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Wrong Fuel in Car Hawks Stones, West Yorkshire
24/7 Mobile Wrong Fuel Drains in and around Hawks Stones
Don’t be afraid if you find out that you have mistakenly put the wrong fuel in your car. Just contact us and we will dispatch a team of highly skilled mobile mechanics to your vehicle to help you get back to your journey. You might be in a hurry but do not fuss with your car, leave it and make that call. We are available any time and any day of the week. Give us a call today and our friendly staff will answer your phone call. They will first ask you a few questions after which they will provide you a free estimate for the charges.
First things first, don't worry, you almost certainly haven't ruined your engine or caused expensive damage. Based on our experiences, so far we have not yet failed in draining and flushing the wrong fuel from your tank and re-fueling the fuel system with the right fuel without damage. If it's required to replace a filter in your engine, we can often do that too, immediately in the same location.
While a technician is on his way to your car, you might use that time reading some of the services we offer apart from the resolution of the current problem you have.
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I'm not ever that interested in doing work on weekends, and a week ago was no different. I'd just left the wife and kids filled with a magnificent dinner cooked by the wife, and I was on the way to help a fellow after he had filled the incorrect petrol in his Hawks Stones. He was only nearby so it wouldn't be a long time before I reached him. As I drove up right behind the car and stepped out he said to me "Thank the Almighty! I incredibly had my thoughts on something else and failed to ascertain I had put the wrong fuel in my petrol vehicle. Is it possible I inflicted any kind of harm as a result of starting it?" I revealed truth be told there shouldn't be any kind of damage and that also I'd personally drain the contaminated fuel right away. As expected I got the fuel drained from the vehicle and filled up with the suitable fuel, and thus yet another delighted customer was able to continue their ride without the difficulty. The gentleman did not stop saying thanks to me, and that is actually what makes earning a living on Sundays a little bit less painful for me personally!
Indicators of incorrect fuel
After refueling your tank, your car may begin showing some signs but you might not be able to understand them all. However, if your engine starts sputtering or if you start seeing a lot of smoke emerging from the exhaust, or your vehicle stops and shows no power at all even if you push the accelerator harder and harder, then it is obvious that you have put the incorrect fuel in your vehicle.
All that said, you will probably be more careful in future, now that you have experienced putting the incorrect fuel in your vehicle. From now on, look out for those common causes of putting the wrong fuel in your car:
- You are in a hurry and confused on what precisely to do
- You're in autopilot mode and not checking
- Being in a car or truck you aren't used to - borrowing or hiring a car
Other Fuel Issues in Hawks Stones
Putting the wrong fuel in your vehicle isn't the only thing that can cause problems. Fuel contaminated with water will also cause your car to run poorly and eventually stop altogether. It doesn't matter if your car runs on petrol or diesel, water contamination will cause very similar symptoms to those described above.
Addition of too much or way too low AdBlue to your car tank also results in too much smoke from the exhaust and a sputtering engine too. Luckily you have us, so you have absolutely nothing to be worried about. AdBlue is a substance that is added to a vehicle to make the engine work cleaner and should only be added by professionals using its specified filler neck and tank to avoid experiencing the above symptoms. If you are uninformed of this, you can easily make a mistake resulting in a wrong filling of AdBlue and the above symptoms. But we are capable of helping you embark on your journey no matter if the issue is wrong fuel or AdBlue contamination.
We have the necessary tools and skills
You might think that handling the issues yourself or allowing your close friend who has skills on how to deal with them will save you some cash. But it is not recommended at all because the problem is usually complex and just needs to be handled by someone who has skills in the field so as to avoid situations such fire because of incorrect handling of fuel which is considered to be highly flammable. Our mobile mechanics have the proper tools and expertise on how to solve the above problems no matter the kind of vehicle.
They say cheap is expensive. You might decide to handle the problem alone or let a friend do it for you which may results in more expenses if the vehicle catches fire. Remember you will still need to buy clean fuel which may involve extra transport costs. Letting our technicians to serve is both safe and economical. We are affordable and reasonable in pricing. So bringing clean and fresh fuel to re-fill your tank would not add too much to the overall costs involved. In addition, we will assist you to get rid of contaminated fuel in a secure manner.
We find pleasure in serving our customers well, while at the same time protecting the environment, we are also licensed by the Environment Agency. After draining and flushing the fuel system of customers who have put wrong fuel in their vehicles, or whose fuel is contaminated, we store and later dispose of the contaminated fuel in accordance with the law.
All kinds of contaminated fuel types can be drained by our technicians granted they are all accessible. Whether it is a fixed storage tank, a mobile bowser or a group of containers with contaminated fuel, rest assured we've got you covered.
Once our technician arrives, you will be astonished at how quickly they can drain and flush your fuel system and get sufficient nice clean fuel in your tank, to get you to the nearest gas station. If in case there are other issue brought about by this incorrect fuel such as broken fuel filter, he will replace it with a new part so you can get back to the road immediately.
In the unlikely circumstance that wrong fuel or contaminated fuel isn't the issue, our skilled technician will be able to distinguish that, and the likely cause and we will just make a nominal call out charge, not the originally quoted price.
How long to remove the wrong fuel
We take about half one hour to get you back on the road after putting the incorrect fuel in your vehicle. Give us a call now, and we assure you that you will get the best service you could hope for.
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Recent Wrong Fuel Drains around Hawks Stones
Stories from our Hawks Stones technicians:
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The driver of a Hawks Stones was regretful that he had put unleaded in his diesel car when he got onto the road and it spluttered and ceased. "I've gone and put petrol in my diesel vehicle," is what he said to us the first time he called. To tell the truth, when he first phoned us he said he'd check around, but he called us back shortly because our rate and call-out times were the best. Naturally, our fuel drainer had him again performing his deliveries well within the period we'd estimated.
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A person called us saying he foolishly piped unleaded in his diesel Hawks Stones. "Unbelievable! How could I put unleaded in my beautiful diesel car!" It took the specialist about fifty minutes to fully drain the contaminated fuel out of the car. He thoroughly purged the fuel system and put fresh diesel in the car. The customer was thrilled and it hadn't cost him dealer rates to have the job properly done.
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Misfueling Tips:
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- Do not turn on the vehicle (even if it's simply to move the car off of the dispenser). Continuing to keep the contaminated fuel in the fuel tank and away from very sensitive fuel system workings will decrease the chance of damage to your motor.
- What to do? Speak to Wrong Fuel SoS now on
0800 711 7172. - Take advantage of effective assistance in relation to how to handle it next. Our call operators are at your disposal twenty four hours a day to enable you to be on your way once again.
- In case that you have turned on the engine or driven the car, don't worry. Nearly 99% of vehicles driven on the incorrect fuel can be completely flushed out without having any negative effects.
- How much is a fuel drain?
Get in touch and after two or three quick questions we should be able to get a customized price for exactly how much the fuel drain costs. - We are able tosupply full VAT invoices which can be used to claim your payments back on your misfuel insurance**
Usual Misfuel Symptoms:
Here's a list of typical wrong fuel signs and symptoms:
- Lack of engine power
- Vehicle stalling, jumping and / or hiccuping
- Difficulties starting the car
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 certified and registered to carry out all categories of wrong fuel drains with respect to the extraction of mixed fuel. To find out exactly how we can help to get you going again call us.
A man had broken down near a street. His Hawks Stones car had ceased functioning and he'd no idea what was wrong right up until he noticed he put the wrong fuel in his diesel vehicle. He contacted us to get a fuel drain and that's when he said to us: "I can not believe that I didn't detect that I put the incorrect fuel in my car." He claimed that he had gotten no rest the evening before and that must have been the reason why.
