AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Waun-Gron: What Now?
One thing counts above all once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the motor has been started since. Over in Tirdeunaw or right in Waun-Gron, an unstarted engine should remain that way. Switch nothing on, ring 0333 366 0103, and expect a proper flush plus a drain, carried out just where your vehicle stands in Waun-Gron. If it's run, stop as soon as it is safe and switch off. Step one stays unchanged, even though the work is bigger.
Compare what happened to one of the list below, wherever in Swansea you happen to be.
At the petrol pump around Waun-Gron: AdBlue in a diesel
Picture it: stood by the petrol pump, holding the bottle, you spot the filler you opened wasn't the right one. Anywhere in Waun-Gron, then — Texaco, Murco, or somewhere else close by.
The upshot: of every spot to notice, the forecourt is the best. No pump has pulled it through, and so the AdBlue stays just in that tank.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the petrol pump. Ring us from the forecourt after the vehicle sits in a bay — the staff will help push it — and save the bottle. Emptying it there at the petrol pump is possible if it can't be moved, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
AdBlue in the diesel tank on a Waun-Gron drive?
On your dash, a reminder had been lit for days. A bottle bought at the garage, emptied in at the driveway — and it's just by the bin that the cap got a second look. Homes just off Llangyfelach Road are caught out as much as anywhere else.
Put simply: if your vehicle has not been driven since, it is nearly as good as spotting it at the forecourt. Diesel and AdBlue keep apart: the AdBlue settles to the base of that tank and remains there, however long it waits.
Put your keys in the house tonight — or someone might take it away first thing — then phone us. Your driveway is where it gets emptied, be it around Waun-Gron or Tre-boeth. The pumps are quiet enough to use outside a house after dark.
On the road in Waun-Gron with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, lost power or a lit dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the top-up. Somewhere along Penlan Road or heading to Swansea — under 3 miles away.
What it means: the fuel system has pulled the AdBlue in. The injection pump and each injector get it as well on a bigger run, after your filter and lines have had it. It travels deeper with every mile covered and every restart.
Next: pick a safe place, stop, and switch your engine off. Leave by the next junction — not the services beyond — if you're on the M4, under 3 miles from Waun-Gron. It won't have cleared, and so there's no sense restarting to check. Tell us hear the distance covered as you ring.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
You have only had the car a week. Unbeknown to you, the two inlets sit side by side here — unlike your own vehicle, which has none or keeps it in another spot. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Swansea.
What it means: the same as the situations above, depending on whether it has run, with one more step. The owner frequently needs to approve the work, under many hire and fleet contracts.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That is faster settled before we arrive than after. If you're stranded in the car park outside Swansea, or by Morris Castle, whilst you wait for an answer, leave your car off.
Not sure it was AdBlue in your diesel tank, Waun-Gron?
Truthfully, the only answer might be that you think it did. What cap was taken off, you can't recall; meanwhile the bottle feels lighter than it ought to, and ammonia hangs by the filler. The gates of the local primary school in a rush, perhaps, or someone's drive out in Cnap-Llwyd.
The point: the engine isn't harmed by some AdBlue spilled around the outside. AdBlue inside the diesel tank does. Firing up your car cannot tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will draw it in.
Take it that it got in, and don't turn the key. Checking a tank that proves free of AdBlue beats emptying one once it's been run — so ring and describe to us what you noticed.
Every AdBlue drain around Waun-Gron shares these stages
The job begins the same way, whatever your situation. Wherever the vehicle is — The King's Head Pub's car park, a road by Penlan Leisure Centre, a driveway, a forecourt — our van gets there and asks about the liquid, the amount, plus whether the engine has turned over. Replies shape the job; the price follows on the call while no one has left yet.
Then that tank is cleared and your system cleaned thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, and so it does not rinse out on its own. Next is the fuel filter — flushed, or swapped when necessary — then fresh diesel, and a test of the car. Never started? In that case roughly half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Firing it up comes last. Our check that it runs smoothly on clean diesel comes before our technicians leave. If it is caught early, the vehicle very seldom has permanent damage, and the whole job happens where it is. Payment is on the day, never upfront. For the insurer, there is a VAT invoice and a written report from the engineer. Worth knowing: many insurers include misfuelling cover, so a quick look at your documents while you wait pays.
About Waun-Gron itself
Waun-Gron is a suburban area located near the coast in Swansea, with Waun-Gron sitting approximately 100 metres above sea level. Waun-Gron is close to the nearby communities of Tre-boeth and Penfilia, and Waun-Gron is about 2.2 miles from Swansea city centre. Waun-Gron has a mix of housing types, with semi-detached homes being predominant in the area.
AdBlue drains about Waun-Gron and across Swansea
Waun-Gron is a residential suburb, and the same teams that cover it work the towns near it too, Lisbon and Penfilia among them, across the SA postcode area. A postcode starting SA5 9 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
No towing is needed, whether parked centrally in Waun-Gron or in a layby en route to Knoyle Park, so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that is where it is cleared. If you're somewhere hard to explain, near Penlan Community Centre and Library or close to a border, ring and ask rather than assuming.
Your situation, in one line
Where it has not started, ring and leave it off. Already run: stop, switch off then ring. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Waun-Gron and anywhere across Swansea on 0333 366 0103.