AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Pentlepoir, and What to Do Next
Everything turns on one fact: if your motor has started since the AdBlue went in — more than anything else. Not started so far? Then leave the car like that, wherever the vehicle sits — Pentlepoir or Moreton. Leave your motor and the ignition off and phone 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Pentlepoir. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. The job is bigger, but the first stage is the same.
Wherever across Pembrokeshire it happened, one of the cases below matches yours.
On a Pentlepoir forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you're stood at the pump, bottle or nozzle in your hand. Be it the nearest petrol station, Lifestyle Express or somewhere else in Pentlepoir, the case is the same.
Put simply: there is no better place exists to spot it. The AdBlue is inside that tank and nowhere else. Nothing has sucked it in.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to free up the pump. Have the staff to help pushing it into a bay, hold on to the receipt, then phone us right there. Emptying it there at the pump is fine when it can't be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in your diesel tank on a Pentlepoir drive?
For days the dashboard had been nagging you. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look again at the cap. Driveways near The Meadows see it as much as any other street.
What it means: if you haven't driven since, this is nearly as good as the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of your tank and remains put, however long it waits.
Your move: the keys indoors, so no one takes the car anywhere first thing. Then, phone. Our technicians drain the vehicle on your driveway, whether that is in Pentlepoir or out in Wooden. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Pentlepoir?
Lumpy running, smoke, lost power or a glowing dashboard started a short way beyond the top-up. It might have been heading for St Davids, under 50 miles away, or simply down Millfield Close.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. It's been through the fuel filter and the fuel lines and, the further you went, into the high-pressure pump and your injectors. It goes deeper with each mile driven and each restart.
Pull in somewhere safe — that is the next job — then turn everything off. On the M4, under 50 miles from Pentlepoir, that means the next junction, not the services further on. No trial starts: clearing itself isn't something AdBlue does. About what distance had it go? Tell us when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had this car barely a week. The AdBlue filler is right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you are around Pembrokeshire, any driver could slip up.
The point: just as above, divided by if it ran, only with one added stage. Many rental and company contracts need the owner's sign-off before work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our technicians get there than after. If you are stuck in the car park outside Saundersfoot, or by Church of St Mary, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Pentlepoir?
"I think so" is sometimes the most honest as it gets. A slight ammonia smell hangs near the filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Kingsmoor.
Put simply: a spill near your filler leaves your engine unharmed. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank will be drawn in by starting the car, and the start would not settle which it is in any case.
Your move: behave as though it got in, and never start your engine. Tell us what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
Pentlepoir: what each AdBlue drain has in common
The work begins the same way, whichever your situation. Filling station, driveway, Woodbridge Inn Hotel's car park or a road by Kilgetty Begelly Community Centre — our van reaches the vehicle, and three questions come next: which fluid, what amount, and if it ran. Answers set the job; the price comes on the call whilst nobody has left yet.
AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some metals used in fuel systems, so it won't rinse out unaided; that's why the flush, after the drain, counts much more with AdBlue than with petrol. Then comes your filter — cleaned, or swapped where necessary — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
Our technicians fire it up last. Our check that it runs smoothly on new diesel comes before we head off. The whole job is done where your car is, and when it's spotted early, lasting damage is very unusual. Payment is on the day, never in advance. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover comes included in many policies.
About Pentlepoir
Pentlepoir is a small village in Pembrokeshire, situated on the coast of Wales at an elevation of around 90 metres. Pentlepoir lies near several nearby places, including Wooden, Hill, and The Valley, and is approximately 25 miles from the city of St Davids. Pentlepoir has a population of around 666 people, predominantly living in detached houses.
AdBlue drains around Pentlepoir, and across Pembrokeshire too
Over SA postcodes, the vans covering Pentlepoir — a coastal village — reach surrounding places as well, Hill and The Valley included. Your location comes clearest from a postcode beginning SA68 0.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Folly Farm Country Gardens or in a car park in the middle of Pentlepoir, it does not need to shift. Our technicians drain it where it stands. Phone and check instead of guessing if you're close to Winding House, on a boundary, or somewhere awkward to explain.
Your scenario, in one line
Not run yet: keep it off and ring. Whichever line fits, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Pembrokeshire and in Pentlepoir — after you pull over, switch off and phone, if it has run.