Wrong Fuel in Car Kirkthorpe, West Yorkshire

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Nowadays, pumping the wrong fuel into your car should not bother you at all. You don’t have to be frightened about how you can drive your vehicle to the nearby mechanic. We will track your location and help you to get back on the road as soon as possible. Just contact us and wait for our team of mobile technicians. Our call centre works round the clock, throughout the week. You will simply respond to a few questions from our agent who then gives you a fixed price quote, and then you wait to be served.

First things first, don't worry, you almost certainly haven't ruined your engine or caused expensive damage. Based on our experiences, so far we have not yet failed in draining and flushing the incorrect fuel from your tank and re-fueling the fuel system with the right fuel without damage. If in case it's necessary to change a filter in your engine, we are able to often do that too, right away in the same place.

While you're on the road waiting for our technician to arrive, get more information by reading through basic information about having the incorrect fuel in a car, or about contaminated fuel and the other services that we provide.


Wrong Fuel in Car Kirkthorpe - Petrol in Diesel Car Kirkthorpe

A gentleman contacted us from his home on a street. He explained, "My car (a Kirkthorpe) is not running and is producing awful noises when I turn the ignition." He admitted that he had put the wrong fuel in his diesel vehicle however believed he would fix the problem by putting more Diesel on top. We showed up promptly, performed the drain and filled it up once again with fresh Diesel. He told us he'd be certain to advise people not to fill up in addition to the wrong fuel but to get it cleaned out promptly.



You may be doubting the presence of wrong fuel in your car or truck, but you are not sure. Some customers have in the past reported the issue of incorrect fuel only to know later that it was another issue. To avoid any doubt, try having the following symptoms of the wrong fuel in your fingertip. If you hear your engine spluttering and not running efficiently, or observe too much smoke from your exhaust causing no power to the car and hence forcing the vehicle to a stop, then that is clear sign of burning the incorrect fuel.

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The fact that you now are aware the signs of incorrect fuel in vehicle or have experienced it, it will help you notice the issue if it occurs again in future. Engaging in mistakes such as speeding, concentrating on different things and allowing the autopilot do it all particularly when driving a car that you are unfamiliar with for instance a borrowed or hired car is highly discouraged.

Other Fuel Issues in Kirkthorpe

Putting the incorrect fuel in your vehicle isn't the only thing that can cause problems. Water can contaminate your fuel system too, causing the engine to stop or run abnormally. No matter what type of fuel you utilize, may it be petrol or diesel, the effects and signs of water contamination to your engine are similar.

The wrong filling of AdBlue is another factor which can cause your car to show signs such as sputtering, discharge of a lot of smoke and even stoppage. But we can help you solve similar problem. AdBlue is a substance that is added to a vehicle to make the engine work cleaner and should only be added by professionals utilizing its specified filler neck and tank to prevent experiencing the above symptoms. You should thus just use it if you are totally aware of its procedure so as to prevent your car from misbehaving due to the wrong usage of AdBlue. But once again, we have got you covered for our mechanics can resolve the problem regardless of whether it is wrong fuel that got you stuck or wrong usage of AdBlue.


The Right Kit and Know-how

You are thinking that by carrying it out by yourself or asking for a friend who knows about cars can help you save money. Wrong! All our nationwide mobile mechanics are fully trained in what is, a complex process across a vast range of different cars. Each technician has a van, fully equipped will the specialist tools required to do the career safely and correctly. Just be reminded that fuel can quickly ignite, thus, must be handled only by educated mechanics.


Correct Disposal

In addition to assisting you dispose of the contaminated fuel from your vehicle after serving you, we also deliver services like properly dumping any wrong fuel that a private citizen or an individual may like to get rid of legally. All we ask from our clients who ask us to drain, store or dispose of the contaminated oil is that they give us complete access to the containers and whether they are fixed storage containers, mobile tanks or a combination of tanks, they can trust us to do it in a proper and eco-friendly way.


There are instances when you feel that you have encountered the issue of incorrect fuel when in reality you have not. In such instances, our mechanics will first check your vehicle to ensure that it is not and then update you on any new charges before taking any further action


How long to drain the wrong fuel

Works by the technician won't take very long, so you don't need to wait for hours. We typically target around 30 minutes. After that, you will be back on the road.

Once you are back driving your car, you would have realized that having the wrong fuel in your vehicle is not that disastrous at all and we thank you for enabling us to lend a helping hand.


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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Kirkthorpe

Very common wrong fuel drain reviews in Kirkthorpe:

Wrong Fuel in Car Kirkthorpe - Petrol in Diesel Car Kirkthorpe

We received a phone call from a motorist who had put the wrong fuel in his Kirkthorpe. He had broken down on the road. "After inserting petrol in my diesel car I didn't realize the predicament till it broke down. You took the wrong fuel from my car and had it functioning once again. I was impressed by both your speed and your value for money". It goes without saying that we showed up rapidly and purged the engine after flushing the unleaded from the diesel tank. When he arrived our engineer said the driver was fuming, but was grinning his face off when we finished.

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A motorist had broken down on a road, having just put the wrong fuel in her car. She was crying and very agitated as she had put £40 petrol in her diesel car. When she called us we tried to relax her as well as we could, assuring her that it would be ok. When we got to her she was no longer troubled and was quite fascinated in watching our technician perform the fuel drain on her Kirkthorpe. Later she said: "My car is like my child, I recently bought it and so it genuinely horrified me that I had put a lot of wrong fuel in it. I'm really pleased that it was very easily repairable."

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Well-known Petrol in Diesel Warning signs:

Here's a list of customary wrong fuel symptoms or signs:

  • Lack of engine power
  • Engine conking out, jumping and / or coughing
  • Trouble starting the vehicle
  • Abnormal 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 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.

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Wrong Fuel SOS is fully licensed and certified to perform all types of wrong fuel drains with regards to the removal of contaminated fuel. To learn about precisely how we can assist get you on the move again call us.


A gentleman called us saying he had mistakenly pumped the wrong fuel in his diesel Kirkthorpe. "What a nightmare! I can't believe I put unleaded in my nice diesel car!" It took the engineer around 50 minutes to fully drain the wrong fuel out of the vehicle. He totally flushed the fuel lines, filter and pumps and put fresh diesel in the car. The customer was thrilled and it hadn't cost him car dealership prices to have the work properly completed.
Wrong Fuel Reviews Kirkthorpe
Reviewer
Fred C
Review Date
2019-01-15
Reviewed Item
Wrong Fuel SoS
Author Rating 5
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