AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ty Rhiw, and What to Do Next
One fact matters above all when AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and it is whether your motor has been started since. If it has not, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is in Ty Rhiw itself or out in Gwaelod-y-garth. Leave your engine and your ignition off and call 0333 366 0103; it's usually a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is around Ty Rhiw. If it has run, stop as soon as it is safe then switch off. It's a bigger job, yet stage one doesn't change.
Wherever across Rhondda Cynon Taf it took place, one of the situations below fits yours.
AdBlue in a diesel on a Ty Rhiw forecourt
Only at this point, nozzle yet in your hand, it dawns on you that the cap you took off was the wrong one, right at the pump. Whether Asda, BP or somewhere else around Ty Rhiw, the case is identical.
What it means: this is the ideal spot to find out. Only that tank holds AdBlue; no component beyond it has taken it in.
Your move: stay out of the car, however much the pump needs freeing. Ask the attendants to help you roll your car into a parking spot, keep your receipt or the bottle, and ring us from the forecourt. Our equipment is explosion-proof and safe on a busy forecourt, and so a car that can't be pushed clear gets drained right at the petrol pump.
AdBlue in your diesel tank at home around Ty Rhiw
The warning light had been on for days. 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. Drives near Beechwood Road get it as much as any other street.
Meaning? As long as your vehicle hasn't been driven since, it is second to the forecourt case. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight does not change that.
Next: keys in the house, and so nobody drives the car off at breakfast. After that, phone. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's around Ty Rhiw or out in Taffs Well. Late-night empties beside a house are fine: the pumps are low-noise.
Drove off with AdBlue in a diesel around Ty Rhiw?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was running roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Maybe driving to Cardiff, under 10 miles away, or simply along Brynau Road.
Put simply: the AdBlue has been sucked through the system. Past the fuel filter, through the lines, and — the more the mileage — deeper into the high-pressure pump and each injector. Each mile and each restart takes it further.
Next: pick a safe place, pull in, then turn the engine off. On the M4, under 3 miles from Ty Rhiw, that means the next exit, not the services further on. Do not restart it to see if it has cleared; it will not have. Ring us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
You've just had the vehicle a week. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, since your own motor either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Across Rhondda Cynon Taf, no one is immune.
In short: one extra stage on top of the cases above, and those depend on whether it's run. Many hire and company agreements want the owner to approve work on the car.
What to do: ring the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before our technicians get there than after. Waiting for a reply at the car park at Taffs Well, or near War memorial? Leave the car off meanwhile.
Ty Rhiw: unsure whether it was AdBlue in the diesel tank?
Honestly, the only answer may be that you think it did. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round your filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. Maybe at a friend's driveway in Tongwynlais, or in a rush outside the local primary school at the school run.
In short: a spill round the filler leaves the engine unharmed. Once it's inside your diesel tank, though, it does. Any AdBlue in the tank will be drawn in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Next: assume it went in, and keep your engine off. Call us and describe what you saw; we'd rather check a tank that turns out clean than drain one that has already been run.
Ty Rhiw: what every AdBlue drain has in common
Whichever situation you are in, the job starts the same way. Wherever your car is — Taffs Well Inn's car park, a street beside The Taff's Well, a drive, a forecourt — the van gets there and asks for the fluid, the amount, plus if the engine has turned over. Your price is given over the phone, before a van leaves, and those answers shape the work.
AdBlue crystallises and eats at some metals used in fuel systems, and so it does not wash out unaided; that is why a full flush, after the drain, counts far more with AdBlue than with petrol. Your filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; clean diesel goes in; and the car is tested. Where the motor hasn't been started, expect roughly half an hour once we arrive, for most cases.
Finally, we start it. Our engineers confirm it runs smoothly on new diesel before leaving. Our technicians do the whole job where the vehicle is, and permanent damage is very unusual when it has been spotted early. For your insurer: the engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment that day, nothing in advance. Check your insurance while we're en route: misfuelling cover is built into many policies.
About Ty Rhiw itself
Ty Rhiw is a suburban area situated on the banks of the River Taff in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with a mix of semi-detached housing and local amenities. Ty Rhiw lies close to the nearby communities of Taffs Well and Bryncoch, and is connected to the city of Cardiff. Ty Rhiw has a relatively low elevation of 57 metres above sea level, reflecting its riverside setting. Ty Rhiw is home to a population of around 1869 people, living in a predominantly residential area.
AdBlue drains across Rhondda Cynon Taf, Ty Rhiw included
Being a residential suburb, Ty Rhiw shares its vans with the nearby places — Glan-y-llyn, Bryncoch — all the way through CF postcodes. Quickest of all: a CF15 7 postcode to show your location.
No towing is required, whether parked centrally in Ty Rhiw or on a lay-by en route to Fforest Fawr, so leave it put. The drain happens right there. Assuming doesn't help near Gwaelod-Y-Garth Village Hall, close to a county line or anywhere hard to pin down; ring and ask.
In one line: your scenario
If it has not run, ring and leave it that way. Already run: stop, switch off then call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Ty Rhiw and anywhere in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 0333 366 0103.