Wrong Fuel in Car Coombes, West Sussex

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Put the wrong fuel in the car and one way or another managed to get to your destination or have come to a stand-still by the roadside - we can help you out. Our assistance is entirely mobile and we have the ability to come out no matter wherever you are and have the automobile drained, cleaned out and working again right away - and for a fair price!

It was just before 9 pm on a Friday and although we were assured a rainless afternoon, it hadn't stopped pouring down rain! Ray and me were sitting there discussing the weekend's golf, waiting for the next call for the day to come in. Inevitably we got the call from a lovely woman on a company excursion who had pulled into the Shell filling station in Coombes and put the wrong fuel in a diesel silver Dodge Colt hire car in error. The unfortunate lady was fairly troubled it seemed, crying "I can not believe that I've wrecked the vehicle! I'm so familiar with filling my petrol car I had forgot I was using a diesel!" I told her to take it easy and not to fret, plus that things like this unfortunately often happen. She managed to get the car into a secure spot and, as it was only a few miles away from where we were, we could find the customer almost instantly. The contaminated fuel was drained and she could go home to the Travelodge she was lodging at. Although we got extremely soaked, it was all worth the effort to see her drive home satisfied and less anxious. One more job in West Sussex done well in my mind!

Put unleaded in your diesel vehicle in Coombes? We are sorry to learn about that, however we're here to be of assistance. WrongFuelSoS.com has a couple of principal catchwords: Countrywide and 24 hours a day. Furthermore, we abide by them closely. No matter where you are located within Coombes or mainland United Kingdom we are able to come out to you in order to drain your automobile.

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Waste Fuel Disposal

Have a fuel reservoir in the rear of your garden full of out of date, useless or degraded fuel? We're able to assist you to dispose of it. We've been called out to many private and business properties in West Sussex for the purpose of removing and recycling fuel storages. We are licenced by the Environment Agency to allow us to remove and recycle waste fuel safely and legally.

Whether the fuel storage is an underground container, a mobile bowser, or possibly even a few containers in an outbuilding, if we are able to get to it, we could certainly empty it.

Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Water contaminated fuel, irrespective of whether it is unleaded or diesel, tends to be a serious issue to address in an automobile - specifically in modern day common-rail engines.

Water or AdBlue in diesel or petrol can easily result in idling issues, lumpy running, abnormal smoke and, if it's not sorted out effectively, potentially ruined injectors. Having water in petrol is less difficult to remove as compared to water in diesel - largely due to the fact that diesel is an oil. In spite of this we are able to handle both circumstances rather simply.

You should know though that if the vehicle was run on the water contaminated fuel it will most likely need a new fuel filter to be installed because the previous one will likely be completely water-logged and ineffective.


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A rather concerned motorist called us from the Texaco filling station at West Sussex to inform us that he put unleaded in to his diesel mom's Mercedes-Benz M-Class; he wasn't really quite certain how he'd managed to do it. We explained to him it was absolutely no hassle and soon had our engineer with him to clean the wrong fuel from his tank. Having taken out the bad fuel, he was subsequently back behind the wheel. He told us; "I am honestly surprised I filled my car with the wrong fuel. And the person who came to undertake the fuel drain was very very good - he didn't make me look and feel silly."

We have comprehensive Environment Agency registration and Liability insurance intended for your reassurance. Furthermore, our experts are fully qualified and knowledgeable in handling the majority of makes.

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I had appreciated a wonderful evening fishing during my holiday and was feeling pleased the following morning as I was en route to aid a new family who were on vacation in Coombes. They'd pulled over after putting the wrong fuel into their uncle's Fiat Bravo, and the car was about half an hour away. I got there at their position and smiled as I listened to the wife telling her hubby off for actually being so foolish. "Exactly how could you conceivably manage to put the wrong fuel in the car?" she said to him. I attempted to clarify that this kind of thing takes place frequently in West Sussex and that it is absolutely nothing to get worried about, and yet he yet still had an earful. Poor boy. In any case, I drained out the contaminated fuel, flushed the engine and filled it up with the right fuel. While they drove down the road I waved good-bye and considered what my missus would say to me if ever I did the same thing... I would never live it down!

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A young adult who had just passed his test had misfueled his wife's Honda Prelude by putting unleaded in his diesel vehicle at the filling station close to Coombes. He said, "This is just the third time I have filled up my car since I got it and I do not know what to do." He was afraid since his step father had only just purchased him the car. He located us on the net and so called it without delay, frightened about what he needed to do. Our guy on the phones advised him that we would be with him inside forty-five minutes and to not touch the car while he waited. We performed the fuel drain on his vehicle and he mentioned how impressed he was it was handled so quickly and without any complication at all.

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A gentleman phoned us from his bright white BMW X3 where he had ground to a halt on the bustling street. "I erroneously put petrol in my diesel car and I shortly realised it several miles down the road!" Happily we were in a position to have an technician out to him in a reasonably short time, bearing in mind the traffic, and he was before long back behind the wheel.

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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.

Typical Petrol in Diesel Symptoms:

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

  • Loss in engine power
  • Engine dying, chugging or hiccuping
  • Difficulty starting the motor
  • Increased smoking

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