Wrong Fuel in Car Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire

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Have you mistakenly filled your car with the wrong kind of fuel? Don't panic, we are here to help, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Just remember not to start you vehicle over and over again. Call us right away. Our easy to contact call centre is available day and night. After only a few simple questions, they'll be able to provide you a fixed price quote, and despatch one of our mobile technicians to put things right and get you on your way immediately.

Firstly, don't freak out, you almost certainly haven't ruined your engine or caused costly damage. In 99% of instances, we can drain and flush your fuel system, add the right fuel and fire up your engine with no lasting damage. If any filters do need to be changed, we can sometimes accomplish that for you too, all at the roadside.

While you are on the road waiting for our technician to arrive, get more information by checking out basic details about having the wrong fuel in a car, or about contaminated fuel and the other services that we deliver.


Wrong Fuel in Car Cragg Vale - Petrol in Diesel Car Cragg Vale

A motorist had stopped on a road, having just misfueled. She was sobbing and quite troubled as she had put £60 petrol in her diesel car. When she phoned us we tried to cool her as best we could, telling her that all would be okay. By the time we arrived with her she was no longer upset and was intrigued in observing our technician do the fuel drain on her Cragg Vale. Later on she said: "My car is like my child, I recently purchased it and thus it really concerned me that I had put a whole lot of wrong fuel in it. I'm very gratified that it was so very easily repairable."



Symptoms and Causes

Now that you have personally experienced what it is like to have the wrong fuel in your vehicle, you may be be cautious next time. And to completely understand the signs of the problem here's a list for reference:

  • Your engine will splutter and not run efficiently
  • If you see the exhaust, you will notice plenty of smoke coming out
  • Engine appears powerless now matter how hard you push the accelerator
  • Your car will eventually stop running altogether

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Now that you are aware of the signs of wrong fuel in a vehicle, or have experienced it, then you will try to be more cautious in future and be certain of not making the mistake. Engaging in mistakes such as speeding, concentrating on various things and letting the autopilot do it all especially when driving a vehicle that you are unfamiliar with for instance a borrowed or hired vehicle is highly discouraged.

Other Fuel Issues in Cragg Vale

Problems in the fuel system may not only due to incorrect fuel in the car. Water can contaminate your fuel system too, causing the engine to stop or run abnormally. The signs stipulated above will also be seen in your engine even though it is just water contamination to either petrol or diesel run engine.

The incorrect filling of AdBlue is another thing which can cause your car to exhibit signs like sputtering, discharge of a lot of smoke and even stoppage. Nevertheless, we are always prepared to help you. AdBlue is a substance that is added to a vehicle to help make the engine work more cleanly and should only be added by professionals using its specified filler neck and tank to prevent experiencing the above signs. You should thus only use it if you are completely aware of its procedure so as to prevent your vehicle from misbehaving because of the wrong usage of AdBlue. You should thus keep in mind that whether it is wrong fuel or adding AdBlue directly, we can help you hit back on the road.


When handling flammable materials, you would need not only the right knowledge but also the right equipment. If not, it can cause fire, making the whole scenario disastrous yet it could have been managed easily. It is therefore advisable you involve an expert whenever you are handling fuel related issues, even though doing it by yourself or involving a friend may be cheaper.

We are experts in managing whatever vehicle issues you have. Our technicians are well distributed all around the country and on call 24/7, all set to deal with a wide range of problems efficiently, at a fair and economical price.

They say cheap is expensive. You might decide to deal with the issue by yourself or let a good friend do it for you which may results in more expenses if the vehicle catches fire. Keep in mind, when you call us to deal with your fuel trouble, you are still required to purchase clean fuel and cover the transport expenses. Hire us and be guaranteed of a risk-free and less expensive procedure. We will not take advantage of your pocket, and we'll come with fresh fuel to re-fill your tank and also ask for similar price as that charged in gas stations. Side-note, after re-filling your car with clean fuel, we will also dispose your contaminated fuel in accordance with the existing laws.


We are environmental agency accredited and have techniques in place to minimize our footprint on the environment in helping our clients. After draining and flushing the fuel system of clients who have put wrong fuel in their cars, or whose fuel is contaminated, we store and later dispose of the contaminated fuel in accordance with the law.

All types of contaminated fuel types can be drained by our mechanics given they are all accessible. We will help you dispose it off no matter what, whether the contaminated fuel is in a fixed storage tank, mobile bowser or group of containers.


All legal forms of payment are accepted. We also provide VAT invoices for your insurance provider or employer uses.


In the unlikely circumstance that wrong fuel or contaminated fuel isn't the problem, our well trained technician will be able to distinguish that, and the likely cause and we will only make a nominal call out cost, not the originally quoted price.


How long to drain the wrong fuel

Our mechanics usually take less than 30 minutes to solve the problem. Hence you don’t have to worry about standing on the road for an extended time. And as long as our technicians have reached your vehicle, rest assured that you will quickly resume your journey. You can always start getting ready to continue your journey as soon as our technician shows up at the place because they do their repairs in the shortest time possible.

We are pleased that you called us. By employing us, we are able to assist you deal with the problems of incorrect fuel in vehicle and thus allowing you to have peace of mind.


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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Cragg Vale

Following next are responses and examples of fuel drains we've carried out in Cragg Vale:

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A customer rang us from his house on a close. He exclaimed, "My car (a Cragg Vale) is not starting up and is generating very bad sounds when I flip the ignition." He confessed that he had put petrol in his diesel vehicle but then reckoned he would remedy the issue by putting additional Diesel on top. We arrived promptly, performed the drain and filled him up once more with fresh Diesel. He told us after that he would be sure to advise people not to fill up on top of the incorrect fuel but to get it cleaned out right away.

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A young lady with a full car of little ones in her diesel Cragg Vale had filled her car with £42 of petrol at the station. She contacted us weeping and very upset as she had never wrong fueled previously and didn't know what would happen to her car because of it. We told her that everything should be okay and that she would be back up and running soon. When we got there she was visible distressed but while our fuel drainer began work on the fuel drain she calmed down as she noticed that help was at hand and her vehicle wasn't wrecked. She soon enough brightened up and was up and running saying, "I simply can't believe my bad luck putting the wrong fuel in my vehicle! Specifically with the kids in the back."

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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 anywhere in West Yorkshire to 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.

Standard Misfuel Signs and symptoms:

This is a list of the most common wrong fuel symptoms:

  • Loss of engine power
  • Engine cutting out, jumping and / or coughing
  • A tough time starting the engine
  • Increased smoke

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A woman with her kids in her diesel Cragg Vale had put £40 of petrol at the Texaco filling station. She contacted us weeping and very upset as she had never filled up with the wrong fuel before and didn't know what might happen to her car . We told her that the vehicle would be fine and that she would be in action soon. When we arrived she was still upset but as our fuel drainer started work on the fuel drain she simmered down because she discovered that help was at hand and her car wasn't ruined. She soon enough brightened up and was on the road again saying, "I really can't believe my bad luck putting petrol in my diesel car! Especially with the children on board."
Wrong Fuel Reviews Cragg Vale
Reviewer
Fred C
Review Date
2019-01-15
Reviewed Item
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Author Rating 5
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