Wrong Fuel in Car Seaham

Local Call-Out and Roadside Wrong Fuel Repair in Seaham

Wrong fuel in a diesel vehicle? Regardless of whether the car has been driven we are able to fix the issue and complete a 100 % drain and purge - in the majority of circumstances this should have your vehicle running normally again straight away. We can come to you. We are completely mobile and have all the equipment required. We have specialist fuel retrieval equipment on board and are experienced in all types of cars and vans.

Incorrect Fuel Guidance:

  • Petrol in the Diesel Car? Diesel oil in a Petrol Car? Wrong Fuel in your Car?
  • Please do not turn on the vehicle (not even to move the car away from the pump). Continuing to keep the contaminated fuel in the fuel tank and from very sensitive fuel system mechanisms will mitigate the threat of damage to your car.
  • What do I do? Get a hold of Wrong Fuel SoS right now on
    0800 711 7172.
  • Obtain professional help and advice referring to how to handle it next. Our telephone staff are there 24/7 to allow you to get started once more.
  • Just in case you may have started the engine or driven your vehicle, please don't fret. About 99% of vehicles driven on contaminated fuel can be easily cleaned out without any long-term effects.
  • How much does wrong fuel recovery cost?
    Call us and after two or three short questions we will be able to give you a customised quotation regarding exactly how much your fuel drain costs.
  • We are able to provide you full VAT receipts which sometimes could be used to claim your money back on your misfuel insurance**

**Check your insurance terms and conditions seeing as every single insurance plan and cover is different.

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Wrong Fuel in Car Seaham, Durham
Wrong Fuel in Car Seaham, Durham

Wrong Fuel in Car Seaham - Seaham Wrong Fuel Drain

A fairly concerned driver called us from the BP filling station at Durham to tell us that he had put petrol in to his diesel Peugeot; he wasn't entirely certain how he'd managed to do it. We informed him it was absolutely no concern and quickly had our engineer with him to clear the contaminated fuel from his car. Having removed the wrong fuel, he was soon enough back driving. He told us; "I can't believe I put the wrong fuel in my car. And the man who appeared to carry out the fuel drain was genuinely nice - he did not make me look foolish."

Not only that, but our group of misfuel experts cover the whole of Durham, so this means that your position is in our area. Once we've concluded exactly where you are located, we will arrive at your destination as fast as we can and drain any incorrect fuel from your vehicle. The thing is that the sooner you take out all the incorrect fuel from your vehicle, the less damage is caused. Consequently pick up that telephone and call our number. A team of SPA certified technicians are geared up and waiting to help, no matter the day or hour it is.

We look after your automobile through our full registration and insurance protection. Moreover, our techs are thoroughly qualified and knowledgeable in dealing with just about all car models.

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Wrong Fuel Drain Seaham

Wrong Fuel Drain Seaham

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Why hire us to assist you with the wrong fuel in the car?

  • Our service covers all of UK
  • We are available 24/7 without falter
  • Our service is fully mobile
  • Wherever you are in the country, we can get our field mechanic find you.
  • Our mobile technicians are fully equipped with the correct tools and knowledge
  • Our call centre is on service 24 hours, daily, the whole year round. We've got call centre agents all set to take your calls.
  • Our call-out time is the best in the industry. For the last 12 months our records show the best of them all, 46 minutes.


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This is what we do best.

AdBlue In your Fuel

All over Durham we are finding a lot more cases of AdBlue contamination whereby a person has poured AdBlue inside their diesel fuel tank. This is to a degree due to motorists not knowing how to to make use of (pay attention: it's not a fuel additive), and to some extent because the inlets for diesel and AdBlue are frequently directly close to each other on the car.

So, what's the issue with having AdBlue in a diesel vehicle? Since the product is mostly ionised water, it is actually just like putting water in to your tank. Diesel and water don't blend at all and trying to run a diesel car on water will never work. In addition, the urea is particularly corrosive to your fuel system lines and seals and is more prone to crystalising, damaging injectors and filters.

If you put AdBlue into a fuel tank remove it at once. And certainly take care not to start the vehicle - not even to relocate it to a parking area. Assuming you did start the car you would in all likelihood need to have the entire fuel system cleaned and fuel filters changed.

Fuel contaminated with water

Fuel contaminated with water, no matter whether it is unleaded or diesel, is generally a significant situation to deal with in a vehicle - especially in advanced common-rail engines. Having water in your petrol or diesel can easily result in idling difficulties, lumpy running, abnormal smoke and, if not sorted out fully, in some cases ruined injectors. Having water in petrol is less complicated to clean out as compared to water in diesel - primarily because diesel is an oil. Even so we can handle both cases quite simply.

Be aware though that in the event that the vehicle was run on the water contaminated fuel it will most likely need a new fuel filter fitted seeing as the old one will be wholly water-logged and useless.

Boat Fuel Drains

If it turns out you have the incorrect fuel, or even dirty fuel (most typically water contaminated or degraded fuel) in a boat we can help remove it. Providing the boat is either on land, or parked near enough to a vehicle parking bay we should be able to access the storage and drain out the fuel. We've succesfully done quite a few fuel drains at docks and boatyards throughout the country.}

Waste Fuel Removal

Have a fuel reservoir lying at the back of your garden containing old, unusable or contaminated fuel? We can help you to get rid of it. We've been called out to many privately owned and commercial properties in Durham to deal with removing and recycling fuel storages. We are registered by the Environment Agency to allow us to get rid of and dispose of waste fuel safely and legally. Whether the fuel storage is an underground tank, a mobile bowser, or even a few drums in a shed, as long as we can get to it, we are able to empty it.

Run Out of Fuel Services

Run out of fuel in Seaham (out of gas - as our American cousins would say)? We perform a complete Durham Run Out of Fuel Service. We're able to get out to re-fill the car any time you are having difficulty on a motorway, on the side of the road far from a petrol station, or possibly even at your home. Our technicians can attend with 10-20 litres of the correct fuel (at pump price) to fill the car. They will be able to fix the usual troubles which could accompany running out of fuel - for example airlocks, vehicle not starting, and even dead batteries because of over-cranking.


Wrong Fuel in Car Seaham - Seaham Fuel Drain

I enjoyed a perfect afternoon fishing during my afternoon off and felt delighted the following morning as I was en route to aid a young couple away in Seaham. They had pulled over after inserting petrol into their Suzuki, and they were approximately an hour away. I turned up at their car and smirked to myself as I listened to the girl telling her partner off for being so silly. "How could you even manage to put the wrong fuel in the car?" she demanded of him. I attempted to tell her that this kind of thing goes on quite frequently in Durham and that it's truly nothing at all to be anxious about, nonetheless he in spite of everything had his ear bent. Poor lad. Anyway, I extracted the wrong fuel, flushed the engine and filled them up with the correct fuel. While they drove away I shouted farewell and thought about what her indoors would do to me in the event that I did the exact same thing... I'd never ever live it down!


Recent Fuel Drains in Seaham

Tales from our Seaham personnel:

We carried out a wrong fuel retrieval exercise outside a lovely house in Seaham not so long ago. "I put the wrong fuel in my diesel car and was able to virtually reach home when my car broke down." Our specialist went out, regardless that it was rather late at night, and completed a thorough fuel drain and purge on the Fiat to everyone's satisfaction.

Wrong Fuel Drain Seaham - Seaham Wrong Fuel in Car

A gentleman who had put the wrong fuel in his diesel Hyundai called us for a fuel drain at the Esso petrol station in Seaham. He decided to top up before going on to the nearby caravan park . "I put unleaded rather than diesel and it wasn't a smart way to begin to our holiday." It was certainly no hassle in the least for our technical engineer to go out and do the fuel drain. We hope the family had a good getaway.

Wrong Fuel Assist Seaham - Seaham Fuel Drain

A man called us from Seaham to state that he mistakenly pumped unleaded in his diesel Porsche. "Unbelievable! How could I put unleaded in my beautiful diesel car!" It only took the technician approximately fifty minutes to fully drain the contaminated fuel out of the vehicle. He completely purged the fuel system and then put clean diesel in the car. The customer was delighted and it hadn't cost him dealer prices to get the job properly completed.
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