What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Mynydd Isa
One fact counts above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is if the engine has run afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is in Mynydd Isa itself or out in Pentre. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is in Mynydd Isa. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. A larger job, then, yet the identical first step.
Match your case to one of the list below, wherever around Flintshire you happen to be.
Mynydd Isa forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are 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. It could be the Wylfa Service Station, or the Esso, or another station in Mynydd Isa.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. The AdBlue is inside the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Next: avoid the urge to fire it up just to free up the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt once the car is in a space — the staff will help roll it — then save the bottle. If it can't be shifted, it can be drained at the petrol pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a working forecourt.
Mynydd Isa, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit for days. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in at the driveway — and it's only by the bin that the cap got your eye. Drives near Bryn Road get it as much as anywhere.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not moved since, it is almost equal to finding out at the forecourt. At the bottom of the tank is where AdBlue waits, because it will not mix with diesel — and a night passing makes no difference.
Your move: keys indoors, so no one drives the vehicle off first thing. After that, phone. We drain the vehicle on your drive, whether that is around Mynydd Isa or out in Prenbrigog. Late-night drains beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
On the road in Mynydd Isa with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe driving for Chester, under 10 miles away, or just along Wat's Dyke Avenue.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been pulled into the fuel system. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger trip, once your filter and pipework have had it. It travels deeper with each mile covered and each restart.
Do this: stop somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. On the M56, under 10 miles from Mynydd Isa, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue will do. Call us and say how far you went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
It's a motor you have had for a week. Your own motor either has no AdBlue or puts it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap sits just next to the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere around Flintshire.
In short: an extra step on top of the situations above, and those depend on if it has run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before we arrive than after. Stranded by the centre or outside Buckley until someone replies, your vehicle stays switched off the whole time.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank around Mynydd Isa?
Occasionally the fair answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy memory of the cap. Sound familiar? A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Alltami: either fits.
What it means: a little spilled around your filler does no harm to your engine. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, it does. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so would suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Next: act as though it got in, and leave the motor off. Describe what you noticed on your phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a happier outcome than a run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain around Mynydd Isa has in common
The work opens identically, whichever your case. Filling station, drive, The Griffin's car park or a road by Memorial Garden — the van comes to your car, and three questions come next: which fluid, what quantity, and if it ran. Replies set the job; the quote follows on the call while nobody has set off yet.
Then the tank is cleared and the fuel system rinsed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Then is the filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. Where the engine has not been started, allow about half an hour on site, for most cases.
Starting the car comes last. Before our engineers leave, it is tested to confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel. Our technicians do the whole job where your car is, and lasting damage is very uncommon when it has been noticed early. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. It is worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your documents as you wait is worthwhile.
About Mynydd Isa
Mynydd Isa is a village in Flintshire, situated inland at an elevation of 147 metres, approximately 9 miles from Chester. Mynydd Isa has a population of around 3533 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Mynydd Isa is located near several other small places, including Prenbrigog and Leadmill, and is about 170 miles from London.
Mynydd Isa and Flintshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Mynydd Isa is a rural village, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, New Brighton and Leadmill among them, across the CH postcode area. Quickest of all: a CH7 6 postcode to show where you stand.
Centre of Mynydd Isa or a lay-by near Wat's Dyke Park: wherever it sits, your vehicle never needs to move at all for the drain. Our engineers drain the car where it stands. Ring and ask rather than guess if you're by Green Hut, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your situation, in one line
Still unrun? Leave the vehicle that way and ring. Whichever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Flintshire and in Mynydd Isa — once you pull over, switch off then ring, if it's run.