Morfa: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Everything turns on a single fact: whether your motor has been run since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not run so far? Then leave the car like that, wherever the car sits — Morfa or Bigyn. Switch nothing on, phone 0333 366 0103, and expect a thorough flush plus a drain, carried out right where the vehicle stands in Morfa. Already started? Pull over once you safely can, then switch it off. Stage one remains unchanged, even though the work grows.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever in Carmarthenshire it happened.
Morfa forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
Only at this point, bottle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you opened was the wrong one, right at the pump. Possibly you are at the Tesco, perhaps at the Morrisons, possibly somewhere else around Morfa.
In short: no better spot exists to discover it. Still inside the tank, and nothing drawn through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
Clearing the pump is no reason to run it — so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you roll the car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, and so a vehicle that can't be pushed away gets cleared where it is at the petrol pump.
Morfa, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
The warning light had been on for days. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look a second time at the cap. It happens on drives just off B4304 as regularly as anywhere.
In short: if the vehicle has not moved since, it's almost equal to spotting it at the forecourt. Being unable to blend, AdBlue drops to the base in your tank and stays. One night parked changes nothing.
Put the keys indoors tonight — or someone might drive it off first thing — then phone us. Out in Ty-isaf or right here in Morfa, the drain is done at your drive. Our equipment works quiet enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Morfa?
A mile or two after filling up, the motor began misbehaving: rough running, smoke, less power, lights on the dash. Morfa Roundabout, perhaps, or the route towards Swansea — a trip of under 10 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and each injector see it too on a bigger run, once your filter and lines have had it. It travels further with each mile driven and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe to do so then switch off. On the M4, under 5 miles from Morfa, that means the next exit, not the services further on. It will not have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to check. About how far had it go? Say so as you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You have just driven the vehicle for days. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel fillers are side by side here — not like your own vehicle, which has no AdBlue or keeps it in another spot. Across Carmarthenshire, no one is safe from it.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. The owner often needs to sign off the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, because sorting it beforehand saves time. Stranded by Hope Baptist Church or outside Llanelli until the firm replies, your car stays turned off the whole time.
Morfa: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
"I think so" is often as honest answer there is. Which cap came off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia lingers by your filler. A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Machynys: both fits.
The point: the engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled on the outside. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. Turning on your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would suck it in.
Your move: act as if it did, and don't start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats draining one after it's been run — so phone and tell us what you noticed.
What every AdBlue drain in Morfa has in common
The job opens the same way, whichever the situation. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it is at a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside The Carwyn James or a side street near Llyfrgell Tregoning, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and whether your motor has been run. Those replies decide the work, and you hear our price by phone, before anyone sets off.
Emptying that tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, however long it sits. The fuel filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and your car is tested. If the motor has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Our technicians start the engine at the end. Our technicians check it runs properly on fresh diesel before we go. The whole job is done where the vehicle is, and when it is spotted early, lasting damage is very rare. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, so check yours while the van travels.
About Morfa and where it is
Morfa is a small coastal suburban area in Carmarthenshire, situated near the city of Swansea. Morfa sits at a low elevation of around 5 metres, close to the sea and within a short distance of nearby places such as Ty-isaf and Trostre. Morfa has a mix of housing types, but terraced housing is predominant in the area. Morfa is located approximately 9 miles from Swansea, making it a commuter base for the city.
AdBlue drains round Morfa and across Carmarthenshire
Pen-y-fan and Trostre get the same vans as Morfa, a residential suburb, plus other places throughout SA postcodes. Fastest of all: a SA15 2 postcode for where you stand.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Glandafen Park or in a car park in the middle of Morfa, it does not need to move. The drain happens right there. Phone and ask rather than guess when you are by Asda Living, near a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Unstarted? Keep the car that way and ring. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Morfa and anywhere around Carmarthenshire on 0333 366 0103.