Wrong Fuel in Car Wilby, Northamptonshire

Local Call-Out and Roadside Repair in Northamptonshire

If you've put the wrong fuel in your car or truck and by some means managed to get it home or have broken down by the roadside - we can certainly help you out. Our assistance is fully mobile and we have the ability to come out irrespective of wherever you are and have the vehicle drained, cleaned out and working just as before very quickly - and for an acceptable price!

It was just before ten pm on a Monday and though we were assured a dry and fresh afternoon, it hadn't stopped raining! James and I were sitting there commenting on the football, at the ready for the 6th call to arrive. Inevitably we received the call from a young lady on a company trip who had arrived at the Esso filling garage in Wilby and filled the wrong fuel in her diesel faithful Dodge Sprinter hire car in error. The poor lady was quite distressed it seemed, telling me "I can't believe I have wrecked the car! I'm just so accustomed to filling up my petrol car I completely did not remember that I was operating a diesel!" We asked her to take it easy and not to fret, plus that these things often happen. She managed to move the car into a secure space and, as it was only a few minutes away from the office, we could arrive at the customer almost instantly. The bad fuel was removed and she could return to the motel she was living in. Although we got pretty soaked, it was all worth the time to watch her drive away calm and much less anxious. A misfuel correction in Northamptonshire done well in my mind!

Did you realise there are actually more than 150,000 instances of everyday people filling their car up with the incorrect kind of fuel each calendar year? In the event that you've unfortunately done exactly the same in Wilby, we are able to assist. Our qualified group of technicians are ready and waiting close to your position to come and assist you at the side of the road employing specialist tools.

Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Fuel contaminated with water, regardless of whether it is unleaded or diesel, is usually an important condition to take care of in a vehicle - especially in modern-day common-rail engines.

Putting water or AdBlue in your diesel or petrol will bring about idling difficulties, irregular running, abnormal smoke and, if it is not addressed correctly, oftentimes ruined injectors. Having water in petrol is easier to remove as compared with water in diesel - this is primarily because diesel is an oil. Having said that we can take care of both situations pretty quickly.

Be aware however that in the event that the vehicle was run with the fuel contaminated with water it will most likely require a new fuel filter to be installed seeing as the old one will undoubtedly be thoroughly water-logged and ineffective.

Marine Fuel Drains

If perhaps you have the incorrect fuel, or perhaps contaminated fuel (most usually water contamination or degraded fuel) in a boat we can help drain it. Assuming that the boat is either dry-docked, or secured near enough to a motor vehicle parking spot we should be able to gain access to the tanks and drain out the fuel. We've completed quite a few fuel drains at marinas and boatyards nationwide.

Wrong Fuel in Car in NN8 Postcode - Wilby Misfueling

A fairly alarmed driver phoned us from the Total filling station at Northamptonshire to advise us that he had put unleaded in his diesel rust red VW Jetta III; he wasn't entirely sure how he'd managed to do it. We said to him it was absolutely no worry and soon had our engineer with him to clear the contaminated fuel from his vehicle. Having extracted the incorrect fuel, he was almost immediately back behind the wheel. He told us; "I am genuinely dumbfounded I put petrol in my diesel car. And the person who was sent to undertake the fuel drain was really nice - he didn't make me feel foolish."

We hold complete Environment Agency licencing and full Insurance for your own peace of mind. Through more than one hundred and fifty years of combined wrong fuel drainage know-how we know the correct way to have the task completed - period.

Wrong Fuel Assist Wilby - Wrong Fuel in Car Wilby

A person phoned us from Wilby saying he unfortunately pumped the wrong fuel into his diesel blue Dodge Sprinter. "I can't believe it! I can't believe I put petrol in my nice diesel car!" It only took our engineer approximately fifty minutes to completely drain the incorrect fuel out of the vehicle. He totally cleaned the fuel lines, filter and pumps and after that put clean diesel in the car. The customer was happy and it hadn't cost him dealership prices to have the work professionally done.

We have fuel drain specialists available in the area completely ready and waiting to show up and fuel drain your motor vehicle of the incorrect fuel or polluted fuel. We work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Every one of our experts are thoroughly competent and seasoned in taking on all models of vehicles.

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Prevalent Wrong Fuel Warning signs:

Here's a list of the most common wrong fuel symptoms or signs:

• Loss in vehicle power
• Vehicle cutting out, jumping or even coughing
• Problems starting the motor
• Increased fumes

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 qualified and skilled to perform all forms of wrong fuel drains with respect to the treatment of contaminated fuel. To learn precisely how we will assist get you moving once more call us.