AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Tregof Village: What Now?
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue was put in? This one question settles nearly everything else from here. Out in Tair-ysgol or here around Tregof Village, an unstarted engine must stay unrun. Usually that means emptying and thoroughly cleaning it right there around Tregof Village — so keep the ignition and motor off and phone 0333 366 0103. Already run? Pull over when safe, then switch everything off. A larger job, then, yet the same first move.
Match your case to a situation from the list below, wherever across Swansea you happen to be.
Tregof Village forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You're 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. Perhaps you are at the Texaco, possibly at the BP, perhaps somewhere else in Tregof Village.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it can be. Still inside your tank, and no fuel drawn onwards: that's where the AdBlue sits.
What to do: do not get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Ask the attendants to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the receipt or the bottle, then ring us from the forecourt. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit keeps a busy forecourt safe, and so we can drain the vehicle where it is.
At home around Tregof Village with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a reminder had been lit all week. You bought a bottle, poured it in on the drive, and only when you put the empty bottle in the recycling did you look once more at the cap. It takes place on drives just off Ffordd Tregof as commonly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle has not moved since, it is second to the forecourt case. Being unable to blend, AdBlue settles low inside your tank and stays. A night parked alters nothing.
Next: the keys in the house, and so nobody takes your car anywhere at breakfast. Then, phone. In Heol Las or here in Tregof Village, the draining is done at your driveway. Even at night, our pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Tregof Village?
Filled up, drove away, and soon the motor was running unevenly, blowing smoke, down on power, or lighting up the dash. Felin Fran, say, or the way to Swansea — a trip of under 5 miles.
Meaning? The fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. Through your filter, through the pipework, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and every injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a safe spot, stop, then switch the motor off. Exit by the first junction — not the services beyond — if you are on the M4, under a mile from Tregof Village. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Call us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company motors
Seven days back, the car was unknown to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you happen to be across Swansea, any motorist can slip up.
The upshot: just as above, divided by whether it ran, only with an added step. Plenty of hire and company contracts want the owner to approve work on your car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is quicker settled before our engineers arrive than after. If you are stranded in the car park at Llansamlet, or by Scott's Pit, while you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Tregof Village?
Truthfully, the best answer might be that you think so. Which cap came off, you cannot recall; but the bottle weighs lighter than expected, and a whiff of ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, say, or a friend's driveway over in Pwllygrafel.
What it means: a little spilled about the filler does no damage to your motor. A diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so would pull in any AdBlue that is in that tank.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn the engine. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clean tank looked at counts as a better result than an already-run one drained.
The common ground in each Tregof Village AdBlue drain
The work opens the same way, whatever your case. Three questions are asked when our engineers arrive — at a filling station, a driveway, a street beside Ainon Chapel or the car park outside Plough and Harrow: the fluid, the amount, and whether it has run. On the phone, ahead of anything else, you are told our price, and those replies decide the work too.
AdBlue forms crystals and eats at some metals in fuel systems, and so it won't wash out unaided; that's why a full flush, after this drain, counts far more here than with petrol. Then is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped where needed — followed by fresh diesel, and a test of your car. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour visit from the moment we get there.
The last step is firing it up. Before we leave, it's tested to be sure it runs properly on fresh diesel. Our technicians do the entire job where your car is, and permanent damage is very uncommon when it has been noticed quickly. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, no money in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours whilst we are on the way.
About Tregof Village
Tregof Village is a suburban area located on the riverside in Swansea, with an elevation of 13 metres above sea level. Tregof Village sits near the cities and towns of Heol Las, Llansamlet, and Peniel Green, and is approximately 4 miles from Swansea city centre. Tregof Village is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock, and is home to around 1009 residents. Tregof Village is situated in a commuter-friendly location, with easy access to nearby urban areas.
AdBlue drains in Tregof Village, and across Swansea too
Tregof Village is a residential suburb, and the same vans that cover it work the towns around it too, Llansamlet and Peniel Green among them, across the SA postcode area. The location is quickest from a postcode beginning SA7 0.
No towing is needed, whether parked centrally in Tregof Village or in a layby en route to Swansea Vale Local Nature Reserve, so leave it put. Wherever it stands, that's where it gets drained. Awkward to pin down? Close to Saint Samlet's or a county line? Asking beats guessing, and so phone.
The one-line version
Engine never started: ring, and leave it switched off. Run by now: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel takes over the remainder, in Tregof Village or wherever across Swansea.