Wrong Fuel in Car Northwood, Kent

24/7 Mobile Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Northwood

You don’t need to worry if your day is starting to become stressful

This is because our experts are situated throughout the country, and they have the required abilities to assist you solve your wrong fuel problem. Rest assured that you have visited the right site. We have helped numerous customers with a similar problem. The fact that we have been in this industry for so long serves to prove that you will receive the help you need by contacting us.

You just realized that you put the incorrect fuel in the car and now you are afraid of continuing with your journey. Probably you weren't concentrated on what you are doing, or more likely you were in a vehicle that you have not used before, or most likely you were in a hurry and by mistake you picked up the wrong fuel pump. You are now stuck by your vehicle, petrified of starting it, or your vehicle just started sputtering, producing lots of smoke or even stopped, thus indicating that you put the wrong fuel in it.

You are probably wondering about what to do next:

You should not feel worried because we are the experts in cases like these. You simply need to follow the guidelines provided by us and most importantly you need to stay calm. You can trust that your problem will soon be resolved by our team of experts.

Then avoid thinking that you have broken your engine. In 99.8 % of all cases concerning filling the vehicle with the incorrect fuel, we deal with the issue there at the roadside with no serious harm done to the engine.

Thirdly, you should ensure that you and all the passengers are secure by parking it in a safe spot, especially if on a motorway, blind bend or road summit. You should also tell them to alight and stand in a safe location, and if you were carrying any pets, ensure their safety and the safety of any other road users by locking the animals inside your car.

Fourth, give us a call immediately. Now you are safe, it is time to call us. Your phone call will be received by our dedicated staff who are present 24 hours a day, night and day, and are willing to help you. First, they will empathise before asking for some specifics that will help them to work out the best way to get you on the road again and the costs involved. You will be given a fixed rate before committing to having a mobile technician sent to your location.

Last but not least, patience is really important. Help is coming. We will try our very best to be with you as quickly as possible because we don't like you to wait for long. In an hour or less, we should have one of our technicians there.

Wrong Fuel in Car Northwood - Petrol in Diesel Car Northwood

A person contacted us from his Northwood after he had come to a halt on the hectic road. "I accidentally put petrol in my diesel car and I shortly realised it several miles along the road!" Thankfully we were able to have an engineer out to him in a rather quick time, bearing in mind the traffic, and he was before long back behind the wheel.

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Once we reach your site

Once our experienced technician arrives at your vehicle he will inspect your vehicle to verify if it is really the case of incorrect fuel in the vehicle. And if it isn't he will not need to do the drain and will just ask you for a minimal cost.

The above signs are usually an indication of incorrect fuel in a vehicle and if we find out that yours is the same problem, we will fix it right away since our mechanics bring the essential equipment and fresh fuel with them. There are three primary reasons why you should pick us. First of all, our teams are competent in handling your situation and can get you back on the road in no time. The second reason is that we ask for the similar price for fresh fuel as that charged in a service station. And the third reason is that we allow all forms of payment, hence if you don’t have sufficient cash with you, we will allow payments via any major debit or credit card.

Other Services

You should also learn that aside from dealing with your vehicle with incorrect fuel, we provide other services related to fuel. For instance, we do assist our customers dispose of contaminated fuel. Disposing of this contaminated fuel is not allowed to anyone unless you are qualified to do so. If these fuels are thrown just anywhere, they could degrade the environment and possibly contaminate the local water supply. Not only we are authorized by the Environment Agency, we also have the appropriate tools for getting rid of contaminated fuel.

Disposing of the contaminated fuel is a completely different service that we deliver to our private and commercial clients at some fee. All you need to do is give us access to where the contaminated fuel is stored, it does not matter whether it is in a fixed storage tank, mobile storage tank or container since we can get to it and get rid of it safely.

Water and AdBlue Contamination

Fuel system mixed with water can make the engine of your car behave badly. Symptoms cited above for an engine with the wrong fuel can also be observed if the fuel system has water in it. This includes low power, lots of smoke appearing out of the exhaust, irregularities on how the car runs and even failing to run at all. This situation of water contamination can extend its damage to the fuel filters.

Putting AdBlue in the fuel tank can also make your vehicle to display similar symptoms. This additive which is utilized to purify the emissions of your engine should only be added through its own separate tank and automatic dosing system inbuilt into the vehicle rather than directly into a fuel tank of a diesel engine. If this is added into the fuel tank by somebody who knows nothing of AdBlue, the result would be bad for the engine.

But you can relax if you experience any of the above problems since we can flush the system just like in the case of incorrect fuel. So, if your issue is wrong fuel, water contaminated fuel, broken fuel filters or AdBlue into the incorrect tank, don’t worry, we can fix it for you thus enabling you to carry on with your journey.

You will soon get back on the road

Talking of getting you on your way, if our mobile mechanic has been beavering away whilst you have been finding out more about our services, he is likely to be close to finishing now. In most situations it takes just about 30 minutes to put things right and get our clients on their way.

Rest assured also that we also deal with other issues resulting from wrong fuel, such as the existence of air in the fuel system or even a low battery, and that we have the expertise and tools to make it right.

Thanks for getting in touch with us. By doing so, we were hopefully able to deal with your problem of wrong fuel and allowed you to get back on the road with all the stress gone.

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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 anywhere in Kent to 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.

Likely Misfuel Warning signs:

This is a list of usual wrong fuel symptoms:

• Lack of engine power
• Motor cutting out, jumping or coughing
• Trouble starting the engine
• Increased fumes

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Wrong Fuel SOS is fully qualified and certified to fulfill all forms wrong fuel drains needed for the treatment of mixed fuel. To learn about how we will assist get you on the road once again simply contact us.