What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Trallwn
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the engine has been started afterwards. Not run so far? Then keep it that way, whether your car sits — Trallwn or Penygraigwen. Call 0333 366 0103 with the key and engine both off. Across Trallwn, such a case is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. Where the engine has been run, stop somewhere safe first, then turn the vehicle off. It's a bigger job, yet step one doesn't change.
Find the scenario below that matches yours, wherever in Rhondda Cynon Taf it happened.
At the pump in Trallwn: AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only notice it as you're standing at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Be it Sainsbury's, Asda or anywhere else around Trallwn, the situation is identical.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Still inside that tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that is where the AdBlue is.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to run it — and so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you roll your car into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then call us from the forecourt. Stuck by the pump? Explosion-proof kit keeps a live forecourt safe, and so it can be drained where it is.
Trallwn, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. Picked up a container, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap a second time, after the fact. Right off Bakers Wharf is no different from any other place.
The point: no miles since leaves it nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. Diesel and AdBlue stay separate: the AdBlue settles to the floor of the tank and stays there, no matter how long it waits.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Your drive is where it gets emptied, whether around Trallwn or Coed-Pen-Maen. Our pumping kit works quietly enough not to disturb the neighbours at night.
On the road around Trallwn with AdBlue in a diesel
Lumpy running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a short way beyond the fill. Maybe heading to Cardiff, under 15 miles away, or simply along Middle Street.
What it means: your fuel system has drawn the AdBlue in. Through your filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — on into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Every restart, like each mile, carries it deeper.
Next: find a safe place, pull in, and switch your engine off. Services further along are too far: from the M4, under 10 miles out of Trallwn, use the first junction. Do not restart the car to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Phone us and say how far you travelled.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own car either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it's run, with one more step. Many rental and fleet agreements require the owner's sign-off before work.
Your move: hire firm or fleet manager to begin with, us next, because sorting it early saves time. Leave the car switched off while the answer comes, even if you are waiting at Pontypridd or near Trallwn Community Centre.
Trallwn: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Sometimes the fair answer is "I think so". A faint ammonia smell lingers near your filler, the bottle seems too light, and which cap came off is hard to recall. A rushed stop by the gates of the local primary school, or a visit to a friend in Pont Sion Norton: both fits.
Put simply: spillage round your filler leaves the engine no harm. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be pulled in by firing up your car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
What to do: treat it as if it was put in. Don't start the car. Phone with the details: we'd sooner find a tank free of AdBlue than empty one once your engine has been run.
What each AdBlue drain around Trallwn has in common
The job begins identically, whatever the case. Three things are asked when our engineers arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a road beside Coedpenmain English Baptist Church or the car park at Newbridge Arms: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has been started. Your price comes over the phone, before a van leaves, and those replies set the work.
Then that tank is cleared and the system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Fresh diesel is put in once your filter is cleaned or changed, and the car is then checked. The majority of unrun vehicles are a half-hour visit after the moment we turn up.
Starting the engine comes last. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we check it is running properly, and then we leave. Long-term damage is very uncommon when it is noticed quickly, and the whole job is done where the car is. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, nothing upfront. Plenty of policies cover misfuelling, so check yours as we head over.
About Trallwn
Trallwn is a suburban area in Rhondda Cynon Taf, situated near the River Taff at an elevation of 67 metres. Trallwn lies close to the nearby communities of Coed-Pen-Maen, Pontypridd, and Graigwen, and is approximately 11 miles from Cardiff. Trallwn is characterised by its predominantly terraced housing stock, reflecting the area's historical development as a residential suburb.
AdBlue drains across Rhondda Cynon Taf, Trallwn included
Pontypridd and Graigwen get the same vans as Trallwn, a residential suburb, plus other towns throughout CF postcodes. Giving us your CF37 4 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Stopped heading to The Common, or right in the centre of Trallwn, the vehicle remains put — there's no need to shift it at all. The drain is done on the spot. If you are somewhere hard to explain, near Pontypridd Museum or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, summed up
Where it has not started, ring then keep it off. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Trallwn and anywhere in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 0333 366 0103.