Trecenydd: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your engine run since the AdBlue got in? That one question decides almost everything else from here. If it has not, keep it that way, whether your car is in Trecenydd itself or out in Penyrheol. Leave your motor and your ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it is normally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the vehicle is in Trecenydd. When the motor has run, pull in safely first, then turn the vehicle off. A larger job, yes, yet the identical first move.
Below: the situations our technicians see, anywhere around Caerphilly. Choose the one that fits.
On a Trecenydd forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Imagine it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the nozzle, you realise the filler you took off was not the right one. Possibly you're at the Texaco, possibly at the Asda, perhaps somewhere else around Trecenydd.
Put simply: no better spot to be to discover it. Nothing has drawn it through, so the AdBlue stays just inside your tank.
What to do: don't get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking spot, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and call us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a live forecourt, so a vehicle that can't be pushed clear gets cleared where it is at the pump.
Trecenydd, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
Several days had gone by with the dash light on. 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. Houses just off St. Cenydd Road get caught out as often as anywhere else.
The point: zero miles since leaves this nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. At the bottom of the tank sits exactly where AdBlue waits, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by changes no difference.
What to do: leave your keys inside the house so no one moves the vehicle in the morning. Then ring. Glenfield Estate or Trecenydd: whichever your driveway is, that's where it is emptied. Even at night, our pumps stay quiet enough for a residential street.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel in Trecenydd?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Cae'r Fferm, perhaps, or the route towards Cardiff — a run of under 10 miles.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked into the fuel system. Past your filter, along the lines, and — the further the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Do this: stop anywhere safe, then turn the engine off. Trecenydd lies under 3 miles from the M4; there, come off at the next junction instead of pushing on to the services. Restarting it to test gets nothing — AdBlue never clears itself. About how far had it go? Tell us as you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
You've had this car barely a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel filler, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Anywhere you are in Caerphilly, any motorist could be caught.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. Any work on the car frequently needs the owner's approval under rental or fleet terms.
Sorting it before the van turn up is quicker, so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, and then us. Waiting for a reply in the car park outside Aber, or beside Trecenydd Community Centre? Leave the car off meanwhile.
AdBlue in the diesel tank? Not sure, in Trecenydd
At times, "I think so" is all you can honestly say. A slight ammonia whiff lingers around your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is a blur. Maybe on a friend's drive in Watford Park, or in a rush outside the local primary school on the school run.
Meaning? Spills around the filler don't touch your motor at all. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is another matter. You can't tell which by turning the key, and doing so will suck in any AdBlue that is in your tank.
Take it that it went in, and never start the engine. Checking a tank that turns out free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it has been run — so ring then tell us what you saw.
Trecenydd: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Every situation has the same start to the job. Wherever the car stands — The Station Inn's car park, a road by St Cenydd Road Presbyterian Church, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks about the liquid, the quantity, and if the engine has been run. Those answers decide the work, and you get the price by phone, before anybody heads out.
Emptying your tank comes next, then a full flush — more vital after urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, however long you wait. Next comes the filter — flushed, or swapped when needed — then clean diesel, and a test of your car. Not started? Then roughly half an hour once we are there is most jobs.
The final step is starting it. Before our technicians head off, it is tested to confirm it runs correctly on new diesel. The entire job is done where the car is, and when it's noticed early, long-term damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Worth knowing: lots of insurers include misfuelling cover, and so a quick look at your policy as you wait is worthwhile.
About Trecenydd, briefly
Trecenydd is a suburban area in Caerphilly, situated near the banks of the Rhymney River at an elevation of 119 metres. Trecenydd lies approximately 7 miles north of Cardiff and is characterized by its predominantly semi-detached housing stock. Trecenydd is close to nearby residential areas such as Glenfield Estate and Bondfield Park, and is part of the wider commuter belt around Cardiff.
AdBlue drains across Caerphilly, Trecenydd included
Trecenydd is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Bondfield Park and Energlyn among them, across the CF postcode area. Quickest of all: a CF83 2 postcode for your location.
Whether the car is on a lay-by on the way to Morgan Jones Park or in a car park in the middle of Trecenydd, it doesn't need to move. The van empties it in place. Phone and ask rather than guess if you're by 1223 (Caerphilly) Squadron, near a border, or anywhere awkward to explain.
The one-line version
Still unrun? Keep the vehicle off then ring. Whatever case fits, Petrol in Diesel takes over from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Caerphilly and in Trecenydd — after you stop, turn off and ring, if it has run.