AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Pen-clawdd: What Now?
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the motor has been started since. Out in Llanmorlais or right around Pen-clawdd, an unstarted motor must remain that way. Leave the motor and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it's normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Pen-clawdd. Pull over the minute you safely can then turn off, if it has been run. It is a larger job, yet step one does not change.
Anywhere around Swansea it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Pen-clawdd forecourt
Imagine it: stood by the pump, holding the bottle, you spot the cap you took off was not the correct one. Anywhere in Pen-clawdd, then — Shell, Tesco, or somewhere else nearby.
In short: no better place exists to spot it. The AdBlue is in the tank and nowhere else. Nothing has pulled it in.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — and so don't get back in. Ask the attendants to help you push your car into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Stuck by the petrol pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
Pen-clawdd, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
For days the dash had been warning you. A bottle bought at the shop, emptied in on the drive — and it was just at the bin that the cap caught a second look. Driveways near Victoria Road get it as much as any other street.
In short: if your car hasn't moved since, it is almost as good as spotting it at the pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then call. Parc-hendy or Pen-clawdd: wherever your driveway sits, that is where it is emptied. Night-time clears outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
On the road around Pen-clawdd with AdBlue in a diesel
A short way beyond filling up, your motor started misbehaving: roughness, smoke, less power, warnings on your dash. Maybe driving for Swansea, under 10 miles away, or just along Bethel Lane.
Meaning? The fuel pump has taken the AdBlue in. The high-pressure pump and every injector get it as well on a longer trip, after the filter and lines have had it. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Pull in safely — that's the next step — then switch everything off. Pen-clawdd lies under 5 miles from the M4; there, come off at the first junction instead of pushing on for the services. It will not have cleared, so there's no point starting it again to find out. Phone, saying what distance the car went.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
It's a vehicle you have had for a week. The AdBlue filler sits right next to the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you happen to be in Swansea, every motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. The owner often has to sign off the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our engineers turn up than after. If you're stuck in the car park outside Bynea, or by Canoe Safari, while you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Pen-clawdd?
Honestly, the only answer might be that you think it did. Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; no clear recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? A hurried stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Crofty: either fit.
The upshot: your engine isn't hurt by some AdBlue splashed around the outside. Inside your diesel tank, by contrast, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in your tank will be drawn in by turning on the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Do not crank it. Call us and describe what you saw; we would rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Pen-clawdd: what each AdBlue drain has in common
Every case gets the same start to the job. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Royal Oak or a side street close to Reed Warbler Nest, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and if your engine has run. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Draining that tank comes first, then a careful flush — more vital with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear by themselves, however long it sits. Last are the fuel filter, flushed or replaced if necessary; fresh diesel; and a check of your vehicle. Not started? Then roughly half an hour on site is most jobs.
The final step is starting it. Before we leave, it is checked to be sure it runs correctly on clean diesel. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it's noticed early, long-term damage is very unusual. Nothing is taken upfront, payment is made on the day, and you get what the insurer asks for: an engineer report and a VAT invoice. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents as you wait is worthwhile.
About Pen-clawdd, for a moment
Pen-clawdd is a coastal village in Swansea, situated near the shores of the Bristol Channel at an elevation of around 12 metres. Pen-clawdd lies approximately 7 miles west of Swansea city centre, within a short distance of nearby communities such as Parc-hendy and Pen-y-Lan. Pen-clawdd has a population of around 1116 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing.
AdBlue drains across Swansea, Pen-clawdd included
Pen-y-Lan and Blue Anchor get the same teams as Pen-clawdd, a coastal village, plus other towns throughout SA postcodes. A postcode starting SA4 3 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Centre of Pen-clawdd or a layby near Llanelli Wetland Centre: either way it is, your vehicle doesn't need to shift at all for the drain. Wherever it sits, that's where it is emptied. Tricky to explain? By The Gateway or a county line? Checking beats guessing, and so ring.
Your scenario, summed up
Where it hasn't run, ring and leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Pen-clawdd and anywhere across Swansea on 0333 366 0103.