Wrong Fuel in Car Honington, Suffolk

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Wrong fuel in your vehicle in Honington? Welcome to Wrong Fuel SoS. Phone us and enquire just how we can help to get you on the road rapidly.

It was just before ten pm on a Friday and despite the fact that we were assured a rainless day, it had not given up on raining! James and I were relaxing there talking over the sports results, ready for the 8th call to come in. Inevitably we got a phone call from a lovely woman on a company excursion who had pulled into the Esso filling station in Honington and put the wrong fuel in a diesel grass green Lexus LX lease car in error. The poor thing was fairly distressed apparently, saying "I can not believe that I have ruined the vehicle! I'm so familiar with filling up my petrol car that I completely did not remember I was driving a diesel!" We instructed her to take it easy and not to fret, plus that things like this unfortunately do happen. She was able to maneuver the vehicle into a secure space and, because it was only a few minutes away from our van, we could arrive at the lady almost instantly. The incorrect fuel was cleaned up and removed so she could go home to the motel she was staying in. Despite the fact that we got thoroughly drenched, it was all rewarding to watch her drive off calm and less concerned. Another fuel drain in Suffolk well done in my mind!

Do you know that you may find more than 150,000 examples of individuals filling their car up using the wrong sort of fuel each year? If you've gone and done precisely the same in Honington, we can help. We're specialist wrong fuel retrieval and drainage experts. Fully certified and expert in dealing with just about all models of vehicles.

The 3 things you MUST know about a Misfuel!


Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Water contaminated fuel, no matter whether it is unleaded or diesel, is definitely a significant condition to take care of in a car - particularly in advanced common-rail engines.

Water or AdBlue in your fuel can potentially result in idling issues, irregular running, abnormal smoke and, if it is not remedied fully, potentially damaged injectors. Having water in petrol is less complicated to drain than water in diesel - largely due to the fact that diesel is an oil. Having said that we can solve both cases very swiftly.

Keep in mind though that whenever the vehicle was run with the water contaminated fuel it will more than likely require a new fuel filter to be installed since the old one will undoubtedly be completely wet and useless.

Waste Fuel Disposal

Got a fuel container at the rear of your garden with out of date, useless or contaminated fuel? We are able to assist you to get rid of it. We have been called out to many privately owned and commercial properties in Suffolk to deal with taking away and recycling fuel storages. We are registered 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 even some containers in an outbuilding, providing we are able to get to it, we can certainly drain it.


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Ahhh, that was a fantastic night's sleep! 7:00 on a warm Tuesday and I was en route to help an old lady who had put the wrong fuel in her diesel mom's Audi A7 in Honington. She informed us that she had left the petrol station forecourt and was pulled up in a country road en route to see her grandchildren. I plugged her location straight into the Satnav and arrived within 60 minutes. I reached the destination and extracted the contaminated fuel from the vehicle. Whilst I was working she explained, "I have been getting fairly absent-minded in my senior years and forgot about the car taking diesel as I'd only just got it a couple of days back right after my previous one, which I'd had for about thirty years, eventually died on me". I completed the job and she gifted me a toffee and said thanks. What a pleasant Suffolk lady!

We are aware of what's crucial to you and subsequently are 100 % covered and licenced for our work. Furthermore, our specialists are thoroughly trained and expert in handling the majority of makes.

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A person called us from Honington saying he mistakenly piped the wrong fuel in to his diesel dark blue VW Scirocco. "Shocking! I can't believe I put petrol in my nice diesel car!" It took our specialist around fifty minutes to fully drain the wrong fuel out of the car. He meticulously purged the fuel lines, filter and pumps and after that put fresh diesel in the car. The customer was happy and it hadn't cost him dealer prices to have the work professionally performed.

It doesn't matter if it is petrol in diesel or diesel in petrol we are able to assist you to sort it out. Our UK call operators are always open, including holidays, to resolve your questions and assist to get you on the road again. Call and request assistance or advice.

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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Honington

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I am not actually so interested in working on weekends, and a week ago was the same. I'd just left the family after having a superb lunch prepared for us by the missus, and I was on my way to deal with a fellow after he had put the wrong fuel in his blue BMW M Roadster. He was somewhere in Honington therefore it wouldn't be a long time before I reached him. As I arrived at the car and got out he said to me "Thank the Lord! I incredibly had my thoughts on stuff and did not grasp that I had put diesel in my petrol car. Have I caused some damage through running it?" I determined generally there probably should not be any kind of harm and that also I would personally get the fuel drained as quickly as possible for him. It goes without saying that I got the wrong fuel drained from the car and put in some appropriate fuel, and yet another happy customer had the ability to continue on their traveling with no difficulty. The guy did not stop thanking me, and this can make working on Sundays in Suffolk just a little bit less painful in my opinion!

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This was exactly an unsociable time to be on the road. It was about sunrise and almost noone was stirring. It was quite quiet up to now, and me and Brian were sitting about looking through a couple of old articles. It was an unusual quiet moment in Suffolk. Actually it was indeed that quiet that when the phone eventually rang I leaped! The motorist explained: "I have only just completed my overnight shift and incredibly filled the wrong fuel in my compact Peugeot 505". I asked him to tell us where the vehicle was and we left, arriving in Honington not as much as 30 minutes later. The incorrect fuel was cleaned up and removed from the engine and he thanked us for coming so quickly. While we were returning home we spotted two ladies on the edge of the road who looked like they had a flat tyre. As a result we pulled up to change it, much to their delight.

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Usual Wrong Fuel Signs and symptoms:

The following is a list of very common wrong fuel symptoms or signs:

  • Decrease in vehicle power
  • Car cutting out, stuttering or hiccuping
  • Issues starting the car
  • Increased 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 SoS is fully licensed and certified to perform all forms of fuel drains regarding the removing of mixed fuel. To find out how we will assist get you on the move once again give us a call.


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