AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Penrhydlyniog: What Now?
All of it hinges on a single fact: if the motor has started since the AdBlue went in — far more than anything else. Wherever the vehicle is — Penrallt, Penrhydlyniog — never run an engine that hasn't run yet. Usually that means draining and thoroughly purging it right there in Penrhydlyniog — so leave your ignition and motor off then ring 0333 366 0103. Already started? Pull over when you safely can, then turn it off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the job is bigger.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Gwynedd it happened.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Penrhydlyniog forecourt
Only at this point, nozzle yet in hand, you realise that the cap you opened was the wrong one, there at the petrol pump. Perhaps you're at the the nearest petrol station, possibly at the BP, maybe somewhere else around Penrhydlyniog.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Still in the tank, with no fuel pulled through: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: don't get back in and start the car to clear the petrol pump. Three jobs: a push into a space with the staff assisting, the bottle kept, and a ring to us from where you stand. Stuck beside the pump? Explosion-proof kit makes a live forecourt safe, so it can be drained where it is.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Penrhydlyniog
Several days had gone by with the dash light on. Only at the recycling bin, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd opened on the driveway. Driveways close to Bro Llwyn get it as much as anywhere.
What it means: if you have not driven since, this is almost as good as the forecourt. As it is unable to mix, AdBlue drops to the base in that tank and waits. A night standing changes none of that.
Your move: the keys indoors, and so nobody drives your car anywhere first thing. Then, phone. Out in Marian-y-mor or right here in Penrhydlyniog, the draining happens on your driveway. Even at night, the pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Penrhydlyniog: drove off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Perhaps it was on Yr Ala, possibly on the way out towards Bangor, under 50 miles away.
The point: your system has pulled AdBlue through by now. The high-pressure pump and every injector see it as well on a longer run, after the filter and lines have it. It travels further with each extra mile covered and every restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the first step — then turn everything off. Services further on can wait: on the Moreton Spur, over 50 miles out of Penrhydlyniog, use the first junction. It won't have cleared, so there is no sense starting it again to check. Tell us hear the mileage covered as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've just had the car for days. On your own vehicle, AdBlue is absent or somewhere else. On this one, its inlet is right next to the diesel inlet — a surprise to you. Anyone, wherever in Gwynedd, could make the same.
In short: an extra stage on top of the situations above, and those depend on whether it has run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Your move: rental firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since sorting it beforehand cuts time. Hanging on for a reply in the car park at Pwllheli, or beside Fish Tail? Keep your car off meanwhile.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Penrhydlyniog?
"I think so" is often as honest as it gets. What cap was taken off, you cannot recall; meanwhile the bottle weighs less than it ought to, and ammonia lingers by your filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, say, or a friend's driveway over in South Beach.
The point: the motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue spilled around the outside. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another story. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will draw in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and don't start the engine. 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.
Penrhydlyniog: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Wherever your car is — The Mitre's car park, a street beside Fish Head, a drive, a filling station — the van arrives and asks about the fluid, the quantity, and if the motor has turned over. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies set the job.
Emptying your tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long you wait. Your filter is flushed, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the vehicle is tested. Where the motor has not been started, expect roughly half an hour on site, for most cases.
The final step is firing it up. With clean diesel in, it runs while our engineers check it is running smoothly, and then we go. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and permanent damage is very rare if it has been noticed quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Check your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover is built into plenty of policies.
About Penrhydlyniog, for a moment
Penrhydlyniog is a small suburban area situated on the coast of Gwynedd in Wales, with an elevation of around 4 metres above sea level. Penrhydlyniog lies near the towns of Pwllheli and Bangor, and is close to other nearby places such as Marian-y-mor and Denio. Penrhydlyniog has a population of approximately 1579 people, and its housing stock is predominantly made up of terraced properties.
AdBlue drains round Penrhydlyniog and across Gwynedd
Being a residential suburb, Penrhydlyniog has the same vans as the nearby places — Denio, Pwllheli — all the way across LL postcodes. A postcode starting LL53 5 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Stopped heading to Marian Y De Park, or right in the heart of Penrhydlyniog, the car stays where it is — there is no need to move it at all. Our technicians drain it where it sits. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near Penlan or close to a boundary, ring and ask rather than guessing.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep it off and call. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Gwynedd and in Penrhydlyniog — once you stop, switch off and phone, if it's run.