What Now? AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Trelawnyd
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank comes down to one thing more than any other: whether your engine has run since it went in. Out in Gwaenysgor or right around Trelawnyd, an unrun motor must remain unrun. Normally that means emptying and properly rinsing it right there in Trelawnyd — so leave your key and engine off then ring 0333 366 0103. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Step one stays unchanged, even if the work is bigger.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Flintshire it happened.
Trelawnyd forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
The cap you unscrewed was the wrong one — and you only spot it while you're stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. Whether Texaco, Tesco or somewhere else in Trelawnyd, the case is the same.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is as good as it gets. Only the tank has AdBlue; not one component beyond it has taken any in.
Freeing the pump is no reason to run it — so do not get back in. Ask the staff to help you push the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, and phone us from the forecourt. The equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt, so a car that cannot be pushed away is emptied right at the petrol pump.
Trelawnyd, at home: AdBlue in the diesel tank
On your dash, a warning 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 a second time at the cap. It occurs on drives just off Chapel Street as regularly as anywhere.
Meaning? As long as your car hasn't moved since, it's second to the pump case. At the floor of the tank is exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't mix with diesel — and a night going by makes nothing of the difference.
Put your keys indoors overnight — or a person may take it away first thing — then phone us. Marian or Trelawnyd: whichever your drive is, that's where it is drained. Our equipment works quietly enough not to disturb the street at night.
On the road in Trelawnyd with AdBlue in a diesel
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later your motor began to run unevenly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. It might have been driving to St Asaph, under 5 miles away, or simply down High Street.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through your fuel system. Through your filter, along the pipework, and — the more the distance — deeper into the injection pump and each injector. More driving, more starts: further it goes.
Your move: stop anywhere safe, then turn the motor off. Service stations farther along can wait: from the Moreton Spur, under 15 miles out of Trelawnyd, take the next junction. Do not restart the vehicle to see if it has cleared; it will not have. About what distance had it go? Say so when you phone.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company vehicles
You've had the vehicle hardly a week. Your own vehicle either does without AdBlue or keeps it somewhere different, so nothing told you the AdBlue cap was right beside the diesel. Any driver, anywhere around Flintshire, might make the same.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies here — run or unrun — plus one extra step. The owner often has to sign off the work, under many rental and company contracts.
Sorting it before we turn up is quicker, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. If you're stranded in the car park outside Prestatyn, or by Memorial Hall, whilst you wait for an answer, leave the vehicle off.
Unsure about AdBlue in the diesel tank in Trelawnyd?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia around the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. It might have been on a friend's drive in Llanasa, or rushing outside the local primary school at the school run.
What it means: a little spilled round the filler does no damage to your engine. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. If there is AdBlue in your tank, firing up your car will suck it in, and it wouldn't tell you which either.
What to do: treat it as if it went in. Don't fire it up. Ring us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out free of AdBlue than drain one that has already been run.
Every AdBlue drain around Trelawnyd shares these stages
No matter the case, one opening is used. Three things are asked when our technicians reach your car — on a filling station, a drive, a road beside Ebeneser Welsh Independent Chapel or the car park outside The Crown Inn: the liquid, the amount, and whether the motor has run. Over the phone, before anything else, you are told our quote, and those answers decide the work too.
Emptying your tank comes next, followed by a careful flush — more important with urea than with petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't clear on their own, no matter how long it sits. Finally come the filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; clean diesel; and a test of the vehicle. The majority of unstarted vehicles are a half-hour visit from the moment our engineers get there.
We start the engine at the end. With new diesel in, it runs while our engineers make sure it's running correctly, and then we leave. If it is caught early, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the entire job takes place where it is. Nothing is taken upfront, settlement happens on the day, and you receive what your insurer asks for: an engineer report plus a VAT invoice. Plenty of insurance policies include misfuelling cover, and so it is worth checking yours while we are on the way.
About Trelawnyd and where it is
Trelawnyd is a small village in Flintshire, situated on the north-east coast of Wales, with an elevation of 174 metres. Trelawnyd lies near the city of St Asaph and the villages of Marian, Walwen, and Axton, and is characterized by its semi-detached housing. Trelawnyd is a relatively small community, with a population of around 582 people, and is located approximately 184.6 miles from London.
Trelawnyd and Flintshire: AdBlue drains across the area
Walwen and Axton have the identical teams as Trelawnyd, a coastal village, along with other towns throughout LL postcodes. The whereabouts is quickest from a postcode that starts LL18 6.
Stopped en route to Gop Woods, or bang in the heart of Trelawnyd, the car remains put — there's no need to move it at all. The drain happens right there. Assuming doesn't help beside Trelawnyd Methodist Chapel, close to a county line or anywhere hard to describe; phone and ask.
In one line: your scenario
Engine not started: ring, leaving it switched off. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel takes over the rest on 0333 366 0103, across Flintshire and within Trelawnyd — after you pull over, turn off and ring, if it has run.