Wrong Fuel in Car Barnoldswick, Lancashire

Local Call-Out and Roadside Wrong Fuel Repair in Barnoldswick

Petrol in your diesel car or bike in Barnoldswick? Welcome to WrongFuelSoS.com. Give us a call and find out how we can aid you to get you back on track rapidly.

It was about ten pm on a Tuesday and while we were promised a rainless evening, it hadn't ceased raining! Dan and I were resting there going over the weekend's tennis, waiting around for the 8th job for the day to come in. Inevitably we had the call from a young lady on a company trip who had gone to the Texaco filling station in Barnoldswick and filled the wrong fuel in her diesel Mitsubishi lease car. She was pretty distressed it seemed, telling me "I still can't believe I've ruined the vehicle! I am just so used to filling my petrol car I totally did not remember that I was using a diesel!" We instructed her to calm down and not to fret, and that such things sadly do happen. She had managed to maneuver the car to a secure area and, seeing that it was just a few minutes from our van, we were able to get to her almost instantly. The wrong fuel was removed and she was able to return to the motel she was living in. Although we got thoroughly drenched, it was all worth it to watch her drive away contented and much less worried. Yet another fuel drain in Lancashire well done in my mind!

Have you put unleaded in your diesel car or truck, or even diesel in a petrol car ( amazingly most drivers do this at least once) - we handle it right away. Wrong Fuel SoS' professional engineers are on call 24 hours a day. Just call up our emergency number and someone will come , drain the contaminated fuel and get you rapidly back on your way.

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AdBlue In your Fuel

All over Lancashire we have noticed progressively more instances of AdBlue contamination whereby someone has poured AdBlue inside their diesel tank. This is to a degree a result of motorists not understanding the right way to use it (remember: it's not a fuel additive), and partially due to the fact that the filler caps for diesel and AdBlue are typically right next to each other on the vehicle.

So, what's the problem with having AdBlue in a diesel car? Since the product is mostly deionised water, it's as bad as pouring water into your tank. Diesel and water really do not mix whatsoever and trying to run a diesel car on water isn't going to work. In addition to this, the urea is particularly corrosive to your fuel system pipes and seals and is prone to crystallisation, damaging injectors and filters.

Call us in the event that you are a casualty of AdBlue contamination. We can assist. We are Contaminated Fuel Specialists and can fix every type of AdBlue contamination.

Water contaminated fuel

Fuel contaminated with water, whether it's unleaded petrol or diesel, is certainly an important condition to deal with in a motor vehicle - particularly in modern day common-rail engines. Water in your diesel or petrol can potentially bring about idling difficulties, irregular running, abnormal smoke and, if it's not addressed fully, potentially broken injectors. Having water in petrol is easier to remove as compared with water in diesel - mostly due to the fact that diesel is an oil. Having said that we are able to take care of both cases very simply.

Remember that if ever the vehicle was started with the water contamination it will most likely require a new fuel filter fitted as the old one will probably be completely wet and unusable.

Marine Fuel Drains

If you find you have the wrong fuel, or perhaps contaminated fuel (most commonly water contamination or old fuel) in a boat we can help clean it out. Providing the boat is either dry-docked, or situated near enough to a car parking bay we can reach the fuel storage tanks and remove the fuel. We have done numerous fuel drains at piers and boatyards nationwide.}

Management of Waste Fuel

Have a fuel reservoir in the back of your premises containing old, useless or degraded fuel? We can help you to get rid of it. We have been called out to numerous privately owned and commercial premises in Lancashire to deal with draining and recycling fuel storages. We are covered by the Environment Agency to enable us to get rid of and recycle waste fuel safely and legally. Whether the fuel storage is a subterranean tank, a portable bowser, or perhaps several drums in a storage shed, assuming that we can access it, we are able to drain it.

Run Out of Fuel Support

Run out of fuel in Barnoldswick (out of gas - as the Americans might say)? We perform a full Lancashire Run Out of Fuel Service. We can easily come to fill up your car in cases where you are stranded on the motorway, roadside in the middle of nowhere, or even at home. Our engineers can come to you with 10-20 litres of fuel (bought at pump price) and fill your vehicle. They can also handle the usual issues which can accompany running out of fuel - such as airlocks, vehicle not restarting, , as well as dead batteries as a result of over-cranking.

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Wrong Fuel in Car Barnoldswick, Lancashire

Petrol in Diesel Barnoldswick - Barnoldswick Wrong Fuel in Car

I'd had a wonderful evening hiking on the weekend and was feeling delighted with myself the following morning as I set out to aid a new couple vacationing in Barnoldswick. They'd broken down after putting the wrong fuel into their Mercedes, and they were roughly half an hour away. I emerged at their location and smiled to myself while I heard to the wife telling off her husband for being so silly. "Exactly how could you even manage to fill the car up by using the wrong fuel?" she asked him. I attempted to clarify that this problem takes place everyday in Lancashire and that it's nothing at all to get worried about, even so he yet still got an earful. Poor chap. In any case, I drained the polluted fuel, flushed the fuel system and gave it some right fuel. Watching them drive off I shouted good bye and thought about what her indoors would ask me if I did the exact same thing... I would personally never hear the end of it!