Wrong Fuel in Car Lakenheath, Suffolk

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Petrol in your diesel car in Lakenheath? You have come to the perfect place. We aim to help you in this emergency and get you running once more with our dedicated fuel removal services.

It was just before 6 pm on a Monday and though we were guaranteed a dry afternoon, it hadn't given up on pouring! Ryan and I were resting there talking about the weekend's football, prepared for the 8th fuel drain that day to arrive. In due time we got a call from a lovely woman on a company expedition who had gone to the Sainsburys filling station in Lakenheath and filled the wrong fuel in her diesel husband's Jaguar XK rental car. The unfortunate lady was very troubled apparently, telling me "I cannot believe that I have wrecked the vehicle! I'm so used to filling up my petrol car I completely forgot that I was operating a diesel!" I told her to calm down and not to be concerned, and also that such things happen. She managed to relocate the vehicle to a protected space and, seeing that it was only a few miles away from the office, we were able to find the woman fairly quickly. The bad fuel was drained so she could once again go back to the Travelodge she was residing at. Although we got extremely wet, it was all rewarding seeing her drive away calm and less concerned. Another misfuel correction in Suffolk well done in my opinion!

Were you aware you will find more than 150,000 instances of everyday people filling their vehicle using the incorrect type of fuel each and every twelve months? In the event you've done precisely the same in Lakenheath, we are able to assist. We are SPA accredited, and offers countrywide cover for any person who has inadvertently misfueled.

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Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Fuel contaminated with water, regardless of whether it is unleaded or diesel, is actually a serious issue to address in a motor vehicle - specifically in modern common-rail engines.

Having water or AdBlue in your diesel or petrol can certainly bring about idling issues, uneven running, excessive smoke and, if it's not addressed fully, potentially broken injectors. Having water in petrol is easier to get rid of than water in diesel - this is largely due to the fact that diesel is an oil. However we are able to resolve both cases quite quickly.

Take note however that if the vehicle was started with the water contamination it will likely need a new fuel filter fitted as the previous one will likely be totally wet and unusable.

Marine Fuel Drains

If it turns out you have the wrong fuel, or perhaps contaminated fuel (most commonly water contamination or degraded fuel) in a boat we can certainly get it out. So long as the boat is either on land, or moored close enough to parking spot we can access the fuel storage and remove the fuel. We've performed quite a few fuel drains at docks and boatyards across the country.


Wrong Fuel in Car in IP27 Postcode - Lakenheath Misfueling

A motorist had conked out on a road, Lakenheath having just wrong fueled. She was sobbing and very distressed as she had put £55 petrol in her diesel car. When she called us we tried to cool her as best we could, reassuring her that everything would be okay. When we arrived with her she was no longer disrupted and was pretty intrigued in taking a look at our engineer perform the fuel drain on her metallic blue Hyundai HED-5. Later on she said: "My vehicle is like my baby, I recently got it and thus it especially freaked me out that I had put such a lot of wrong fuel in it. I'm so glad that it was so very easily fixable."

We have fuel drain specialists on call in the region willing and waiting to arrive and drain your vehicle of the incorrect fuel or contaminated fuel. We work 24/7 every day of the year. All our technicians are completely competent and seasoned in taking on all types of cars or trucks.

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A gentleman called us from Lakenheath to say he had stupidly piped the wrong fuel into his diesel customised Mercedes SL-Class. "Unbelievable! How could I put the wrong fuel in my beautiful diesel car!" It only took our fuel drainer approximately fifty minutes to completely drain the wrong fuel out of the vehicle. He carefully purged the fuel system and put fresh diesel in the vehicle. The customer was thrilled and it hadn't cost him car dealership prices to have the job properly completed.

So, whether you want a wrong fuel drain or simply guidance on how to handle it, you are able to contact us at any time. We are waiting for your call to give assistance and our products to get you underway anew. Give us a call right now.

With 100's of years of shared contaminated fuel removal experience you couldn't be better served. Our technicians have come across everything and corrected it all. They are trained on the newest cars and carry all pertinent certificates. The company is fully V.A.T. recorded and insured so you realize we are no amateur or “fly-by-night” enterprise.

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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains around Lakenheath

Tales from our own Lakenheath staff:

Wrong Fuel in Car Suffolk - Petrol in Diesel Car Lakenheath

A young person who had recently passed his test had misfueled his bright red Chevrolet Caprice by putting unleaded in the diesel car at the station near Lakenheath. He said, "This is the second time I have put fuel in my car since I purchased it and I do not know how to handle it." He was also afraid because his father had only just paid for the car. He found our company on the internet and so called it instantly, afraid about what he should do. Our guy on the call explained to him that we could be on scene within forty-five minutes and to not start his car while he waited. We did the drain on his car and he stated how surprised he was it was handled so speedily and without any problem at all.

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A young lady from Lakenheath with her little ones in her diesel buff VW Jetta III had filled her car with £45 of petrol at the Sainsburys petrol station. She contacted us weeping and extremely upset as she had never put petrol in a diesel car and didn't know what would happen to her car because of it. We reassured her that all would be ok and that she would be back up and running in no time at all. When we got there she was visible upset but as our fuel drainer began work on the fuel drain she calmed down since she recognised that help was at hand and her car wasn't ruined. She soon enough cheered up and was on the road again saying, "I simply can't believe my misfortune putting the wrong fuel in my vehicle! Especially with the kids in the back."

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The most common Misfueling Warning signs:

Here is a list of ordinary wrong fuel symptoms:

  • Loss in engine power
  • Car conking out, spluttering or even coughing
  • Issues starting the motor
  • Excessive 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 certified and trained to undertake all forms wrong fuel drains needed for the extraction of contaminated fuel. To learn exactly how we will assist to get you going once again just give us a call.


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