AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Y Felinheli: What Now?
One fact counts most once AdBlue is in a diesel tank, and that is if the engine has run since. Not run yet? Then leave the vehicle like that, whether your vehicle sits — Y Felinheli or Llanedwen. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your key and engine still off. In Y Felinheli, such a case is typically emptied and flushed where it stands. Already run? Pull over when safe, then turn everything off. It is a bigger job, though stage one doesn't change.
Anywhere around Gwynedd it took place, one of the situations below matches yours.
On a Y Felinheli forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
The cap you opened was the wrong one — and you only spot it as you are stood at the pump, bottle or the nozzle in hand. It might be the Esso, or the Tesco, or a different station around Y Felinheli.
Meaning? Spotting it on the forecourt is the best it gets. Nothing has pulled it in, so the AdBlue sits just inside your tank.
What to do: do not get back in and fire it up to clear the pump. Get the attendants to lend a hand rolling it to a space, hold on to the receipt, then phone us from there. Draining it there at the pump is possible when it cannot be shifted, because the equipment is explosion-proof.
Y Felinheli, at home: AdBlue in your diesel tank
On your dash, a warning had been lit for days. Picked up a bottle, poured it in at home, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, too late. Homes just off Port Terrace get hit as often as anywhere else.
The point: no driving since leaves this nearly as good to finding it at the pump. At the floor of that tank sits exactly where AdBlue stays, since it won't blend with diesel — and a night passing changes nothing of the difference.
What to do: leave the keys inside the house so no one moves the car in the morning. Then call. Our technicians drain it on your driveway, whether that's in Y Felinheli or out in Aber Pwll. Even at night, the pumps are quiet enough for a residential street.
On the road in Y Felinheli with AdBlue in a diesel
Rough running, smoke, falling power or a glowing dashboard arrived a mile or two beyond the fill. Maybe it was on Lôn Emyr, perhaps on the way out towards Bangor, under 5 miles away.
The upshot: the system has drawn AdBlue through by now. Past your filter, through the pipework, and — the further the mileage — deeper into the injection pump and every injector. It travels deeper with every extra mile driven and every restart.
Your move: stop somewhere sensible, then turn the engine off. Exit by the first junction — not the services further along — if you are on the Moreton Spur, under 50 miles from Y Felinheli. It will not have cleared, and so there's no point starting it again to check. Ring us and say how far you went.
A hire or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank?
Seven days ago, the car was unknown to you. Your own motor either does without AdBlue or keeps it elsewhere, and so nothing told you the AdBlue inlet was right beside the diesel. It can happen to anyone, anywhere in Gwynedd.
What it means: the same as the scenarios above, depending on whether it's run, with one more stage. Plenty of hire and fleet contracts require the owner's approval before work.
What to do: call the hire firm or your fleet manager first, then us. That's quicker settled before we arrive than after. Keep the vehicle switched off as the answer comes, whether you're parked outside Llanfairpwll or near St Edwen.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Y Felinheli?
At times, "I think so" is all anyone can honestly say. The bottle is lighter than it should be, there is a faint smell of ammonia round the filler, and you cannot remember which cap you took off. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Vaynol Hall.
Put simply: a spill round your filler leaves your motor no harm. Once it is inside the diesel tank, though, that changes. Any AdBlue in that tank would be pulled in by firing up the car, and the start wouldn't settle which it is in any case.
Take it that it was put in, and don't turn your key. Describe what you saw on the phone. A clear tank checked is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
What every AdBlue drain around Y Felinheli has in common
Every situation has the same opening to the job. Anywhere the vehicle is — Tafarn y Fic's car park, a road beside Forest Theatre, a driveway, a forecourt — the van gets there and we ask about the liquid, the amount, plus if your motor has turned over. The price comes over the phone, ahead of anyone setting off, and the answers set the job.
A thorough flush follows this drain. With petrol it's standard; with AdBlue it's crucial, because crystals form and certain metals corrode, and none of that rinses away unaided. Last are your filter, flushed or renewed if necessary; fresh diesel; and a test of your vehicle. Not started? Then about half an hour once we are there covers most jobs.
Our technicians start the engine at the end. With fresh diesel in, it runs while we check it's running smoothly, and then we go. The entire job is done where your car is, and if it's caught quickly, long-term damage is very unusual. You pay on the day, with nothing upfront, and get a VAT invoice and an engineer report for your insurer. Many policies include misfuelling, and so look at yours as we head over.
About Y Felinheli and where it is
Y Felinheli is a coastal village in northwest Wales, situated near the Menai Strait and close to the city of Bangor. Y Felinheli has a population of around 1267 people and is characterized by its terraced housing. Y Felinheli sits at a low elevation of 8 metres above sea level, with nearby places including Aber Pwll and Y Wern.
AdBlue drains in Y Felinheli, and across Gwynedd too
Being a coastal village, Y Felinheli has the same vans as the nearby towns — Tan-y-maes, Y Wern — all the way through LL postcodes. The location comes clearest from a postcode beginning LL56 4.
No towing is required, be it stopped centrally in Y Felinheli or on a lay-by en route to Park Wood, and so leave it where it is. Where it sits, that's where it is cleared. Ring and check rather than guess if you're close to Greenwood Family Park, on a boundary, or somewhere tricky to explain.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Already run: stop, switch off and call. Either way, Petrol in Diesel takes it from there around Y Felinheli and anywhere across Gwynedd on 0333 366 0103.