Wrong Fuel in Car Woodsetton, West Midlands

Local Call-Out and Roadside Wrong Fuel Repair in Woodsetton

Put wrong fuel in your vehicle in error in Woodsetton? The very first thing to do is not to panic! Next, you will want to phone us so that we can assist you in the retrieval. We are SPA certified, and provides national coverage for any person who has accidentally misfuelled.

It was about 9 pm on a Tuesday and despite the fact that we were promised a rainless night, it hadn't stopped raining! Ray and I were resting there talking over the recent rugby rankings, at the ready for the next job of the day to come in. In due time we received the call from a lovely woman on a company expedition who had pulled into the Shell filling station in Woodsetton and put petrol in a diesel Nissan rental car. The unfortunate thing was fairly agitated it seemed, telling me "I cannot believe I have wrecked the car! I am just so accustomed to filling my petrol car I had didn't remember that I was using a diesel!" We advised her to settle back and not to worry, also that things like this often happen. She managed to get the vehicle to a secure position and, as it was no more than a few miles off from us, we could get to the woman without delay. The incorrect fuel was removed and she was able to go home to the motel she was lodging in. Despite the fact that we got thoroughly drenched, it was all worth the time seeing her drive off calm and less stressed. Yet another job in West Midlands well done in my mind!

If you've put petrol in a diesel car in Woodsetton we most certainly are the company you should contact. We cover the entirety of the Woodsetton area and all nearby towns.

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Do you or your drivers usually misfuel your vehicle? We can resolve any associated issues.

AdBlue In Diesel

Throughout West Midlands we are identifying progressively more instances of AdBlue contamination when somebody has poured AdBlue straight into their diesel fuel tank. This is in part stemming from motorists not knowing the way to use it (take note: it is in fact not a fuel additive), and in part simply because the filler caps for diesel and AdBlue are usually directly adjacent to each other on the car.

Well, precisely what is the situation with having AdBlue in your diesel vehicle? As AdBlue is mainly deionised water, it is nearly as good as pouring water in to your tank. Diesel and water don't mix at all and trying to run a diesel car on water will not work. In addition to this, the urea is fairly corrosive to your fuel system pipes and seals and is more prone to crystalising, clogging injectors and fuel filters.

If you have put AdBlue into the fuel tank get it out at the earliest opportunity. And most definitely never turn over the engine - not even to move it into a parking bay. If you have started the vehicle you would probably have to have the entire fuel system purged and fuel filters changed out.

Fuel contaminated with water

Water contaminated fuel, whether it's unleaded or diesel, is certainly a significant matter to take care of in a car - particularly in modern-day common-rail engines. Putting water in fuel will often cause idling issues, lumpy running, excessive smoke and, if not taken care of properly, quite possibly damaged injectors. Having water in petrol is less difficult to remove compared to water in diesel - mostly due to the fact that diesel is an oil. Nevertheless we are able to resolve both situations rather easily.

You should know however that as long as the vehicle was run on the water contaminated fuel it will most likely require a new fuel filter to be installed because the old one will undoubtedly be totally water-logged and ineffective.

Marine Fuel Drains

If it turns out you've got the wrong fuel, or perhaps polluted fuel (most usually water contaminated or degraded fuel) in a boat we will help remove it. Providing the boat is either dry-docked, or moored near to a car parking spot we can access the storage tanks and drain out the fuel. We have done many fuel drains at piers and boatyards in the uk.}

Waste Fuel Disposal

Have an old fuel container placed in the back of your garden full of aged, unusable or contaminated fuel? We can help you to get rid of it. We've been called out to a number of private and commercial premises in West Midlands to deal with removing and recycling fuel storages. We are registered by the Environment Agency to be able to extract and dispose of waste fuel legally and safely. Whether the fuel storage is a subterranean container, a mobile bowser, or perhaps some drums in an outbuilding, assuming that we can get to it, we can certainly drain it.

Run Out of Fuel Services

Run out of fuel in Woodsetton (out of gas - as the Americans might say)? We perform a complete West Midlands Run Out of Fuel Service. We can easily get out to refill your car in cases where you are stuck on the motorway, on the side of the road far from a petrol station, or perhaps even at home. Our engineers can come out to you with 10-20 litres of the correct fuel (bought at pump price) and fill up your car or truck. They are also able to handle any of the normal problems which can go along with running out of fuel - including airlocks, vehicle unable to restart, or even flat batteries due to over-cranking.

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Wrong Fuel in Car Woodsetton, West Midlands

Fuel Drain Woodsetton - Woodsetton Fuel Removal

A person called us from Woodsetton saying he mistakenly pumped petrol in to his diesel Land Rover. "Shocking! How could I put the wrong fuel in my lovely diesel car!" It took the technician roughly fifty minutes to completely drain the wrong fuel out of the car. He thoroughly purged the fuel lines, filter and pumps and after that put clean diesel in the car. The customer was thrilled and it didn't cost him dealership prices to have the work properly performed.