What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Myddyn-fych
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the motor has been run since it got in. Not started yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle is — Myddyn-fych or Betws. Usually this is emptying and properly purging it on the spot in Myddyn-fych — and so keep your key and motor off and call 0333 366 0103. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere in Carmarthenshire you are.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Myddyn-fych forecourt
Just now, bottle yet in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Whether Tesco, another forecourt nearby or somewhere else around Myddyn-fych, the case is the same.
The upshot: of every spot to find out, the forecourt is the best. No pump has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue sits only in your tank.
Next: resist the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Have the staff to help rolling it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Stuck beside the pump? Explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt safe, and so it can be drained in place.
Myddyn-fych, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had passed with the warning light on. Picked up a container, tipped it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Homes just off Bonllwyn are caught out as much as everywhere else.
The point: zero miles since leaves it nearly as good to spotting it at the pump. At the floor of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it won't blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so nobody moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. In Tir-y-dail or here in Myddyn-fych, the draining is done at your driveway. Late-night drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Myddyn-fych?
Topped up, drove away, and before long the motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up the dash. Maybe it was on Maesllwyn, maybe on the way out towards Swansea, under 15 miles away.
What it means: your fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. Mileage sets how far it goes: filter and lines first, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels.
What to do: pull over where it's safe then switch off. On the M4, under 5 miles from Myddyn-fych, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Don't restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Let us know the mileage driven when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
It is a motor you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler is right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere across Carmarthenshire.
Put simply: one extra step on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it has run. The owner frequently needs to sign off the work, under plenty of rental and company contracts.
Do this: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, since settling it beforehand saves time. If you are stranded in the car park outside Ammanford, or by Gorsedd Stone Circle, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Myddyn-fych: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Honestly, the best answer may be that you think so. A slight ammonia smell lingers around your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is a blur. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or a friend's driveway out in Llandybie.
Meaning? Drips around the inlet don't reach the engine at all. Inside the diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Turning on the vehicle cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in that tank it would suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Do not fire it up. Phone and give what you saw: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than empty one once your motor has run.
Myddyn-fych: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Whatever the case, one opening is used. Forecourt, drive, Great Western's car park or a road beside Gwynfryn Chapel — our van comes to the vehicle, and three questions follow: which liquid, what amount, and whether it ran. The price is given over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers shape the job.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long it sits. Finally are the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. If the engine hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
Our technicians start the car last. Before we head off, it's tested to be sure it runs properly on new diesel. When it's noticed early, the vehicle very seldom has lasting damage, and the whole job happens where it is. 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, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Myddyn-fych itself
Myddyn-fych is a locality situated on the banks of a river in Carmarthenshire, with an elevation of around 43 metres. Myddyn-fych lies near the communities of Tir-y-dail and Penybanc, and is approximately 12.9 miles from Swansea. Myddyn-fych has a population of around 1215 people, with semi-detached housing being the predominant type. Myddyn-fych is located in a region of south Wales that has been shaped by its industrial and agricultural heritage.
AdBlue drains round Myddyn-fych and across Carmarthenshire
Myddyn-fych is a small village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Ammanford and Penybanc among them, across the SA postcode area. A postcode starting SA18 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Ammanford Park or in a car park in the middle of Myddyn-fych, it does not need to shift. The drain is done right there. Assuming doesn't help beside All Saint's Church, close to a border or somewhere hard to pin down; phone and check.
Your scenario, in one line
Engine never started: phone, and leave it alone. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Carmarthenshire and in Myddyn-fych — once you stop, switch off and ring, if it's run.