AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Penparcau, and What to Do Next
One thing matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is whether your engine has run afterwards. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the car is around Penparcau itself or out in Pwllhobi. Usually this is emptying and thoroughly rinsing it on the spot around Penparcau — and so keep the ignition and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. Stop the moment it is safe then switch off, if it has been run. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Wherever around Ceredigion it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
At the pump in Penparcau: AdBlue in a diesel
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. Anywhere in Penparcau, then — Morrisons, Texaco, or somewhere else nearby.
Meaning? Finding out on the forecourt is the best it can be. No pump has drawn it in, and so the AdBlue sits just in your tank.
Your move: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the queue needs freeing. A few jobs: a shove into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a live forecourt, and so a car that cannot be pushed clear is emptied right at the petrol pump.
At home around Penparcau with AdBlue in your diesel tank
Days had passed with the dash light on. Only by the recycling, the empty bottle in hand, did you glance back at the cap you'd opened at the drive. Houses just off Rhyd y Bont are hit as often as everywhere else.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. On the floor of that tank sits where AdBlue stays, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so nobody moves the car in the morning. Then call. Caeffynnon or Penparcau: wherever your driveway is, that's where it gets cleared. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Penparcau?
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two beyond the fill. Possibly it was on Min-y-Ddol, maybe on the way out towards Swansea, over 50 miles away.
The point: the system has drawn AdBlue through already. Through the fuel filter, along the lines, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Your move: pull up anywhere sensible, then turn your motor off. On the M4, under 50 miles from Penparcau, that means the next junction, not the services further on. Starting it again to test achieves nothing — AdBlue doesn't clear itself. Tell us hear the mileage covered when you call.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
It is a motor you have had for a week. Unknown to you, the AdBlue and diesel inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it elsewhere. Anyone, anywhere around Ceredigion, could make it.
Meaning? Whatever case above counts too — run or not — plus one extra stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on your car.
Next: phone the rental company or your fleet manager first, and then us — settling it before we arrive is quicker. If you're stuck in the car park outside Aberystwyth, or by Yr Hwb - The Hub, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Penparcau?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia smell lingers around the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. A rushed top-up by the gates of the local primary school, or a call to a friend in Trefechan: both fits.
What it means: a little spilled around the filler does no harm to the engine. If it's inside your 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 that tank.
Next: act as though it went in, then leave the engine off. Ring and give what you saw: we'd sooner confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after the engine has been run.
The common ground in every Penparcau AdBlue drain
The job begins identically, whatever the case. Forecourt, driveway, The Starling Cloud's car park or a road by St Anne's — the van reaches the car, and three questions follow: what liquid, which amount, and if it has run. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies shape the job.
Then the tank is cleared and the fuel system rinsed thoroughly, which matters 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. Finally are your filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the car. If your motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
We fire it up last. Before we go, it's checked to make sure it runs smoothly on fresh diesel. Our technicians do the entire job where your car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon when it has been caught early. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Check your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is built into many policies.
About Penparcau
Penparcau is a suburban area in Ceredigion, situated near the coast of Wales, with an elevation of around 13 metres above sea level. Penparcau lies close to nearby places such as Caeffynnon, Southgate, and Llanbadarn Fawr, and is approximately 54 miles from Swansea. Penparcau has a population of around 3585 people, predominantly living in semi-detached housing. Penparcau is part of the wider Aberystwyth urban area, with its residents being around 179 miles from London.
Penparcau and Ceredigion: AdBlue drains across the area
Over SY postcodes, the vans covering Penparcau — a residential suburb — reach nearby places too, Southgate and Llanbadarn Fawr included. Quickest of all: a SY23 1 postcode for your location.
Parked heading to Blaendolau Recreation Ground, or right in the centre of Penparcau, the vehicle remains put — there's no need to move it at all. Our van empties it where it stands. If you're somewhere hard to describe, close to Welsh Martyrs Catholic Church or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep the car off then ring. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Ceredigion and in Penparcau — once you pull over, turn off then phone, if it's run.