your engine has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Anywhere your vehicle is — Brynteg, Llantrisant — don't start an engine that hasn't run yet. Leave the motor and your ignition off then phone 0333 366 0103; it is usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Llantrisant. Already run? Pull over when you safely can, then turn everything off. Step one stays the same, even if the job is bigger.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere in Rhondda Cynon Taf you are.
On a Llantrisant forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Be it Tesco, Sainsbury's or somewhere else in Llantrisant, the situation is identical.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. No pump has pulled it through, so the AdBlue sits just inside that tank.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the pump wants clearing. Three things: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the receipt saved, and a call to us from where you stand. If it cannot be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
Llantrisant, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it's only at the bin that the cap caught your eye. It takes place on driveways just off Stryd Siôr as commonly as anywhere.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue drops to the base of the tank and remains there, no matter how long it waits.
Next: stop an early drive by putting your keys in the house, then ring us. Your driveway is where it is emptied, whether around Llantrisant or Dan Caerlan. Night-time empties outside a house are no problem: the pumps are low-noise.
Llantrisant: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the top-up. Somewhere on Heol-Y-Sarn or else on the road towards Cardiff — under 10 miles away.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. It has been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into your high-pressure pump and the fuel injectors. It travels further with every mile covered and every restart.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, and turn the engine off. Llantrisant sits under 3 miles from the M4; on it, pull off at the first junction instead of pressing on for the services. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us hear the distance driven when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You have had the car hardly a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets are side by side here — not like your own car, which has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere. Anyone, wherever in Rhondda Cynon Taf, might make the same.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, which depend on if it has run. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under plenty of hire and fleet contracts.
Sorting it before the van arrives is quicker, and so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. Stuck near Dr William Price or outside Pontyclun until someone replies, your vehicle stays turned off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Llantrisant
Now and then, "I think so" is all you can truthfully say. A slight ammonia smell hangs around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Mwyndy, or in a rush by the local primary school on the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the filler never touch your engine at all. In your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue damages it. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would draw in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it got in, and don't start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out clean beats emptying one once it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you saw.
The common ground in every Llantrisant AdBlue drain
The job opens identically, whatever your case. Our technicians come to the car, whether it's on a forecourt, a driveway, the car park outside The Bear Inn or a side street close to Llantrisant Gallery, Model House, and ask three things: what was put in, about how much, and whether your motor has run. Replies set the work; the quote comes on the call whilst no one has left yet.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it is standard; with AdBlue it's essential, because crystals form and some metals are attacked, and none of that washes out unaided. Clean diesel goes in after the filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is finally checked. If the motor has not run, most jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Last, our technicians start the engine. Before our technicians head off, it's tested to confirm it runs properly on new diesel. If it's caught quickly, the vehicle very rarely has long-term damage, and the whole job happens where it is. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing upfront. Plenty of insurance policies cover misfuelling, and so check yours as we head over.
About Llantrisant
Llantrisant is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, situated inland at an elevation of around 140 metres, approximately 9.5 miles northwest of Cardiff. Llantrisant has a population of around 7070 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Llantrisant is close to nearby places such as Dan Caerlan, Talbot Green, and Cross Inn, and is about 139.6 miles west of London.
AdBlue drains around Llantrisant and across Rhondda Cynon Taf
Throughout CF postcodes, the teams serving Llantrisant — a town — work surrounding towns too, Talbot Green and Cross Inn among them. A postcode starting CF72 8 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No moving is required, be it stopped in the centre of Llantrisant or on a layby heading to Llantrisant & Pontyclun Golf Club, so keep it put. The drain happens right there. Phone and ask instead of guessing if you're close to Tabor Baptist Church, near a border, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Engine never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Run already? Stop, switch off, phone. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whichever case, in Llantrisant and Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 0333 366 0103.