Wrong Fuel in Car Margate, Kent

24/7 Mobile Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Margate

Experiencing a terrible day? Worry no more

The fact that you are reading this article probably means you aren’t having an excellent day, but don’t worry, you have come to the right people and we are going to take good care of you. Rest assured that we have plenty experience in dealing with the wrong fuel owing to the fact that we have assisted lots of customers in the same situation throughout the country.

We know that you are either:

1. Sitting in your car on a petrol station forecourt, afraid to start it because you have realised you have put the incorrect fuel in it.
2. Sitting within the car by the roadside traumatized by the strange spluttering, stalling, dense smoke and sudden jerking to a stop.

Once over the initial shock, you have worked out that you pumped the wrong fuel in your vehicle. You may have been in a hurry, not been concentrating or even in a vehicle that you weren’t used to, as these are the most typical causes of putting the wrong fuel in a car.

What needs to be your next course of action?

We are experts in this type of situation; this is what you should do:

First: Keep calm. Avoid stressing yourself over the situation as it will prevent you from thinking clearly, which in the real sense, won’t fix your problem. Be calm and understand that we will handle the situation.

The next point is to not think too much about your engine, especially whether it's already ruined or not. In 99.8 % of all cases involving filling the vehicle with the wrong fuel, we deal with the issue there at the roadside with no serious harm done to the engine.

Third. Stay safe. If you are on a motorway, or on a blind bend or corner on the road. Make sure that you alight from the car and you are standing in a safe position. Make sure any other passengers in the car do the same. And if you are carrying any pets, just lock them inside so as to ensure that they are safe and that the safety of other road users is not compromised.

Fourthly, call us once you are safe. One of our friendly employees will greet you, ask you a couple of questions regarding the issue, and then provide you a quote for the charges. You can call us at any time of the day or night and we will make sure your problem is sorted immediately. One of professional technicians will reach you once you accept our fixed charges.

Once we promise to come to you, all you can do now is calm down and wait. We will try to guarantee you that our mobile technician will reach you within an hour as they are located throughout the country.

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On getting to your vehicle

Once our mobile technician arrives, he will assess the situation before taking any action. And if he finds out that it is not the problem of incorrect fuel in the vehicle, he won’t drain it unnecessarily, and you will only be charged an updated amount which is not equal to the cost of wrong fuel in a car.

If, as it is in most cases, it is an issue of having the wrong fuel in the car, our technician is completely equipped and knowledgeable to drain out the fuel, flush the system and fill the car with the correct kind of fuel. We don’t demand crazy prices for the fresh fuel either, we simply charge the current pump prices. We also understand that you may not be having enough money with you hence you should know that we also take any major credit card or debit card payments.

Other Services

Are you aware?

You may be curious to discover the other services we provide too.

Once our mobile technician has emptied out the wrong fuel, they have a full tank of contaminated fuel which needs to be disposed of. Nowadays, such fuel should be discarded properly since pouring it out might pollute the environment and the local water supply. But we can manage it for you since we have the ideal tools, and we are accredited by the Environment Agency to do so.

It is also a service that we offer separately to commercial and private clients at a fee. We can drain fixed or mobile tanks as well as a wide variety of other containers, as long as we can reach them. We can then get rid of the contaminated liquids, and dispose of them properly to the relevant regulations.

Contamination with AdBlue or Water

There are other causes of engine troubles aside from wrong fuel in a car. Fuel contaminated with water will also cause very similar symptoms of lack of power, irregular running, excessive smoke and stalling. Besides, it can make the fuel filters unusable and require replacement.

The mistake of putting AdBlue into the fuel (AdBlue: a solution utilized to enhance the cleanliness of engine exhausts) can also cause the above signs. AdBlue contamination can also take place if it is used by someone who has no knowledge on how or where it should be added. For correct operation of it, AdBlue should be added through its own separate tank and dosing system rather than added to the fuel tank.

In both of the cases above, we can offer the same fuel system draining, flushing and refilling service as we do if you put the incorrect fuel in your vehicle. So, regardless of what the cause we can get you on your way. Furthermore, we can replace the fuel filters damaged by water.

We will arrive at your vehicle soon. If you were already growing impatient as you go through our services, you can rest be assured that we will be with you as soon as possible. Once the technician has started his work, he'll only need about 30 minutes to get the job done and get you back on the road.

Wrong fuel in the tank may possibly lead to other issues such as air getting into the fuel system or even a flat battery. But you also don’t have to worry since we also have the tools and abilities to utilize in sorting them out so as to let you continue with your journey.

We know how hard it is to overcome moments like this but we are happy you contacted us. Our help extended to you means a lot to us. Not only can we help get you back on the road, we hopefully helped you get back your peace of mind too.

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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 VAT 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 anywhere in Kent to 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.

Well-known Misfuel Symptoms:

Following is a list of commonplace wrong fuel symptoms or signs:

• Reduced vehicle power
• Engine stalling, stuttering and / or coughing
• Trouble starting the automobile
• Increased fumes

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Wrong Fuel SOS is fully licensed and trained to carry out all varieties of polluted fuel drains with respect to the extraction of mixed fuel. To learn about exactly how we will assist get you on the road once more just call us.

A driver with her little ones in her diesel Margate had put £40 of petrol at the Co Op petrol station. She called us weeping and very worried as she had never put petrol in a diesel car before and didn't know what could happen to her vehicle because of it. We told her that the vehicle should be okay and that she would be in action soon. When we arrived on scene she was still distressed but while our fuel drainer started work on the fuel drain she simmered down since she recognised that something could be done and her vehicle wasn't wrecked. She soon brightened up and was on the road again saying, "I really can't believe my bad luck putting petrol in my diesel car! Specifically with the children on board."