AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Resolven: What Now?
One fact matters above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if your motor has been started afterwards. Over in Pentreclwydau or right in Resolven, an unrun motor must stay that way. Leave the engine and your ignition off and ring 0333 366 0103; it is generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is around Resolven. When the engine has run, pull in somewhere safe straight away, then switch it off. A bigger job, yes, yet the identical opening move.
Wherever across Neath Port Talbot it took place, one of the cases below matches yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Resolven forecourt
Just at this point, nozzle still in your hand, you realise that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Anywhere around Resolven, then — Texaco, Esso, or somewhere else nearby.
What it means: this is the best place to find out. Only the tank holds AdBlue; not one component past it has taken any in.
Do this: stay out of the driver's seat, even if the pump wants freeing. Three things: a push into a space with the attendants helping, the bottle saved, and a ring to us from where you stand. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed away is emptied where it is at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Resolven
The warning light had been on for days. Bought a container, poured it in at home, binned the empty — and only then checked the cap again, after the fact. Driveways near Company Street see it as much as anywhere.
The upshot: no miles since makes this almost as good to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue doesn't mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: stop any early drive by putting the keys indoors, then ring us. In Glyn Castle or right here around Resolven, the drain happens on your drive. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
On the road in Resolven with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard started a mile or two after the top-up. Commercial Road, say, or the route to Swansea — a run of under 15 miles.
Meaning? Your pump has taken the AdBlue up. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the injection pump and every injector. More miles, more restarts: deeper it travels.
Stop safely — that's the first job — then turn it off. Exit by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M4, under 10 miles from Resolven. It won't have cleared, and so there's no point restarting to find out. Call, saying what distance your vehicle went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, and so no one told you the AdBlue inlet sits just next to the diesel. Anywhere you happen to be in Neath Port Talbot, any driver can be caught.
Meaning? Whichever applies above applies here — run or not — plus one further stage. Plenty of hire and fleet agreements require the owner's approval for repairs.
Your move: hire firm or your fleet manager to begin with, us second, because settling it beforehand saves time. Hanging on for a reply at the car park outside Neath, or near Sardis? Leave the engine off throughout.
Unsure about AdBlue in your diesel tank in Resolven?
At times the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you can't remember which cap you took off. Possibly it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Clyne.
The upshot: your engine is not harmed by a little AdBlue spilled around the outside. Once it is inside your diesel tank, though, that changes. If there is AdBlue in your tank, starting the car will suck it in, and it would not tell you which either.
Take it that it went in, and never start the engine. Ring and give the details: we'd rather confirm a clean tank than empty one after the engine has run.
The common ground in every Resolven AdBlue drain
The job begins identically, whatever your situation. Our technicians come to the vehicle, whether it's on a forecourt, a drive, the car park outside Vaughan Arms or a side street near Resolven Library, and ask three things: what got in, roughly how much, and whether your engine has been run. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the replies shape the work.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it is crucial, because crystals build up and certain metals are attacked, and neither rinses out unaided. Last come the filter, cleaned or renewed as needed; clean diesel; and a test of the car. Where your motor hasn't run, expect about half an hour once we arrive, in most jobs.
Firing it up comes at the end. Our test that it runs correctly on clean diesel comes before we leave. The whole job is done where the car is, and if it's caught quickly, lasting damage is very rare. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling, so look at yours while the van travels.
About Resolven, for a moment
Resolven is a village situated on the banks of the River Neath in south Wales, with Glyn Castle and the surrounding countryside nearby. Resolven has a mix of old and new housing, including many terraced homes, and is located about 12 miles north of Swansea. Resolven sits at a relatively low elevation of around 30 metres above sea level, close to the villages of Abergarwed and Melincourt. Resolven is a small but distinct community within the Neath Port Talbot county borough.
AdBlue drains in Resolven, and across Neath Port Talbot too
Resolven is a village, and the same teams that cover it work the places near it too, Abergarwed and Melincourt among them, across the SA postcode area. Quickest of all: a SA11 4 postcode to show where you stand.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Resolven RFC or in a car park in the middle of Resolven, it doesn't need to shift. The drain is done on the spot. If you are somewhere hard to explain, close to Melincourt Waterfall or close to a border, ring and ask instead of assuming.
The one-line version
Motor not started: ring, and leave it alone. Started already? Pull over, switch off, ring. Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest whatever it is, across Resolven and Neath Port Talbot, on 0333 366 0103.