Wrong Fuel in Car Dulwich, Southwark

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Put the incorrect fuel in the car and somehow succeeded to get where you were going or have broken down by the roadside - we are able to help. Our service is totally mobile and we are able to come out no matter wherever you are and have the automobile drained, emptied and working again in no time - and for a reasonable price!

It was just before 10 pm on a Monday and even though we were guaranteed a rainless day, it hadn't stopped pouring down rain! Ray and I were relaxing talking over the weekend's tennis rankings, at the ready for the seventh fuel drain to come in. Before long we received a call from a woman on a business trip who had pulled into the Tesco petrol garage in Dulwich and filled petrol in a diesel mustard yellow VW Beetle lease car by mistake. She was rather agitated it seemed, stating "I cannot believe I've destroyed the vehicle! I'm so used to filling up my petrol car I had did not remember that I was running a diesel!" I just asked her to calm down and not to worry, and also that such things sadly happen. She had managed to move the car to a protected area and, because it was only a few miles off from us, we could find the customer quickly. The contaminated fuel was cleaned up and removed and she could go home to the Premier Inn she was lodging in. Although we got thoroughly soaked, it was all worth it seeing her drive away calm and a lot less stressed. A misfuel correction in Southwark well done in my opinion!

Now you have gone and put the wrong fuel in your vehicle in Dulwich and are thinking about just how to correct the problem. In the event that you're browsing this that indicates you're at least on the right road. All you ought to do at this point is contact us so we can come and sort your car out. Why us? Excellent question. We are extremely professional fuel drain experts in Dulwich, and are at your disposal 24 hours a day to help you at the roadside.

AdBlue Contamination

All over Southwark we are discovering a growing number of occurrences of AdBlue contamination when someone has put AdBlue directly into their diesel fuel tank. This is mainly as a consequence of drivers not being aware of how to work with it (pay attention: it is actually not a fuel additive), and partially because the filler caps for diesel and AdBlue are normally right next to each other on the automobile.

Now, what is the problem with having AdBlue in the diesel vehicle?

Since AdBlue is primarily ionised water, it is actually just like pouring water in your tank. Diesel and water don't blend in any way and trying to run a diesel car on water is not going to work. Apart from this, the urea is quite corrosive to the fuel system hoses and seals and is more prone to crystallisation, obstructing injectors and fuel filters. If in case you have put AdBlue in a fuel tank empty it as soon as possible. And definitely be careful not to turn over the car - not even to relocate it off the pump. In the event that you have started the vehicle you may likely have to have the entire fuel system cleaned and filters replaced.

Contact us in the event that you are suffering with AdBlue contamination. We can certainly help. We are Specialists in dealing with contaminated fuel and will be able to attend to different types of AdBlue liquid contamination.

Run Out of Fuel Support

Run out of fuel in Dulwich (out of gas - as the Americans might say)? We run a comprehensive Southwark Out of Fuel Service. We're able to help to fill up the car any time you are stuck on a motorway, on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, or perhaps even at your home. Our technicians can attend with 10-20 litres of the correct fuel (at cost) and fill up your car. They will handle the common troubles that might accompany running out of fuel - including airlocks, vehicle not restarting, , or even flat batteries resulting from over-cranking.

Wrong Fuel in Car in SE26 Postcode - Dulwich Misfueling

Ahhh, that was a good night's sleep! It was 7:30 in the morning on a bright Wednesday and we were off to assist an old lovely lady after she had put petrol in her diesel maroon Mitsubishi 3000GT in Dulwich. I had been advised she had left the petrol station forecourt and broken down on a backwater lane on the way to visit her grandchildren. I got her location punched in the TomTom and arrived in less than 60 minutes. I arrived at the destination and drained the wrong fuel in the car car. While I was doing the work she explained, "I have been becoming relatively absent-minded in my old age and forgot about the vehicle using diesel since I'd only purchased it a couple of days ago when my old car, which I'd had for over 30 years, eventually gave up the ghost". I finished the drain and she gifted me a toffee and thanked me for my efforts. What a delightful Southwark woman!

We understand what is crucial to you and as a result are completely insured and licenced for our occupation. We have the capacity to fix any car or truck variations irrespective of whether they have been run on contaminated fuel or just misfueled.

Wrong Fuel Assist Dulwich - Wrong Fuel in Car Dulwich

A gentleman called us from Dulwich to say he foolishly pumped petrol in his diesel brand new Range Rover. "I can't believe it! I can't believe I put petrol in my beautiful diesel car!" It took the technician around fifty minutes to completely drain the incorrect fuel out of the car. He meticulously flushed the fuel lines, filter and pumps and put clean diesel in the vehicle. The customer was happy and it hadn't cost him car dealership rates to have the task properly performed.

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Prevalent Petrol in Diesel Signs and symptoms:

Here's a list of usual wrong fuel symptoms:

• Losing engine power
• Car stalling, spluttering or coughing
• Trouble starting the motor
• Excessive 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 London is fully qualified and skilled to fulfill all forms of fuel drains needed for the extraction of mixed fuel. To learn about how we can help to get you on the move once more just give us a call.