Wrong Fuel in Car West Lockinge, Oxfordshire

Local Call-Out and Roadside Repair in Oxfordshire

Petrol in your diesel car or bike in West Lockinge? Thanks for visiting Wrong Fuel SoS. Phone us and find out how we could aid you to get you going once again.

It was about 9 pm on a Wednesday and though we were promised a dry and fresh evening, it had not ceased pouring! Dan and I were sitting there commenting on the weekend's golf rankings, waiting for the sixth job that day to come in. Inevitably we got the phone call from a girl on a company trip who had gone to the Texaco filling station in West Lockinge and filled petrol in a diesel maroon Jaguar S-Type rental by mistake. The poor thing was somewhat distressed it seemed, saying "I still cannot believe that I have wrecked the vehicle! I'm so used to filling my petrol vehicle I completely didn't remember that I was operating a diesel!" We advised her to take it easy and not to worry, and that these things do happen. She was able to relocate the vehicle to a secure spot and, as it was no more than a short distance away from our van, we could arrive at the lady right away. The contaminated fuel was taken out so she was able to go home to the Premier Inn she was residing in. Although we got really wet, it was all worthwhile seeing her drive home satisfied and much less worried. Yet another job in Oxfordshire done well in my books!

Loaded up using petrol in your diesel vehicle in West Lockinge? It's a great deal more common dilemma than you would likely assume. And we are able to help you. WrongFuelSoS.com gives you a couple of main catch-phrases: National and Twenty-four hours a day. And we adhere to them carefully. You can depend upon us to be at your support at any time when you phone us, and irrespective of the place where you are positioned in West Lockinge or even the United Kingdom.

Waste Fuel Removal

Got a fuel container at the back of your garden with out of date, useless or degraded fuel? We are able to help you to dispose of it. We've been called out to many private and industrial properties in Oxfordshire to deal with removing and disposing of fuel storages. We are covered by the Environment Agency to be able to remove and dispose of waste fuel safely and legally.

Regardless of whether the fuel storage is an underground tank, a portable bowser, or perhaps even some containers in a storage shed, as long as we are able to get to it, we can drain it for you.

Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Fuel contaminated with water, irrespective of whether it's unleaded or diesel, is without question a significant situation to handle in a vehicle - particularly in advanced common-rail engines.

Having water or AdBlue in the fuel tank can easily contribute to idling problems, irregular running, excessive smoke and, if not sorted out properly, quite possibly blown injectors. Water in petrol is a lot easier to remove as compared with water in diesel - this is primarily due to the fact that diesel is an oil. However we are able to resolve both situations quite swiftly.

You should know though that if the vehicle has been run on the water contamination it will probably require a new fuel filter fitted seeing that the previous one will be thoroughly water-logged and ineffective.

Wrong Fuel in Car in OX12 Postcode - West Lockinge Misfueling

A young lady had broken down on a street, West Lockinge having just put petrol in her diesel car. She was weeping and fairly troubled as she had put £45 of petrol in her diesel car. When she called us we made an effort to calm her as well as we could, encouraging her that it would be okay. By the time we arrived with her she was no longer distressed and was rather intrigued in paying attention to our fuel drainer complete the fuel drain on her cobalt blue BMW Z4. Later she said: "My car is akin to my baby, I just paid for it and thus it honestly concerned me that I had put so much wrong fuel in it. I'm terribly gratified that it was so very easily fixable."

Our roadside assistance staff members are readily available 24 hours a day, every day to offer roadside support in the eradication of contaminated fuel from EVERY kind of vehicle. We have lost number of how many motorists all around Oxfordshire who have contacted us for help with fuel problems.

No matter if you're driving a brand-new vehicle or an outdated model, we have the tools as well as experience to fix the problem on the sopt. We remove the incorrect fuel, deal with any complications brought on as a result of the misfueling, and get you running.

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I'd had a fantastic evening golfing during the weekend and felt cheerful the following day as I was en route to aid a new couple on holiday in West Lockinge. They had conked out after inserting petrol into their clean white Mercedes E-Class, and were close to half an hour away. I emerged at their car and smirked as I listened to the wife telling her partner off for turning out to be so daft. "Exactly how could you even manage to put the wrong fuel in the car?" she told him. I wanted to explain that this kind of thing happens frequently in Oxfordshire and that it is nothing at all to fret about, even so he still had an ear bashing by his missus. Unlucky lad. Anyhow, I extracted the wrong fuel, gave the motor a flush and gave them some proper fuel. Watching them drive down the road I mouthed good-bye and wondered what her indoors would do to me in the event that I made the same mistake... I'd under no circumstances live it down!

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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 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.

Typical Petrol in Diesel Warning signs:

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

• Loss of vehicle power
• Motor conking out, chugging and / or hiccuping
• Hassles starting the motor
• Increased smoke

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