Wrong Fuel in Car Colchester Green, Suffolk

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Wrong fuel in your motor vehicle in Colchester Green? You are welcome to Wrong Fuel SoS. Give us a call and find out how we are able to assist you to get you moving again.

We performed a fuel drain for a customer whose vehicle had conked out on a street in Colchester Green because he had put petrol in his diesel car. We got there to discover the driver patiently awaiting us in his dad's Honda CR-V - he was catching up browsing his iPad. We subsequently got rid off the wrong fuel and he was able to resume his trip in no time. "I was impressed. Your fuel drainer was extremely fast and professional. Thanks a lot."

Are you aware that there are in excess of 150,000 cases of customers filling their car up using the incorrect type of fuel every calendar year? If you've unfortunately done the same thing in Colchester Green, it's possible that we can certainly help you. We're professional fuel retrieval and drain professionals. Fully certified and knowledgeable in working with just about all varieties of vehicles.

The 3 things you MUST know about fuel contamination!


Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Water contaminated fuel, no matter whether it's petrol or diesel, is without question a serious situation to take care of in a car - especially in present-day common-rail engines.

Having water or AdBlue in the fuel tank can produce idling issues, lumpy running, excessive smoke and, if it's not sorted out correctly, in some cases damaged injectors. Water in petrol is less complicated to drain compared to water in diesel - this is mainly due to the fact that diesel is an oil. In spite of this we are able to handle both cases pretty easily.

You should know however that in the event that the vehicle was started on the water contaminated fuel it will more than likely require a new fuel filter fitted seeing as the old one is going to be completely wet and useless.

Marine Fuel Drains

If it turns out you have the wrong fuel, or contaminated fuel (most typically water contamination or old fuel) in a boat we can help drain it. As long as the boat is either on land, or secured near enough to a car or truck parking bay we can reach the storage and drain out the fuel. We've done many fuel drains at docks and boatyards throughout the country.


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A relatively alarmed motorist called us from the Texaco petrol station at Suffolk to inform us that he put petrol in his diesel sky blue Peugeot 107; he wasn't totally sure how he'd managed to do it. We assured him it was not a problem and before long had our engineer with him to clean the contaminated fuel from his car. Having extracted the bad fuel, he was swiftly back behind the wheel. He told us; "I am truly shocked I put the wrong fuel in my car. And the chap who came to take care of the fuel drain was genuinely excellent - he didn't make me appear an idiot."

So, in case you have filled your petrol automobile with diesel, or put petrol in your diesel automobile somewhere in Suffolk, contact us right now. Our professional technicians are ready for your call.

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I had appreciated a terrific evening hiking on the weekend and felt cheerful the next day as I was on the way to help a young family on holiday in Colchester Green. They'd broken down after inserting petrol in their navy blue Toyota Land Cruiser, and they were roughly an hour away. I turned up at their location and smiled while I listened to the woman telling off her husband for turning out to be so stupid. "How could you even find a way to put the wrong fuel in the vehicle?" she demanded of him. I tried to tell her that this happens on a regular basis in Suffolk and that it's absolutely nothing to fret about, nonetheless he all the same had an earful by his missus. Poor guy. Anyhow, I drained out the contaminated fuel, flushed the engine and gave it some right fuel. While watching them drive off I waved goodbye and pondered on what my wife would ask me if perhaps I made the very same blunder... I'd personally never ever live it down!

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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains around Colchester Green

A few of the standard stories we have heard from many of our employees in Colchester Green:

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We were called by a gentleman whose husband's Hyundai Tiburon had broken down on a road after a misfuel. "I got the pumps mixed up and put petrol instead of diesel in my vehicle in error. You arrived and resolved the problem right after my car quit." We purged the petrol from the diesel tank and flushed the fuel lines thoroughly afterwards and the customer could then go on with his deliveries.

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A driver who had unfortunately put the wrong fuel in his diesel clean white Toyota phoned us for assistance at the BP petrol filling station in Colchester Green. He thought it would be good to fill up before going on to the local caravan park but had put the wrong fuel in his car. "I put petrol rather than diesel which probably wasn't a smart beginning to our vacation." It was absolutely no trouble in the least for our technical engineer to go along and carry out the fuel drain. We hope the family enjoyed their holiday break.

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Ordinary Petrol in Diesel Symptoms:

Here is a list of likely wrong fuel symptoms or signs:

  • Decrease in engine power
  • Car conking out, stuttering or hiccuping
  • Problems starting the automobile
  • Abnormal smoking

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 certified and certified to execute all varieties of wrong fuel drains needed for the removal of contaminated fuel. To learn about how we can assist get you on the move again simply give us a call.


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