Troedrhiw-Trwyn: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
Has your engine turned over since the AdBlue got in? This one question settles almost everything else from here. Anywhere your vehicle is — Pwll-Gwaun, Troedrhiw-Trwyn — never run an engine that has not run yet. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and count on a thorough flush after a drain, carried out just where the car stands in Troedrhiw-Trwyn. Pull over the minute you safely can and switch off, if it has been run. Step one stays unchanged, even if the work grows.
Further down: the situations our technicians meet, wherever in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Choose the one that fits.
On a Troedrhiw-Trwyn forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
Only at this point, nozzle yet in hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the petrol pump. Somewhere in Troedrhiw-Trwyn, then — Asda, Sainsbury's, or somewhere else close by.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Just your tank holds AdBlue; not one component past it has taken any in.
What to do: don't get back in and crank it to clear the petrol pump. Three things: a shove into a bay with the staff assisting, the bottle saved, and a call to us from the forecourt. If it can't be moved, it can be drained at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a working forecourt.
At home around Troedrhiw-Trwyn with AdBlue in the diesel tank
On the dash, a reminder had shown for days. Picked up a container, tipped it in at home, binned the empty — and only then looked at the cap again, too late. Driveways near Ty Mawr Road get it as much as anywhere.
The point: no driving since leaves this nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. On the bottom of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, because it will not blend with diesel — and a night going by makes no difference.
Next: stop an early move by keeping your keys indoors, then phone us. We drain it on your driveway, whether that is around Troedrhiw-Trwyn or out in Hopkinstown. Night-time empties beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving around Troedrhiw-Trwyn?
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. Anywhere on Nant y Coed or else heading towards Cardiff — under 15 miles away.
Meaning? Your fuel pump has sucked the AdBlue in. The injection pump and every injector get it as well on a bigger trip, once the fuel filter and lines have it. It goes further with each extra mile covered and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Troedrhiw-Trwyn sits under 10 miles from the M4; on it, pull off at the next junction instead of pressing on for the services. Restarting it to test achieves nothing — AdBlue never clears on its own. About what distance did it go? Say so when you call.
AdBlue in the wrong tank of a hire, lease or company car
Seven days back, it was unknown to you. Unknown to you, the two inlets are next to each other here — not like your own car, which has none or stores it elsewhere. Anywhere you are in Rhondda Cynon Taf, any motorist can be caught.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it has run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the vehicle.
Next: ring the hire company or your fleet manager first, and then us — sorting it before we arrive is faster. Leave the vehicle switched off as the answer arrives, whether you're parked at Trehafod or close to Capel Rhondda.
AdBlue in your diesel tank? Not sure, around Troedrhiw-Trwyn
At times, "I think so" is the most anyone can honestly say. A slight ammonia-like smell hangs near your filler, the bottle feels too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. Maybe it happened in a hurry at the school gates at the local primary school, or on a friend's drive in Graigwen.
In short: spillage near the filler leaves the motor no harm. The diesel tank with AdBlue inside is a different matter. Firing up your car will not tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in your tank it would suck it in.
What to do: treat it as if it got in. Don't start it. Phone and give the details: we would rather confirm a tank free of AdBlue than empty one after the motor has been run.
Each AdBlue drain in Troedrhiw-Trwyn shares these stages
Whatever the case, one opening applies. Anywhere your car stands — The Merlin's car park, a road beside Pontypridd RFC, a driveway, a filling station — the van gets there and asks about the fluid, the amount, and whether the engine has turned over. The price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and the answers set the job.
Emptying that tank comes first, then a full flush — more vital after urea than after petrol, because crystals and corrosion won't go by themselves, no matter how long it sits. Fresh diesel is put in after the filter has been flushed or replaced, and the car is then tested. The majority of unrun cars are a half-hour job from the moment our engineers get there.
Lastly, we start the car. Our technicians check it runs smoothly on clean diesel before leaving. We do the whole job where the car is, and long-term damage is very rare if it has been spotted early. Paying comes that day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Worth remembering: many insurers offer misfuelling cover, and so a check of your policy while you wait is worthwhile.
About Troedrhiw-Trwyn, for a moment
Troedrhiw-Trwyn is a suburban area in Rhondda Cynon Taf, situated near the riverside at an elevation of 85 metres. Troedrhiw-Trwyn lies close to the nearby communities of Hopkinstown, Pantygraig Wen, and Penygraigwen, and is approximately 11.9 miles from Cardiff. Troedrhiw-Trwyn is characterised by its predominantly terraced housing stock, reflecting the local architectural style of the region.
Troedrhiw-Trwyn and Rhondda Cynon Taf: AdBlue drains across the area
Over CF postcodes, the vans serving Troedrhiw-Trwyn — a residential suburb — work nearby towns as well, Pantygraig Wen and Penygraigwen among them. Giving us your CF37 2 postcode pins you quickest of all.
Centre of Troedrhiw-Trwyn or a layby towards Coedcae Berwerdy: either way it sits, the car never needs to move at all for us. Draining is done right there. If you're somewhere hard to explain, close to Indoor Bowls Centre or close to a boundary, ring and ask instead of assuming.
Your situation, summed up
If it has not started, ring and keep it that way. Run already: pull over, switch down, ring 0333 366 0103. Petrol in Diesel handles the remainder, within Troedrhiw-Trwyn or anywhere in Rhondda Cynon Taf.