AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Melincryddan, 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 stands — Cwrt Sart, Melincryddan — never start a motor that hasn't run yet. Normally this is draining and properly flushing it right there around Melincryddan — and so leave your key and engine off then phone 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment you safely can and turn off, if it has already run. The job is bigger, but the first step is the same.
Wherever across Neath Port Talbot it happened, one of the situations below fits yours.
On a Melincryddan forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you just notice it while you are standing at the petrol pump, bottle or nozzle in hand. It might be the Esso, or the Tesco, or another forecourt around Melincryddan.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the temptation to start it only to move away from the pump. Have the staff to lend a hand pushing it into a space, save the bottle, then ring us from there. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt safe, and so we can drain it where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Melincryddan drive?
The warning light had been on 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 once more at the cap. Right off Mile End Road is not different from anywhere.
Meaning? Provided the car hasn't moved since, it's close to the pump case. Being reluctant to blend, AdBlue settles low in your tank and stays. One night standing changes nothing.
Next: prevent an early-morning move by keeping the keys in the house, then ring us. Pencaerau or Melincryddan: wherever your drive sits, that is where it is drained. Our equipment runs quiet enough not to disturb the street at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Melincryddan?
A mile or two beyond topping up, your engine began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, lost power, warnings on your dash. Maybe it was on Walters Road, maybe on the way out towards Swansea, under 10 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it goes.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so and switch off. Exit at the first junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M4, under 3 miles from Melincryddan. It won't have cleared, so there's no point restarting to find out. Ring us and say how far you travelled.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
It's a motor you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets are side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. Throughout Neath Port Talbot, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. The owner frequently has to approve any work, under plenty of rental and fleet agreements.
Sorting it before we arrives is faster, so phone the hire company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stranded in the car park at Neath, or by St. Catherine's Community Rooms, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Melincryddan?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round the filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? A hurried stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Ynysmaerdy: either fit.
Put simply: spillage near the filler does the motor no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Starting the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it would suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not fire it up. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at is a happier result than an already-run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain in Melincryddan has in common
No matter the case, one opening is used. Filling station, driveway, Cambrian Arms's car park or a street beside Melin Community Trust — our van reaches your car, and three questions come next: which liquid, which amount, and if it has run. Those answers settle this work, and you hear the quote by phone, before anybody heads out.
A thorough flush follows the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it's essential, because deposits build up and some metals are attacked, and none of it washes away unaided. Next comes the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — then fresh diesel, and a test of your vehicle. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment our technicians turn up.
Starting the car comes last. Our check that it runs smoothly on fresh diesel comes before we go. We do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very unusual if it has been caught early. Payment comes that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a written report from the engineer. Check your insurance while we arrive: cover for misfuelling is included in many policies.
About Melincryddan
Melincryddan is a coastal locality in Neath Port Talbot, situated near the city of Swansea and close to nearby places such as Pencaerau and Penrhiwtyn. Melincryddan has a population of approximately 1466 people and is characterized by predominantly terraced housing. Melincryddan is located at a low elevation of around 6 metres above sea level, making it a coastal community with proximity to the sea.
AdBlue drains across Neath Port Talbot, Melincryddan included
As a coastal area, Melincryddan has the same vans as the nearby places — Mount Pleasant, Penrhiwtyn — right across SA postcodes. A postcode starting SA11 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Melyn Park or in a car park in the middle of Melincryddan, it does not need to move. Our engineers drain the vehicle where it is. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Friends And Neighbours Centre or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
If it has not run, ring and keep it that way. Started by now? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder whatever case, across Melincryddan and Neath Port Talbot, on 0333 366 0103.