AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Pen-rhewl, and What to Do Next
Has your engine run since the AdBlue got in? This single point settles almost everything about what comes next. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether your car is around Pen-rhewl itself or out in Hafod-y-Green. Leave your motor and your ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Pen-rhewl. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It is a bigger job, though step one does not change.
Wherever across Denbighshire it took place, one of the cases below fits yours.
On a Pen-rhewl forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, bottle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, there at the pump. Possibly you're at the Applegreen, perhaps at the Texaco, perhaps somewhere else around Pen-rhewl.
Put simply: there is no better place to be to spot it. Still in your tank, and no fuel pulled onwards: that's where the AdBlue is.
What to do: do not get back in and start it to clear the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep your receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Emptying it right at the petrol pump is possible when it can't be moved, since the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Pen-rhewl
On the dash, a reminder had been lit all week. A bottle from the shop, tipped in at the drive — and it was only by the recycling that the cap got a second look. It happens on driveways just off Is Terfyn as often as anywhere.
The point: no driving since makes this almost as good to spotting it at the petrol pump. On the bottom of that tank sits where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Your move: keys in the house, so no one drives your car off first thing. After that, ring. Your drive is where it gets drained, whether around Pen-rhewl or St Asaph. Night-time empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Pen-rhewl?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Maybe heading to St Asaph, under a mile away, or just down Ffordd Isaf Dinbych.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into the system. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the further the mileage — on into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: pull up anywhere safe, then switch the engine off. On the Moreton Spur, under 25 miles from Pen-rhewl, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No test starts: clearing isn't something AdBlue does. Tell us hear the distance driven when you ring.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had this vehicle barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right alongside the diesel one, which you did not know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Throughout Denbighshire, no one is immune.
The point: just as above, split by if it ran, but with an added stage. Work on your vehicle often needs the owner's go-ahead under rental or company agreements.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it early saves time. Stranded near Deniel Methodist Church or outside Rhyl until someone answers, your vehicle stays switched off the whole time.
Pen-rhewl: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, the bottle; a trace of ammonia round your filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Waen Goleugoed: either fit.
Meaning? Drips around the filler never reach the engine at all. Inside the diesel tank, however, AdBlue harms it. Any AdBlue in that tank will be pulled in by firing up your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Next: act as though it went in, and leave the motor off. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Pen-rhewl: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Each situation gets the same opening to the job. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's at a forecourt, a drive, the car park at The New Inn or a side street near H M Stanley Obelisk, and ask three things: what went in, roughly how much, and whether the engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers shape the job.
A thorough flush comes after the drain. With petrol it is routine; with AdBlue it is essential, because crystals form and some metals are attacked, and neither washes out unaided. Fresh diesel goes in after the fuel filter is flushed or changed, and your car is finally checked. Most unstarted cars are a half-hour job from the moment we turn up.
Last, we fire it up. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers confirm it's running smoothly, and then we go. Long-term damage is very rare when it is spotted soon, and the whole job is done where the car is. Payment comes that day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Pen-rhewl, for a moment
Pen-rhewl is a suburban area situated on the riverside in Denbighshire, Wales, with a relatively low elevation of 17 metres. Pen-rhewl lies close to the city of St Asaph, and its residents have easy access to nearby places such as The Roe and Tyn-y-ffordd. Pen-rhewl is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, which reflects the area's residential nature.
AdBlue drains in Pen-rhewl, and across Denbighshire too
As a residential suburb, Pen-rhewl shares its vans with the surrounding towns — Tyn-y-ffordd, The Roe — all the way through LL postcodes. Giving us your LL17 0 postcode finds you quickest of all.
Central Pen-rhewl or a lay-by towards St Asaph Common: wherever it sits, the car never needs to move at all for this drain. Our technicians drain the vehicle where it is. Tricky to pin down? Close to The Old Bishop's Palace or a border? Asking is better than guessing, and so phone.
In one line: your scenario
Where it hasn't started, phone then leave it that way. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Denbighshire and within Pen-rhewl — once you pull over, switch off and ring, if it has run.