Wrong Fuel in Car Upper Green, West Yorkshire

24/7 Mobile Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Upper Green

Putting the incorrect fuel in your vehicle accidentally should not cause any problems today. Just contact us and we will dispatch a team of highly skilled mobile mechanics to your location to help you get back to your journey. You don’t need to restart your car repeatedly, just contact us. We are available any time of the day and any day of the week. Contact our welcoming personnel today to get a fixed price after answering a few questions.

First off, don't panic, this can happen to anyone. Your engine is unlikely to be damaged. In 99% of situations, we can drain and flush your fuel system, add the correct fuel and start your engine with no lasting damage. If we discover that a filter must be changed, we usually have the ability to do that as well.

While you are on the road waiting for our mechanic to reach you, get more information by reading through basic information regarding having the wrong fuel in a vehicle, or about contaminated fuel and the other services that we provide.


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A gentleman called us to state that he piped unleaded in his diesel Upper Green. "Shocking! I can't believe I put unleaded in my lovely diesel car!" It only took the engineer around fifty minutes to completely drain the contaminated fuel out of the vehicle. He completely purged the fuel system and put clean diesel in the vehicle. The customer was thrilled and it hadn't cost him car dealership rates to have the work professionally done.



Indicators of incorrect fuel

the symptoms of wrong fuel are evident, but in most situations you might not be able to observe all of them. Nonetheless, if your engine begins sputtering or if you start seeing lots of smoke emerging from the exhaust, or your vehicle stops and shows no power at all even though you press the accelerator harder and harder, then it is almost a given that you have put the incorrect fuel in your vehicle.

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All that said, you will probably be more careful in future, now that you have experienced putting the wrong fuel in your car. From now on, look out for those common causes of putting the wrong fuel in your car:

  • You're in a hurry and confused on what exactly to do
  • You're in autopilot mode and not checking
  • Vehicle you are utilizing is borrowed, you are not familiar with it

Other Fuel Issues in Upper Green

Car issues are not attributed only to incorrect fuel in the fuel system. 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 if it's only water contamination to either petrol or diesel run engine.

Diesel engines (modern ones) nowadays make use of AdBlue to reduce nitrous contaminants in the exhaust fumes. The amount of AdBlue added to your vehicle must be of appropriate ratio in order to avoid further problem. It's for this reason, AdBlue has a separate tank attached somewhere. If somebody directly added this to your tank not realizing the proper tank to put it in, your engine will be in big trouble as it's is incorrect to mix it with fuel. You will start observing the same signs mentioned above but you shouldn't be worried about it. So the message is, ?if your engine splutters, smokes and stops, we can almost certainly help, and get you going again, whatever the cause?.


The Right Kit and Know-how

It would save a few quid if you could organize this out yourself, or possibly your mate who is handy with vehicles could do it right? That's a mistaken belief! Whatever type of car you have, all of our standby mobile mechanics are totally equipped with the appropriate training and knowledge. Specialist equipment are all in the van to each of the technicians so they can easily access them even in remote areas. Bear in mind, fuel is meant to ignite and shouldn't be handled by anyone who isn't properly trained to do so.


Environmental Fuel Disposal

We also dispose of contaminated fuel for private individuals and companies at a fee aside from the fact that we offer it alongside solution to wrong fuel. All we ask from our customers who request us to drain, store or dispose of the contaminated oil is that they grant us complete access to the containers and whether they are fixed storage containers, mobile bowsers or a combination of tanks, they can trust us to do it in a proper and environmentally friendly way.


We also deliver any records of payment for the services received

Just in case you want an invoice to make your employer or insurance agency believe you, we can still hand it to you, and ours will be a complete VAT invoice which will completely prove that you really pumped the wrong fuel into the vehicle.


Help Is on the Way

Whilst you have been reading through the facts concerning putting the wrong fuel in your car, our mobile technician has been heading your way. Just give our mobile technician about an hour. It may take a while but he will certainly come, that's a guarantee.


In some conditions, our customer may incorrectly diagnose their vehicle as having contaminated fuel. In such times, our technicians will first check your car to make sure that it is not and then update you on any new costs before taking any further action


How long does a fuel drain take

We take about half an hour to get you back on the road after putting the wrong fuel in your vehicle. So all you need to do is to make that call, and you won't regret it.


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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Upper Green

Various examples:

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We've had numerous fuel drains on motor vehicles run on the wrong fuel. One of the most recent was a lady driving her Upper Green: "I stupidly filled unleaded in my diesel automobile and was stuck in the middle of the road. You got a fuel drainer to me inside of 30 minutes and the car was running very quickly. Fuel Fixer Ltd had me back on the road once again after only one hour. Thanks a lot."

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An annoyed older man called us when his automobile would not start. "In my hurry to reach my destination, I put petrol in my diesel car. I didn't really realize until finally the car began to shudder and then it stalled right on the road." Fortuitously, our fuel specialists are expert in taking on things just like this, and we soon had the customer once more on his way .

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Familiar Misfueling Warning signs:

Following is a list of likely wrong fuel symptoms:

  • Loss of engine power
  • Motor conking out, spluttering or even coughing
  • Difficulties starting the automobile
  • Increased 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 qualified and trained to execute all categories of polluted fuel drains for the extraction of mixed fuel. To find out how we will assist get you moving once more simply contact us.


A driver who had sadly put the wrong fuel in his diesel Upper Green contacted us for assistance at the Esso petrol station. He decided to top up before continuing on to the local recreation park but had put the wrong fuel in his car. "I put petrol instead of diesel which unfortunately wasn't a wonderful beginning to our holiday break." It was really no challenge whatsoever for our technical engineer to go out and carry out the fuel drain. We hope the family had a good vacation.
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Reviewer
Fred C
Review Date
2019-01-15
Reviewed Item
Wrong Fuel SoS
Author Rating 5
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