Wrong Fuel in Car Sandridge, Hertfordshire

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Wrong fuel in your car or bike in Sandridge? Thank you for visiting Wrong Fuel SoS. Contact us and find out exactly how we can aid you to get you up and running again.

It was just before seven pm on a Saturday and although we were guaranteed a dry and fresh afternoon, it had not stopped pouring down rain! Mark and I were relaxing going over the weekend's tennis rankings, waiting for the 8th fuel drain to arrive. Inevitably we had the phone call from a lady on a business trip who had gone to the BP petrol garage in Sandridge and filled petrol in her diesel metallic yellow Mazda B-Series Plus hire car in error. The poor lady was rather agitated apparently, crying "I just can't believe I have ruined the vehicle! I'm so used to filling up my petrol car I totally didn't remember that I was driving a diesel!" I just asked her to take it easy and not to be concerned, and also that these things regrettably can happen. She managed to get the car into a safe area and, seeing that it was only a short distance away from the office, we could arrive at the woman fairly quickly. The contaminated fuel was removed so she was able to get back to the motel she was residing in. Despite the fact that we got very soaked, it was all rewarding to see her drive home satisfied and not so stressed. Another misfuel correction in Hertfordshire well done in my mind!

Filled up with the wrong fuel in Sandridge? This is a considerably more frequent dilemma than you might believe. Well, we can easily assist. With a 24 hours a day mobile wrong fuel removal service operating all over the UK WrongFuelSoS.com is able to accommodate your circumstances. Home, roadside or service station forecourt help anywhere in Sandridge and the United Kingdom, and whenever - day or night.

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Waste Fuel Disposal

Have a fuel tank lying at the back of your garden full of unwanted, unusable or degraded fuel? We can assist you to dispose of it. We've been called out to many private and business premises in Hertfordshire for the purpose of removing and disposing of fuel storages. We are covered by the Environment Agency to enable us to extract and recycle waste fuel safely and legally.

Regardless of whether the fuel storage is an underground container, a portable bowser, or possibly even a number of drums in a garage, assuming that we are able to reach it, we can drain it.

AdBlue In Your Diesel

In Hertfordshire we are discovering a lot more occurrences of AdBlue contamination when someone has poured AdBlue into their diesel fuel tank. This is to a degree due to people not being totally sure the right way to work with it (pay attention: it is actually not a fuel additive), and to some extent because the filler caps for diesel and AdBlue are normally directly close to one another on the car.

Well, precisely what is the matter with putting AdBlue in a diesel vehicle?

Seeing that AdBlue is primarily ionised water, it is actually as bad as putting water in your tank. Diesel and water don't blend in the least and attempting to run a diesel car on water cannot work. Also, the urea is quite corrosive to fuel system pipes and seals and is at risk of crystallisation, obstructing injectors and filters. If perhaps you poured AdBlue into a fuel tank empty it as quickly as possible. And most certainly take care not to start up the car - not even to relocate it off of the pump. In cases where you did start the car you will in all probability need to have the whole fuel system purged and fuel filters replaced.

In case you end up in this predicament don’t fret or panic! Call us, the UK’s Best fuel contamination company. Our engineers possess the technical knowledge and experience to have you back on your way swiftly and efficiently, without mess or hassle.


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The driver of a old Audi A6 was regretful that he had put unleaded in his diesel vehicle when he got onto the road and it spluttered and broke down. "I've gone and put unleaded in my diesel car," is what he told us the first time he rang. To be truthful, when he initially contacted us he said he'd research prices, but he called us back soon enough because our pricing and arrival times were the best. Not surprisingly, our engineer had him doing his deliveries well within the time we'd cited.

It's becoming a common situation, and side of the road assistance team have got the expertise and hardware to cope with these kinds of breakdowns swiftly and effectively. Call us TODAY for the most reliable misfuel rescue and maintenance option.

Filled up with the wrong fuel and still at the petrol station? Every one of WrongFuelSoS.com' specialists are fully SPA certified to make it possible for them to work on petrol station forecourts. Health & Safety is a topic we take very closely and we are dedicated to making sure you are given expert, cost-effective and safe services.

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A customer called us from his place on a street in Sandridge. He pronounced, "My vehicle (a company's Chevrolet Cavalier) is not starting and is creating dreadful noises when I flip the ignition." He said that he had put the wrong fuel in his diesel car however reckoned he would fix the problem by putting more Diesel on top. We were on scene quickly, did the fuel drain and filled it up again with untainted Diesel. He told us that he would be absolutely sure to advise people not to fill up over the incorrect fuel but to get it cleaned out right away.

All of our technicians are skilled on the latest automobiles and their fuel systems. We go to over 4 thousand wrong fuel removals yearly in the UK (yes, there are that many people who also make the mistake - you are not the only person). Our call centres are open 24 hours a day and every day of the week. Our technical engineers are on-call at any time when you need them.

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Reports from our Sandridge mechanics:

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We not too long ago received a call about a businessman who had put the incorrect fuel in his cyan Cadillac XLR-V in Sandridge. He had conked out on the street. "After putting unleaded in my diesel car I didn't realize the predicament until we ground to a halt. You drained the wrong fuel from my car and got it running again. I was pleased because of both your speed and your rates". Of course we arrived rapidly and flushed the engine after draining all the wrong fuel from the diesel tank. The motorist was pleased as punch by the time we finished and he drove off completely satisfied.

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This was exactly what we call the graveyard shift. It was roughly 3am and almost noone was around. It had become fairly dead until now, and John and I were sitting around browsing several old newspapers. This was a rare tranquil time in Hertfordshire. Actually it was in fact so calm that the moment the phone finally rang it made me jump! The person on the phone said: "I have ended my evening shift and stupidly filled petrol in my khaki green BMW 760 by mistake". We asked him to tell us where exactly he was located and we set off, reaching him in Sandridge no more than an hour later. The fuel was cleaned from the motor. He thanked us for showing up so fast. While we were coming back home we noticed two girls at the side of the street who looked like they had a flat. So we got out and helped them change it, to their delight.

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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.

Prevalent Misfueling Warning signs:

Here's a list of typical wrong fuel signs and symptoms:

  • Losing vehicle power
  • Motor conking out, jumping or even hiccuping
  • A tough time starting the motor
  • Abnormal smoke

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