AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Llantwit Fardre: What Now?
All of it turns on a single detail: if your motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the car is around Llantwit Fardre itself or out in Dyffryn Dowlats. Usually that is emptying and properly flushing it right there in Llantwit Fardre — and so keep the key and engine off and call 0333 366 0103. Pull over the moment you safely can then turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Match what happened to one of the ones below, wherever across Rhondda Cynon Taf you happen to be.
Llantwit Fardre forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Picture it: standing by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you realise the filler you opened was not the correct one. Be it Texaco, Tesco or anywhere else in Llantwit Fardre, the case is the same.
Meaning? Spotting it here is the best it gets. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, however much the queue wants clearing. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking bay, keep your receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. If it can't be shifted, it can be cleared at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
Llantwit Fardre, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the dash light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in your hand, did you glance back at the cap you had opened at the driveway. Driveways close to Crown Hill see it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Keep your keys indoors tonight — or someone might take it off at breakfast — and call us. Our engineers drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is around Llantwit Fardre or out in Efail Isaf. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a driveway.
Set off with AdBlue in a diesel around Llantwit Fardre?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving for Cardiff, under 10 miles away, or simply along Redwood Drive.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled into the system. Distance decides how deep it goes: filter and pipework to begin with, then the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. On the M4, under 5 miles from Llantwit Fardre, that means the next junction, not the services further on. It won't have cleared, and so there is no sense starting it again to check. About how far had it gone? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
A week ago, it was new to you. Your own car either does without AdBlue or puts it elsewhere, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap sits just next to the diesel. Across Rhondda Cynon Taf, no one is immune.
The point: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added step. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or fleet agreements.
Sorting it before the van turn up is quicker, so ring the hire company or your fleet manager, and then us. Hanging on for a reply at the car park at Trefforest Estate, or beside 1st Newtown Llantwit Scout Hall? Keep your car off throughout.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, in Llantwit Fardre
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Look familiar? The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's drive out in Church Village.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet never touch the motor at all. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in that tank, starting the vehicle would draw it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
Your move: act as if it did, and never start the engine. Phone and give the details: we'd sooner find a clean tank than empty one once the engine has been run.
The common ground in each Llantwit Fardre AdBlue drain
The job begins identically, whichever the case. Forecourt, drive, The Ship Inn's car park or a street by Beddau and Tynant Community Library — our van comes to the car, and three answers come next: which liquid, which quantity, and whether it has run. Replies set the work; the price follows by phone while no one has left yet.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, since crystals form and some metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. The filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Starting the engine comes at the end. Our test that it runs correctly on new diesel comes before our engineers head off. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it is spotted soon, long-term damage is very unusual. Payment comes on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Llantwit Fardre and where it is
Llantwit Fardre is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, situated near the River Taff and close to the nearby communities of Efail Isaf, Tynant, and Beddau. Llantwit Fardre has a population of around 2430 people and is characterised by semi-detached housing. Llantwit Fardre is located near Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, and is about 8.5 miles from the city centre. Llantwit Fardre sits at an elevation of 76 metres above sea level, in a riverside setting.
AdBlue drains round Llantwit Fardre and across Rhondda Cynon Taf
Throughout CF postcodes, the teams serving Llantwit Fardre — a village — work nearby places as well, Tynant and Beddau included. The whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning CF38 2.
Central Llantwit Fardre or a layby towards Station Road Play Area: either way it is, the car doesn't need to move at all for this drain. We drain the vehicle where it is. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Efail Isaf Village Hall or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your scenario, in one line
Unstarted? Keep it off and phone. Run by now? Stop, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whichever it is, in Llantwit Fardre and Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 0333 366 0103.