Wrong Fuel in Car Weacombe, Somerset

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Wrong fuel in your car or truck in Weacombe? Thanks for visiting Wrong Fuel SoS. Give us a call and enquire how we can easily assist you to get you on the road once again.

It was close to seven pm on a Thursday and even though we were guaranteed a rainless night, it had not stopped pouring! Ray and I were resting there talking about the footy results, prepared for the seventh fuel drain of the day to come in. Eventually we got a call from a lovely women on a company excursion who had pulled into the BP filling garage in Weacombe and filled the wrong fuel in her diesel matte black Fiat Uno lease car by mistake. She was very agitated it seemed, telling me "I can not believe that I have destroyed the car! I'm just so used to filling up my petrol vehicle I completely didn't remember that I was running a diesel!" I just instructed her to settle back and not to be concerned, and that these things regrettably do happen. She was able to relocate the vehicle into a safe position and, as it was only a short distance from where we were, we could reach the woman swiftly. The wrong fuel was taken out and she could return to the Premier Inn she was staying in. Although we got pretty drenched, it was all worth the time to see her drive off relaxed and much less concerned. A misfuel correction in Somerset done well in my books!

If you've put the incorrect fuel in your car in Weacombe (wrong fuel Weacombe) we are the guys you need to contact. We assist the entirety of the Weacombe area and all adjoining towns.

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AdBlue Contamination

All around Somerset we have identified a lot more occurrences of AdBlue contamination where a motorist has put AdBlue straight into their diesel tank. This is to some extent as a consequence of motorists not understanding the way to to make use of (be aware: it is actually not a fuel additive), and to some extent simply because the filler caps for diesel and AdBlue are typically right next to each other on the car.

Now, exactly what is the matter with having AdBlue in your diesel car?

Since AdBlue is mostly ionised water, it is nearly as good as putting water in your tank. Diesel and water tend not to mix whatsoever and trying to run a diesel car on water cannot work. Furthermore, the urea is fairly corrosive to the fuel system pipes and seals and is at risk of crystallisation, obstructing injectors and fuel filters. In case you have put AdBlue in your fuel tank empty it asap. And absolutely never crank the vehicle - not even to maneuver it into a parking area. In the event that you did start the vehicle you will likely need to have the complete fuel system purged and filters changed out.

In case you end up in this situation don’t fret or panic! Call us, the UK’s Premium fuel contamination company. Our engineers have the technical knowledge and working experience to get you back on the road rapidly and efficiently, no mess, no fuss.

Waste Fuel Removal

Got a fuel container placed at the back of your garden full of unwanted and old, useless or degraded fuel? We can assist you to get rid of it. We have been called out to numerous privately owned and industrial properties in Somerset for the purpose of removing and disposing of fuel storages. We are covered by the Environment Agency to enable us to remove and dispose of waste fuel safely and legally.

Regardless of whether the fuel storage is an underground container, a portable bowser, or perhaps some containers in a storage shed, if we can get to it, we could certainly drain it for you.


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What a fantastic night of sleep! It was 7:30 am on a bright Sunday and we were on the way to help an elder lovely lady after she had put petrol in her diesel cyan Cadillac Catera in Weacombe. I had been told she drove away from the filling station and stranded along a country lane on the way to see her family. I got her location plugged in the TomTom and got there in less than 60 minutes. I got to the destination and extracted the wrong fuel in the car vehicle. As I was doing it she said to me, "I am becoming relatively absent-minded in my senior years and didn't remember about the car using diesel since I had only just bought it a few days back because my other one, which I'd used for more than thirty years, eventually died". I finished the drain and she presented me a Murray mint and said thanks. What a delightful Somerset woman!

We are completely registered and covered with insurance and thus you know that the motor vehicle is in risk-free hands. Through in excess of 150 years of total wrong fuel drainage practical knowledge we know just how to have the job done - full stop.

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A gentleman had conked out off a street in Weacombe. His bright yellow Volkswagen Beetle motor had stopped working and he had no idea what was faulty until eventually he realised he put the wrong fuel in his diesel car. He rang us to get a fuel drain and that's when he said to us: "I can't believe that I did not comprehend that I had put the wrong fuel in my vehicle." He said that he had got absolutely no rest the night before and that must have been precisely why.

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No one likes being stuck in a vehicle contaminated with the incorrect fuel halfway down the street. One of our last customers who filled up her tank with the wrong fuel (mum's VW Golf) in Weacombe suffered exactly this crisis: "Your fuel drain guy moved my car from the live lane. He drained it and had it working once more in half an hour. Highly recommended."

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A gentleman phoned us from his light green Mercedes SLK-Class after he had come to a halt on the congested road. "I accidentally put unleaded in my diesel car and I soon learned all about it a few miles down the road!" Thankfully we were able to have an engineer out to him in a rather short time, taking into consideration the fact it was rush-hour, and he was soon back behind the wheel.

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Prevalent Wrong Fuel Symptoms:

This is a list of routine wrong fuel symptoms or signs:

  • Lack of engine power
  • Engine cutting out, chugging and / or hiccuping
  • Difficulty starting the motor
  • Abnormal 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 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 SoS is fully credited and registered to conduct all forms contaminated fuel drains needed for the removing of mixed fuel. To learn about how we can assist get you moving once more merely call us.


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