AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tre-Dodridge, and What to Do Next
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if your motor has run since it went in. Out in Gwern-y-Steeple or here around Tre-Dodridge, an unstarted motor should stay that way. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, then expect a thorough flush after a drain, done right where the car sits in Tre-Dodridge. Stop the minute you safely can then switch off, if it has already run. It's a bigger job, though stage one does not change.
Wherever across The Vale of Glamorgan it happened, one of the cases below fits yours.
On a Tre-Dodridge forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You are at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. Possibly you are at the Murco, perhaps at the Texaco, possibly somewhere else in Tre-Dodridge.
What it means: this is the best location to find out. Still inside that tank, with nothing pulled through: that is where the AdBlue is.
Next: resist the temptation to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. A few things: a shove into a bay with the staff helping, the bottle kept, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be emptied at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
At home around Tre-Dodridge with AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit for days. Only by the recycling, the empty container in your hand, did you look back at the cap you'd used at the drive. Drives close to Pont Sarn Lane get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as your car hasn't been driven since, it's second to the forecourt case. Diesel and AdBlue stay apart: the AdBlue drops to the floor of your tank and remains put, however long the night.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Clawdd-coch or Tre-Dodridge: wherever your drive is, that's where it gets drained. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house at night.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Tre-Dodridge?
Filled up, pulled away, and soon your motor was running roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or lighting up your dash. Heol St Cattwg, say, or the route towards Cardiff — a trip of under 10 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been pulled through the system. Through the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — on into the injection pump and every injector. It goes further with every extra mile driven and each restart.
Next: find a safe spot, pull in, and turn the motor off. Services farther on can wait: from the M4, under 3 miles out of Tre-Dodridge, use the first junction. Restarting it to check achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. Let us hear the distance driven as you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
Seven days ago, it was unknown to you. Your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet sits right beside your diesel. Wherever you are around The Vale of Glamorgan, any driver can be caught.
Put simply: an extra stage on top of the cases above, which turn on whether it's run. Any work on the car often needs the owner's approval under hire or fleet terms.
Sorting it before we arrives is quicker, so ring the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you are stuck in the car park at Pontyclun, or by Pendoylan War Memorial Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the car off.
Tre-Dodridge: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there's a faint smell of ammonia about your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe on a friend's driveway in Peterston-super-Ely, or rushing by the local primary school on the school run.
Meaning? Spills outside the inlet never reach your engine at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue in it is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the ignition, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Assume it got in, and never start your key. Ring and give what you saw: we would sooner confirm a clean tank than empty one once your engine has been run.
What every AdBlue drain around Tre-Dodridge has in common
Every case has the same opening to the job. Three things come when we arrive — on a filling station, a driveway, a street beside Hensol Castle or the car park outside The Red Lion at Pendoylan: the liquid, the quantity, and whether it has been started. On the phone, ahead of dispatch, you are told the quote, and those replies decide the work too.
Draining that tank comes first, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not clear on their own, however long it sits. Finally come the fuel filter, cleaned or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a check of the car. If your engine has not run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we are there.
The final step is starting it. Before we go, it is tested to make sure it runs smoothly on new diesel. Our technicians do the entire job where the car is, and long-term damage is very uncommon when it has been caught quickly. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Dig out your insurance before we're en route: cover for misfuelling is included in plenty of policies.
About Tre-Dodridge and where it is
Tre-Dodridge is a small hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, situated inland at an elevation of 57 metres, and is located approximately 8 miles from Cardiff. Tre-Dodridge is characterized by its predominantly detached housing stock, reflecting its rural setting. Tre-Dodridge sits near other small communities such as Clawdd-coch, Pendoylan, and Welsh St Donats, and is part of the wider commuter belt around Cardiff.
AdBlue drains around Tre-Dodridge, and across The Vale of Glamorgan too
Pendoylan and Welsh St Donats have the same teams as Tre-Dodridge, a rural hamlet, along with further towns throughout CF postcodes. Giving us your CF71 7 postcode pins you fastest of all.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to Coed Pen-brych or in a car park in the middle of Tre-Dodridge, it does not need to shift. The van drains it in place. Ring and ask rather than guess when you are close to St. Donat's Church, on a border, or anywhere tricky to explain.
The one-line version
Unstarted? Keep the car that way then phone. Whatever line applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout The Vale of Glamorgan and in Tre-Dodridge — after you stop, turn off and ring, if it's run.