Wrong Fuel in Car Elwick, County Durham

Local Call-Out and Roadside Repair in County Durham

If you've put the wrong fuel in the vehicle and one way or another succeeded to get to your destination or have broken down by the roadside - we will be able to help. Our assistance is entirely mobile and we are able to come out regardless of exactly where you are and have the vehicle drained, emptied and working once more right away - and for an affordable price!

It was before eight pm on a Tuesday and while we were promised a dry evening, it hadn't stopped raining! Ryan and me were sitting commenting on the weekend's golf, at the ready for the sixth job that day to come in. Before long we received the phone call from a lovely women on a business trip who had gone to the Tesco petrol garage in Elwick and put petrol in her diesel expensive Ford Escort lease car by mistake. The unfortunate lady was quite affected it seemed, telling me "I still cannot believe that I've messed up the car! I'm just so accustomed to filling my petrol car I had did not remember I was using a diesel!" I told her to settle back and not to be concerned, plus that these things sadly happen. She managed to move the vehicle into a protected position and, seeing as it was only a few miles away from our van, we were able to arrive at the lady fairly quickly. The contaminated fuel was removed and she was able to return to the motel she was staying in. Despite the fact we got very soaked, it was all rewarding to watch her drive off satisfied and less anxious. Another fuel drain in County Durham well done in my opinion!

Put wrong fuel in your vehicle accidentally in Elwick? The principal thing is not to freak out! The second thing is, you want to call us so that we can assist you in the fuel drain. Our team of SPA licensed mechanics are on hand 24/7 to assist you at the side of the road with the proper equipment to undertake a wrong fuel drain on your car rapidly.

Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Water contaminated fuel, regardless of whether it's unleaded or diesel, can be an important situation to deal with in an automobile - especially in present-day common-rail engines.

Water or AdBlue in the diesel or petrol may cause idling problems, uneven running, excessive smoke and, if it is not sorted out correctly, in some cases damaged injectors. Having water in petrol is less complicated to clean out than water in diesel - largely due to the fact that diesel is an oil. Even so we can resolve both circumstances rather expediently.

You should know though that whenever the vehicle has been run on the water contamination it will very likely require a new fuel filter fitted as the previous one is going to be totally wet and unusable.

Waste Fuel Disposal

Have an old fuel reservoir placed in the back of the garden containing old, unusable or contaminated fuel? We can assist you to dispose of it. We have been called out to numerous domestic and commercial premises in County Durham to deal with removing and recycling fuel storages. We are covered by the Environment Agency to be able to get rid of and recycle waste fuel safely and legally.

Irrespective of whether the fuel storage is an underground container, a portable bowser, or perhaps even a few containers in a garage, assuming that we can get to it, we can certainly drain it.

Wrong Fuel in Car in TS27 Postcode - Elwick Misfueling

What a great night's uninterrupted sleep! 7:30 on a sunny Wednesday and we were off to assist an old lovely lady after she put contaminated fuel in her diesel compact Ford Focus in Elwick. I had been advised she had left the petrol station forecourt and stranded along a country road on route to pay a visit to her godchildren. I got the location punched in the Satnav and was on-scene inside 60 minutes. I arrived at the car and removed the contaminated fuel from the car. While I was doing it she told me, "I have been becoming fairly absent-minded in my senior years and did not remember about the car using diesel seeing that I had just bought it a couple of days ago after my other car, which I had had for about 30 years, inevitably stopped working". I got the job completed and she gave me a toffee and said thanks a lot. What a pleasant County Durham woman!

And so, in the event that you have filled your petrol automobile with the wrong fuel, or put the wrong fuel in your diesel automobile somewhere in County Durham, phone us right now. Our skilled technicians are all set and waiting for you.

Wrong Fuel Assist Elwick - Wrong Fuel in Car Elwick

A motorist had broken down near a road in Elwick. His cream Skoda Octavia car had stopped functioning and he'd no clue what was awry until he realised he had put petrol in his diesel car. He contacted us to request a fuel drain and it was then when he said to us: "I can not believe that I didn't realise that I had put the wrong fuel in my vehicle." He stated that he had gotten absolutely no rest the day before and that must have been the key reason why.

All of our experts are skilled on the newest motor vehicles and their fuel systems. We attend more than 5,000 fuel drains each year in the United Kingdom (absolutely yes, there are that many customers who err - you aren't the only person). Our call centres are open 24 hours a day and every day of the week. Our engineers are available at any time when you want them.

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Commonplace Misfueling Warning signs:

This is a list of ordinary wrong fuel symptoms:

• Losing vehicle power
• Engine conking out, chugging or even hiccuping
• Trouble starting the automobile
• Increased smoking

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 VA 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 registered to conduct all forms of contaminated fuel drains regarding the extraction of mixed fuel. To find out exactly how we will assist to get you going again contact us.