Wrong Fuel in Car Purley, Croydon

Local Call-Out and Roadside Repair in Croydon

Incorrect fuel in your car in Purley? You have reached the perfect place. We are here to assist you in your hour of need and get you moving once more with our expert fuel removal assistance.

It was close to eight pm on a Monday and even though we were assured a rainless day, it hadn't stopped pouring! Ray and I were sitting going over the football results, waiting for the 6th call that day to arrive. In due time we got a phone call from a lovely women on a business excursion who had arrived at the BP filling garage in Purley and put the wrong fuel in a diesel light green Citron C4 lease car in error. The unfortunate lady was somewhat troubled it seemed, telling me "I still can't believe I have messed up the vehicle! I'm just so accustomed to putting petrol in my petrol vehicle that I totally didn't remember I was operating a diesel!" We advised her to relax and not to worry, also that these things can happen. She was able to relocate the vehicle to a protected spot and, as it was no more than a few miles off from where we were, we could get to the lady swiftly. The incorrect fuel was drained and she could once again go back to the motel she was residing at. Even though we got fairly drenched, it was all worth the effort seeing her drive off satisfied and much less anxious. One more fuel drain in Croydon well done in my mind!

Did you put incorrect fuel in your vehicle accidentally in Purley? The first thing to do is not to fret! Secondly, you ought to call us so we can assist you with the removal. Our crew of SPA licensed technicians are on hand 24/7 to aid you at the roadside with the correct tools to carry out a fuel drain on your vehicle swiftly.

AdBlue In Your Diesel

How to handle it in case you may have put AdBlue into your Diesel tank?

AdBlue is a chemical that’s made of a blend of urea (32.5%) and deionized water (67.5%). AdBlue can be harmful to your car's fuel system, specifically in cases where you started the car with AdBlue in the tank. The moment the engine has been started the AdBlue will be squirted into the fuel lines and will quickly begin to crystalise, bringing about disastrous and expensive problems to your vehicle's fuel system.

Call us in the event that you have experienced AdBlue contamination. We can help. We are Contaminated Fuel Specialists and can easily handle every type of AdBlue fluid contamination.

Waste Fuel Removal

Have an old fuel container placed at the back of the garden with aged, unusable or contaminated fuel? We could assist you to dispose of it. We've been called out to numerous privately owned and business properties in Croydon to deal with removing and recycling fuel storages. We are registered by the Environment Agency to enable us to remove and dispose of waste fuel safely and legally.

Whether the fuel storage is a subterranean tank, a portable bowser, or possibly even numerous containers in a storage shed, assuming that we can get to it, we can empty it for you.

Wrong Fuel in Car in CR8 Postcode - Purley Misfueling

What a great night of uninterrupted sleep! It was 7:00 in the morning on a warm Wednesday and I was on my way to assist an old woman who had put the wrong fuel in her diesel trusty Suzuki Swift in Purley. I'd been informed she drove away from the petrol station forecourt and was broken down in a rural road on the way to see her family. I plugged her location in the TomTom and arrived inside an hour. I got to the destination and drained the contaminated fuel out of the vehicle. While I was doing it she explained, "Now I'm becoming fairly forgetful in my old age and did not remember about the car needing diesel because I had only got it a few days back because my former car, which I'd owned for over 30 years, finally stopped working". I got the drain done and she gave me a peppermint and thanked me for my work. Such a precious Croydon lady!

We have technical engineers on call in the local area completely ready and waiting to arrive and fuel drain your car of the wrong fuel or polluted fuel. We operate 24 hours a day and seven days a week. All our experts are totally qualified and experienced in working with all kinds of automobiles.

Wrong Fuel Assist Purley - Wrong Fuel in Car Purley

A customer contacted us from his house on a road in Purley. He said, "My vehicle (a gorgeous BMW 330) is not starting and is creating dreadful sounds when I turn the key." He confessed that he put the wrong fuel in his diesel vehicle but then believed he would remedy the issue by putting further Diesel on top. We arrived promptly, carried out the fuel drain and filled him up once more with untainted Diesel. He told us he would be absolutely sure to inform people not to fill up on top of the incorrect fuel but to get it cleaned out immediately.

With generations of joint contaminated fuel removal practical knowledge you could not be in better hands. Our technicians have observed the lot and accomplished the lot. They are properly trained on the most up-to-date models and possess all appropriate certificates. The company is entirely V.A.T. registered and insured so you realize we are no cowboy or “fly-by-night” scheme.

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Usual Wrong Fuel Warning signs:

Here's a list of ordinary wrong fuel signs and symptoms:

• Reduced vehicle power
• Vehicle stalling, spluttering and / or hiccuping
• Difficulty starting the engine
• Excessive smoke

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 certified and registered to perform all forms of polluted fuel drains for the removing of mixed fuel. To discover how we will assist to get you on the road once more just contact us.