AdBlue in the Diesel Tank in Ynyshir, and What to Do Next
Everything hinges on one fact: if the motor has started since the AdBlue was added — more than anything else. Wherever the vehicle stands — Dinas, Ynyshir — don't start a motor that has not been started yet. Phone 0333 366 0103 with your ignition and engine both off. Across Ynyshir, such a case is generally emptied and flushed on the spot. Already run? Pull over once you safely can, then turn it off. Stage one stays unchanged, even though the job is bigger.
Match what happened to a situation from the list below, anywhere around Rhondda Cynon Taf you happen to be.
On a Ynyshir forecourt with AdBlue in a diesel
You're at the petrol pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It might be the Texaco, or the Shell, or another station in Ynyshir.
What it means: this is the best spot to find out. Nothing has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays only in that tank.
Clearing the petrol pump is no reason to start it — and so do not get back in. Get the staff to lend a hand pushing it into a space, hold on to the bottle, then phone us right there. Stuck beside the petrol pump? Our explosion-proof kit makes a busy forecourt sensible, and so it can be drained in place.
At home in Ynyshir with AdBlue in the diesel tank
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. Homes just off South Street are caught out as often as everywhere else.
The upshot: zero driving since makes it nearly as good to finding it at the petrol pump. At the bottom of your tank sits where AdBlue waits, because it won't mix with diesel — and a night passing changes no difference.
Next: stop an early-morning move by putting your keys indoors, then phone us. Mount Pleasant or Ynyshir: whichever your driveway is, that's where it is emptied. Late-night clears beside a house are no problem: the pumps are quiet.
AdBlue in a diesel and already driving in Ynyshir?
Filled up, pulled away, and before long your motor was turning roughly, blowing smoke, losing power, or flashing up the dash. Maybe driving to Cardiff, under 15 miles away, or just along Gynor Place.
What it means: the system has drawn the AdBlue in. Mileage decides how deep it goes: filter and lines to begin with, then the high-pressure pump and every injector. It goes deeper with each extra mile driven and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it's safe to do so then switch off. Service stations further along can wait: from the M4, under 10 miles out of Ynyshir, take the first junction. No test starts: clearing itself is not something AdBlue does. Call, and say how far the car went.
Hire, lease or company car with AdBlue in the wrong tank
Seven days back, it was new to you. The AdBlue filler sits right beside the diesel one, which you didn't know, because your own vehicle either has no AdBlue or keeps it somewhere else. Wherever you are in Rhondda Cynon Taf, any driver can slip up.
In short: one extra stage on top of the situations above, which turn on whether it has run. Work on your vehicle frequently needs the owner's go-ahead under hire or company agreements.
Do this: hire firm or your fleet manager first, us next, since settling it beforehand cuts time. Stranded by Paul Kirner's Music Palace or at Porth till someone answers, your car remains turned off the whole time.
Not sure it was AdBlue in the diesel tank, Ynyshir?
Occasionally the honest answer is "I think so". A slight ammonia whiff hangs near the filler, the bottle seems too light, and the cap you took off is hard to recall. The gates of the local primary school in a hurry, perhaps, or a friend's driveway over in Glynfach.
Put simply: spillage near your filler leaves the engine no harm. AdBlue inside your diesel tank does. You cannot tell which by turning the key, and doing so will pull in any AdBlue that is in the tank.
Your move: behave as if it got in, and don't start your engine. 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.
Every AdBlue drain around Ynyshir shares these steps
Every situation has the same opening to the job. Wherever the vehicle stands — Sports Bar's car park, a street by St Annes Church, a drive, a filling station — our van gets there and asks for the liquid, the quantity, and if the engine has been run. Replies shape the job; the price comes by phone while nobody has left yet.
Draining your tank comes next, followed by a full flush — more important after urea than after petrol, since crystals and corrosion will not go on their own, no matter how long it sits. The filter is cleaned, or replaced where it needs to be; fresh diesel goes in; and your car is tested. Where the engine has not run, expect about half an hour on site, in most cases.
The final step is starting it. Before our engineers head off, it is checked to make sure it runs properly on new diesel. Our technicians do the entire job where the vehicle is, and long-term damage is very rare if it has been spotted quickly. Paying is on the day, never in advance. For your insurer, there is a VAT invoice plus a report from the engineer. Dig out your insurance while we arrive: misfuelling cover is included in plenty of policies.
About Ynyshir, briefly
Ynyshir is a suburban area situated on the banks of the River Rhondda in south Wales, with a mix of terraced housing and local amenities. Ynyshir sits at an elevation of around 118 metres, near the communities of Mount Pleasant and Birchgrove. Ynyshir is located close to the larger town of Wattstown and is approximately 14 miles from Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
AdBlue drains across Rhondda Cynon Taf, Ynyshir included
Birchgrove and Wattstown get the identical teams as Ynyshir, a residential suburb, along with other towns throughout CF postcodes. A postcode starting CF39 0 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether the vehicle is on a lay-by on the way to Pontygwaith Park or in a car park in the middle of Ynyshir, it doesn't need to shift. Our engineers drain the car where it stands. Awkward to explain? Close to Llanwonno Bridge Plaque or a border? Asking is better than assuming, so ring.
The one-line version
Not run yet: keep the vehicle off and call. Started by now? Pull over, turn off, ring. Petrol in Diesel handles the rest whatever it is, in Ynyshir and Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 0333 366 0103.