Wrong Fuel in Car Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

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Petrol in a diesel vehicle? Even when the vehicle has been run we are able to fix the problem and complete a full drain and cleanse - in the majority of instances this will have your vehicle running properly again immediately. We can come to you. We are totally mobile and carry all the hardware required. We have specialised fuel evacuation devices on board and are skilled in all makes of cars.

It was about seven pm on a Monday and though we were promised a dry night, it hadn't stopped raining! Ray and me were sitting there discussing the weekend's golf results, waiting around for the 8th telephone call for the day to arrive. Inevitably we had a phone call from a young lady on a business excursion who had gone to the Texaco petrol garage in Chesterton and put the wrong fuel in a diesel red Nissan JUKE hire car in error. She was very agitated apparently, saying "I can not believe that I've messed up the vehicle! I'm just so accustomed to putting unleaded in my petrol car that I completely did not remember that I was running a diesel!" I just instructed her to take it easy and not to fret, and that things like this unfortunately happen. She was able to maneuver the car into a secure space and, as it was only a short distance from us, we could get to the lady almost instantly. The contaminated fuel was drained and she was able to return to the Premier Inn she was staying at. Despite the fact we got really soaked, it was all rewarding to watch her drive home contented and not so worried. One more misfuel correction in Cambridgeshire well done in my books!

Did you know there're in excess of 150,000 instances of everyday people filling their vehicles up with the incorrect type of fuel every calendar year? In the event that you have unfortunately done the same thing in Chesterton, it's possible that we can easily be of assistance. We're specialist fuel recovery and drain specialists. Wholly certified and experienced in dealing with virtually all kinds of cars.

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Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Fuel contaminated with water, whether it is petrol or diesel, is certainly an important issue to handle in an automobile - especially in current day common-rail engines.

Putting water or AdBlue in the diesel or petrol can potentially trigger idling problems, irregular running, increased smoke and, if it is not sorted out properly, possibly blown injectors. Having water in petrol is easier to drain compared to water in diesel - mostly due to the fact that diesel is an oil. However we are able to deal with both circumstances fairly swiftly.

Keep in mind that as long as the vehicle was started with the fuel contaminated with water it will quite possible require a new fuel filter fitted as the previous one will likely be thoroughly wet and unusable.

Waste Fuel Disposal

Got a fuel reservoir lying in the rear of your premises full of old, useless or contaminated fuel? We can assist you to dispose of it. We've been called out to several private and business properties in Cambridgeshire to deal with taking away and recycling fuel storages. We are covered by the Environment Agency to be able to get rid of and dispose of waste fuel legally and safely.

No matter if the fuel storage is an underground tank, a portable bowser, or even some containers in a shed, assuming that we can access it, we can drain it.


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What a great night of uninterrupted sleep! 7:30 in the morning on a warm Sunday and we were off to assist an older woman who had put petrol in her diesel beautiful Isuzu Impulse in Chesterton. She informed us that she had left the filling station forecourt and broken down in a country lane on the way to visit her grandchildren. I popped her location in the TomTom and was with her within an hour. I reached the stricken lady and extracted the contaminated fuel in the car car. Whilst I was doing the drain she said, "I have been getting fairly absent-minded in my old age and didn't remember about the vehicle needing diesel seeing that I had only just bought it a week ago because my other one, which I had for more than thirty years, eventually stopped working". I got the drain completed and she gifted me a peppermint and said thank you. Such a precious Cambridgeshire woman!

Additionally our workforce of wrong fuel professionals deal with all of Cambridgeshire, which means that your position is within our area. The moment we've established exactly where you are located, we will endeavour to appear at your destination as quickly as we can and remove any contaminated fuel from your vehicle. The simple truth is the quicker you clear away all the contaminated fuel from your engine, the less damage is caused. Consequently pick up that telephone and call our telephone number. A workforce of SPA certified technicians are geared up and primed to assist, irrespective of the day or hour it is.

Therefore, in case you've filled your petrol automobile with the wrong fuel, or the wrong fuel in your diesel motor vehicle just about anywhere in Cambridgeshire, call us now. Our qualified technicians are completely ready and waiting for you.

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A customer phoned us from his place on a street in Chesterton. He exclaimed, "My vehicle (a elegant Land Rover Range Rover Evoque) is not starting up and is generating very bad sounds when I turn the ignition." He said that he had put unleaded in his diesel vehicle but then imagined he would solve the issue by putting extra Diesel on top. We were on scene quickly, performed the drain and filled him up once more with untainted Diesel. He told us that he'd be sure to explain to people not to fill up in addition to the wrong fuel but to have it drained immediately.

And so, if you need a fuel drain or only assistance on how to handle it, you should telephone us whenever. Our experts are on standby to respond to your questions and have a specialist out to you in a flash to repair your car. Call us to get assistance or guidance.

We have technical engineers available in the region completely ready and waiting to turn up and fuel drain your car or truck of the wrong fuel or polluted fuel. We work 24/7 every day of the year. Every one of our employees are totally trained and seasoned in handling all types of cars and trucks.

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Now I am certainly not that excited about doing the job weekends, and last week was no different. I'd just departed the wife and kids after eating a tasty dinner prepared for me by the wife, and I was on my way to deal with a man who had filled the incorrect petrol in his super Audi. He was only in Chesterton thus it wouldn't be long before I reached him. Just as I drove up right behind the car and got busy draining he told me "Thank the Almighty! I foolishly had my concentration on other stuff and did not grasp that I'd put the wrong fuel in my petrol vehicle. I need to know if I inflicted any kind of harm through starting it?" I explained that there should not be any kind of damage and that I would remove the contaminated fuel right away for him. It goes without saying that I removed the fuel from the vehicle and put in some suitable fuel, and so one more contented client had the ability to continue on his journey with no hassle. The man could hardly stop thanking me, and that is what makes operating on Sundays in Cambridgeshire just that little bit easier for me!

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A motorist employed in Chesterton called us shortly after she had managed to get her misfueled vehicle to her office. She had filled the wrong fuel in her diesel daughter's Volkswagen Golf and, like many people prior to her, thought that she could simply top up the vehicle with diesel and it would be fine. The car was spluttering and then it stopped when she got to the the front of her office. We promptly started on the fuel drain following her call and had it sorted in an hour or so while she was at work. She came out later on and thanked us saying, "I'm very relieved you sorted my vehicle."

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Standard Wrong Fuel Symptoms:

This is a list of the most common wrong fuel symptoms or signs:

  • Decrease in engine power
  • Engine conking out, chugging or hiccuping
  • Issues starting the car
  • Increased smoke

How to find out if I put the wrong fuel in my car?

If you’ve just filled up at a petrol station and the cars starts to act a bit strange you might start to wonder if you accidentally put the wrong fuel in it.

Well, there are a few things to can check that will be able to tell you:

  1. How is the car responding? There are some very common misfuel symptoms which can be a good indicator of wrong fuel:
    • Loss of engine power – can feel like the car has run out of fuel
    • A lot of smoke (more than usual)
    • Engine coughing or starting to splutter
    • Won’t start – or keeps stalling.
  2. Look at your fuel receipt. It will state clearly if you filled up with diesel or unleaded. If you don’t have the receipt, you can often return to the petrol station where you filled up and give them the date and time (and pump) where you refueled and they will often be able to give you a VAT receipt.
  3. Smell it. Diesel and petrol have very distinctly different smells. Anyone familiar with the motor industry should be able to help you with this. Or you could even get another car to park alongside and smell the fuel caps of both, comparing them to determine what the fuel type is.
  4. Call us to come out and assess the car. In the majority of cases we will be able to tell if the car has been misfueled before beginning work on it. If we discover that the vehicle does not need a fuel drain, you will only be charged a call-out fee.

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Wrong Fuel London is fully authorised and approved to fulfill all categories of wrong fuel drains relating to the treatment of mixed fuel. To discover how we can help to get you going again simply give us a call.


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