AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Penrhys: What Now?
One fact counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether the motor has run afterwards. Over in Ystrad or here in Penrhys, an unstarted motor must remain that way. Leave the motor and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where your car is around Penrhys. Already run? Stop once safe, then switch it off. A bigger job, yes, but the same first move.
Match your case to a situation from the ones below, wherever in Rhondda Cynon Taf you are.
On a Penrhys forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: standing by the pump, gripping the bottle, you realise the cap you opened was not the right one. It could be the Shell, or perhaps the Asda, or a different station around Penrhys.
In short: no better spot to be to discover it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. A few things: a push into a space with the attendants assisting, the receipt kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof equipment makes a busy forecourt sensible, so we can drain the vehicle in place.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Penrhys
The warning light had been on for days. A bottle from the garage, tipped in on the driveway — and it's just by the recycling that the cap got a second look. Houses just off Heol Pendyrus are caught out as often as anywhere else.
Put simply: if your car hasn't moved since, it's nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. As it is reluctant to mix, AdBlue drops low in that tank and waits. One night parked changes nothing.
Next: stop any early move by keeping your keys indoors, then phone us. Our engineers drain the car on your driveway, whether that is around Penrhys or out in Stanleytown. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Penrhys?
Topped up, drove away, and soon the engine was running roughly, smoking, down on power, or flashing up your dash. Heol Ioan, say, or the route to Cardiff — a trip of under 25 miles.
What it means: the fuel system has sucked the AdBlue in. Distance sets how far it gets: filter and pipework first, then the high-pressure pump and each injector. It travels deeper with each mile driven and every restart.
Stop somewhere safe — that's the first step — then turn it off. Services farther along are too far: on the M4, under 10 miles out of Penrhys, take the first junction. No trial restarts: clearing is not something AdBlue does. Tell us know the mileage driven as you call.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You've only driven the car for days. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anyone, wherever around Rhondda Cynon Taf, could make it.
In short: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on if it's run. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
Your move: rental firm or fleet manager first, us second, because settling it early cuts time. Waiting for an answer in the car park at Llwynypia, or beside Saint Mary? Keep your car off meanwhile.
Penrhys: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's drive in Llwynypia, or rushing by the local primary school at the school run.
The point: the motor isn't harmed by a little AdBlue splashed on the filler. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Firing up the car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will pull it in.
Next: assume it got in, then leave the engine off. Inspecting a tank that turns out clean beats emptying one once it has been run — so phone then describe to us what you noticed.
Penrhys: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The work begins the same way, whatever the case. Our technicians come to your car, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park at the pub in the village or a side street close to Millennium Flame, and ask three things: what was put in, roughly how much, and if the motor has been run. On the phone, before dispatch, you are told our quote, and those answers decide the job too.
Then that tank is cleared and your 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, so it does not rinse out on its own. Next comes the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
Our technicians fire it up last. Our check that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before we head off. Our engineers do the whole job where your car is, and permanent damage is very rare when it has been caught quickly. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. It is worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as we travel pays.
About Penrhys
Penrhys is a small village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, situated on the banks of a river at an elevation of 310 metres. Penrhys lies near the communities of Stanleytown, Pontygwaith, and Tylorstown, and is approximately 16 miles north of Cardiff. Penrhys has a population of around 694 people, predominantly living in terraced housing. Penrhys is located in a scenic area, with the Welsh countryside surrounding the village.
Penrhys and Rhondda Cynon Taf: AdBlue drains across the area
Penrhys is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Pontygwaith and Tylorstown among them, across the CF postcode area. Your whereabouts is quickest from a postcode beginning CF43 3.
No moving is required, whether parked in the centre of Penrhys or in a lay-by en route to Penrhys Recreation Field, and so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that is where it is emptied. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near Tylorstown Welfare Hall or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of guessing.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep it that way and ring. Whatever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles the rest on 0333 366 0103, throughout Rhondda Cynon Taf and within Penrhys — after you pull over, turn off and phone, if it has run.