Wrong Fuel in Car Kew, Richmond upon Thames

Local Call-Out and Roadside Wrong Fuel Repair in Kew

Wrong fuel in your car in Kew? Welcome to WrongFuelSoS.com. Call us and find out how we can assist you to get you back on the road once again.

It was just before 7 pm on a Wednesday and while we were guaranteed a rainless afternoon, it hadn't given up on raining! James and I were relaxing there talking over the weekend's footy results, at the ready for the 6th job that day to come in. In due time we received a call from a lovely woman on a company expedition who had arrived at the Tesco petrol garage in Kew and filled petrol in a diesel Vauxhall hire car in error. She was quite irritated it seemed, telling me "I simply can't believe I have messed up the car! I am just so used to filling my petrol vehicle I completely didn't remember that I was running a diesel!" We instructed her to calm down and not to be concerned, and that these things do happen. She was able to maneuver the vehicle to a safe position and, as it was no more than a few minutes from us, we could reach the lady almost instantly. The bad fuel was taken out so she was able to go home to the Premier Inn she was staying at. Despite the fact that we got fairly drenched, it was all worth the effort to watch her drive home contented and much less anxious. One more job in Richmond upon Thames well done in my opinion!

If you've put the wrong fuel in a vehicle and by some means succeeded to get where you were going or have broken down by the roadside - we can help you out. Our service is entirely mobile and we have the ability to come out irrespective of wherever you are and have the vehicle drained, cleaned and running once more in no time - and for an affordable price!

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We can assist you with all these mis-fuel problems.

AdBlue In Diesel

All around Richmond upon Thames we are finding a lot more occurrences of AdBlue contamination where an individual has put AdBlue directly into their diesel fuel tank. This is to a degree due to people not understanding how to to make use of (note: it is not a fuel additive), and to some extent simply because the filler caps for diesel and AdBlue are normally directly next to one another on the vehicle.

Now, what exactly is the matter with having AdBlue in the diesel tank? Seeing that the product is primarily ionised water, it is actually nearly as good as pouring water in to your tank. Diesel and water tend not to blend in any way and trying to run a diesel car on water cannot work. In addition, the urea is seriously corrosive to the fuel system pipes and seals and is susceptible to crystallisation, clogging injectors and filters.

In the case you put AdBlue in your fuel tank empty it immediately. And certainly don't crank the car - not even to move it away from the pump. If you did start the vehicle you would most likely have to have the whole fuel system flushed and filters replaced.

Fuel contaminated with water

Water contaminated fuel, whether it is unleaded or diesel, can be a serious matter to handle in a motor vehicle - especially in modern common-rail engines. Having water in the diesel or petrol will often trigger idling issues, uneven running, abnormal smoke and, if it's not addressed correctly, in some cases damaged injectors. Water in petrol is quicker to get rid of as compared to water in diesel - this is largely because diesel is an oil. In spite of this we can deal with both cases rather swiftly.

Be aware though that so long as the vehicle was started on the water contamination it will probably require a new fuel filter fitted simply because the previous one is going to be totally wet and useless.

Boat Fuel Drains

If you find there is the wrong fuel, or perhaps polluted fuel (most typically water contamination or old fuel) in a boat we can help clean it out. Assuming that the boat is either dry-docked, or secured near enough to a motor vehicle parking spot we should be able to gain access to the tanks and remove the contaminated fuel. We've succesfully done numerous fuel drains at piers and boatyards across the country.}

Waste Fuel Removal

Got an old fuel tank at the back of your premises with old, useless or degraded fuel? We are able to assist you to get rid of it. We have been called out to numerous privately owned and industrial properties in Richmond upon Thames to take care of taking away and disposing of fuel storages. We are licenced by the Environment Agency to allow us to get rid of and dispose of waste fuel legally and safely. No matter if the fuel storage is an underground reservoir, a portable bowser, or perhaps even numerous containers in a storage shed, providing we can get to it, we can drain it.

Out of Fuel Assistance

Run out of fuel in Kew (out of gas - as the Americans might say)? We perform a full Richmond upon Thames Run Out of Fuel Service. We can help to re-fill your car any time you are stuck on the motorway, on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, or just at your home. Our engineers can come out to you with 10-20 litres of fuel (purchased at cost) to fill your car. They will deal with the usual troubles which might come with running out of fuel - for example airlocks, vehicle failing to restart, or maybe dead batteries resulting from over-cranking.

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Wrong Fuel in Car Kew, Richmond upon Thames

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I had appreciated a perfect day hiking on my day off and felt satisfied the following morning as I set out to help a young family who were away in Kew. They had conked out after filling diesel into their Renault, and the car was roughly half an hour away. I got there at their location and smiled to myself while I listened to the woman telling her partner off for being so silly. "How could you even manage to put the wrong fuel in the car?" she told him. I tried to clarify that this comes to pass regularly in Richmond upon Thames and that it's truly absolutely nothing to get worried about, nevertheless he all the same got his ear bent. Unfortunate guy. In any case, I extracted all of the contaminated fuel, gave the engine a flush and filled it up with the proper fuel. While they drove down the road I mouthed bon voyage and wondered what her indoors would say to me if ever I made the very same error... I would never ever hear the end of it!