Wrong Fuel in Car West Norwood, Lambeth

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Wrong fuel in your car or truck in West Norwood? Thank you for visiting Wrong Fuel SoS. Contact us and discover how we can easily assist you to get you back on the road once again.

It was just before 9 pm on a Monday and despite the fact that we were promised a dry day, it had not given up on pouring down rain! James and me were resting talking about the weekend's rugby rankings, at the ready for the sixth job to arrive. Before long we got the phone call from a lady on a business excursion who had gone to the Shell petrol garage in West Norwood and put the wrong fuel in her diesel light green Honda Accord lease car by mistake. The poor lady was very distressed by the sounds of it, crying "I just can't believe I've wrecked the car! I am just so used to filling my petrol car I completely did not remember that I was running a diesel!" We told her to relax and not to be concerned, also that things like this sadly do happen. She had managed to maneuver the vehicle into a safe area and, seeing that it was no more than a few minutes off from us, we could find her fairly quickly. The contaminated fuel was extracted and she was able to get back to the motel she was lodging at. Despite the fact we got extremely drenched, it was all worth the effort to see her drive away satisfied and much less concerned. A misfuel correction in Lambeth well done in my books!

Welcome to WrongFuelSoS.com. Assuming you have the incorrect fuel in your vehicle and are in West Norwood, Lambeth please read on. WrongFuelSoS.com offers you two principal catch-phrases: Nationwide and 24 hours a day. And we adhere to them intimately. You actually can depend on us to be at your support when you call us, and irrespective of wherever you are situated in West Norwood or even the United Kingdom.

The 3 things you MUST know about a Misfuel!


Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Fuel contaminated with water, no matter whether it's unleaded or diesel, is generally a significant situation to handle in a vehicle - specifically in modern common-rail engines.

Water or AdBlue in the fuel tank will lead to idling problems, lumpy running, excessive smoke and, if it is not dealt with properly, in some cases broken injectors. Having water in petrol is a lot easier to remove when compared with water in diesel - this is mostly because diesel is an oil. In spite of this we are able to deal with both cases fairly swiftly.

Bear in mind though that whenever the vehicle was run on the water contaminated fuel it will more than likely need a new fuel filter to be fitted seeing as the old one is going to be thoroughly water-logged and unusable.

Run Out of Fuel Service

Run out of fuel in West Norwood (out of gas - as our American cousins would say)? We operate a full Lambeth Run Out of Fuel Service. We are able to come to fill up your car any time you are having difficulty on a motorway, roadside in the middle of nowhere, or just at home. Our engineers can come to you with 10-20 litres of the correct fuel (bought at pump price) to fill up the car. They are also able to deal with the typical issues that can go with running out of fuel - like airlocks, vehicle unable to restart, and even flat batteries as a result of over-cranking.


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Just had a quality night of uninterrupted sleep! It was 7:30 in the morning on a bright Tuesday and we were on the way to assist an elder sweetheart after she put contaminated fuel in her diesel well worn Mitsubishi Endeavor in West Norwood. I'd been told she had left the petrol station and pulled up along a country road en route to see her grandchildren. I got the location punched into the TomTom and was with her inside 60 minutes. I reached the stricken lady and drained the contaminated fuel from the vehicle. Whilst I was doing it she told me, "I am becoming rather forgetful in my old age and forgot about the car using diesel as I had just acquired it several days ago right after my former car, which I'd used for about thirty years, finally gave up the ghost". I finished the job and she gave me a peppermint and thanked me for my work. Such a delightful Lambeth lady!

It's becoming a common dilemma, and roadside fuel drain employees already have the expertise and hardware to fix these kinds of mishaps swiftly and competently. Get in touch with us TODAY for the most reliable misfuel retrieval and maintenance solution.

We deal with your vehicle accompanied by our full registration and coverage. Furthermore, our specialists are completely proficient and knowledgeable in handling just about all vehicle models.

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A man had stopped just near a road in West Norwood. His husband's Mercedes-Benz CL-Class engine had ceased operating and he had no clue what was awry right up until he noticed he put the wrong fuel in his diesel vehicle. He called us to request a fuel drain and that is when he informed us: "I can't believe that I did not know that I put the incorrect fuel in my vehicle." He claimed that he had gotten zero sleep the day before and that must have been precisely why.

All of our engineers are trained on the newest automobiles and their fuel systems. We attend in excess of 5 thousand wrong fuel removals every year in the United Kingdom (sure, there are that many individuals who make the mistake - you aren't the only person). Our call centres are open twenty four hours a day and every day of the week. Our technicians are available anytime you want them.

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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains in and around West Norwood

A few of the more common details we see from many of our specialists in West Norwood:

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We got a phone call from a individual whose winter grey Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG had broken down on a street after a misfuel. "I got the pumps mixed up and pumped the wrong fuel in my vehicle . These guys arrived and fixed the issue when my car stopped." We drained the wrong fuel from the diesel tank and flushed the fuel lines thoroughly afterwards and the motorist could continue with his deliveries.

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A motorist who had sadly put petrol in his diesel faithful Land Rover Freelander phoned us for a fuel drain at the Tesco petrol station in West Norwood. He decided to top up before going on to the local caravan park . "I put unleaded as opposed to diesel which unfortunately wasn't a smart way to start to our holiday." It was definitely no hassle by any means for our engineer to go out and carry out the fuel drain. We hope the family had a good holiday break.

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Typical Misfueling Warning signs:

Following is a list of routine wrong fuel symptoms:

  • Decrease in vehicle power
  • Motor cutting out, chugging or even coughing
  • Hassles starting the motor
  • Excessive 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 VA 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 certified and registered to undertake all varieties contaminated fuel drains needed for the extraction of mixed fuel. To learn about precisely how we will help get you moving once more merely call us.


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