Wrong Fuel Recovery – more advice from Specialists

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Till now you have learned to stop your car immediately in case of wrong fuelling and call a recovery expert to solve the problem. In almost every case that is what you need to do and it would be wise to follow suggestion of the experts. However there is one more thing that you should keep in mind even though it may seem out of context at first. The topic in question is you car insurance.

Insurance Claims

In a large majority of wrong-fuelling incidents, simply doing fuel recovery is enough to get the car back on track. There are some car insurance policies that cover the expense of wrong fuel draining, but you may not need to use an insurance claim as costs incurred in such cases generally is far below the policy excess.

However, some wrong fuelling cases are more serious than the usual fare. Such cases require extra work like detailed inspection /investigation and it is usually followed by repairing or replacement of the automobile parts. Such a case will cost you a considerable amount of money. Thus you may need to go through the ‘Accidental Damage’ coverage section of your insurance policy. However, the coverage will only take into account damages of comprehensive nature. Some insurance policies will cover engine damage but not all insurance companies will.

Check condition of the car for some weeks after wrong fuel recovery

After you have done wrong fuel drain and driving the car on the road, you should monitor its condition for several weeks to make sure that it is working fine. If there is any unfamiliar sound from the car or if it is behaving abnormally, you should immediately get those problems checked by experts. Consult any reputed expert instead of your local mechanic or dealer.

The problem may lie with one or more component in the car’s fuel system. So you need to call someone who knows his job well.

Wrong Fuel Recovery – Advice from Breakdown Service Specialists (Part IV)

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So you have stopped your car and even called in an expert to solve your wrong-fuelling problem. That’s fine and shows you have taken our suggestion seriously. Now I will tell you to do one thing more – which you may consider out of context at the first sight – go through the details of your car insurance policy. Confused? Let me offer some explanation.

Insurance Claims

In majority of wrong-fuelling cases, simple fuel recovery will be enough to get your vehicle back on the road. Some insurance policies provide coverage of wrong fuel drain-out but you may not need it as costs incurred by the motorists in most of such cases even don’t come closer to the policy excess.

However, sometimes further works like thorough investigation and repairing/replacement become a necessity to sort out the issues. In that case, go to the section of ‘Accidental Damage’ coverage. However, that coverage is included in the insurance policy if only it is of comprehensive nature. Most of the insurance policies cover engine damage but not all.

Monitor condition of your vehicle for a few weeks following fuel drain-out

After fuel drain out is completed and your car is back on the road, you need to monitor it for several weeks to ensure that it is working perfectly. If the vehicle is making erratic sound, does not show signs of improvement or behaves abnormally, you need to get those problems inspected properly. I would again suggest that you should consult an expert working at a reputed wrong fuel removal company instead of consulting with a mechanic or a local dealer.

There may be some problems with a component or more in the fuel system of the vehicle. Whatever it is, you will get authentic advice from a specialist who is most likely to demand a nominal fee for consultation.

Wrong Fuel Recovery – Advice from Breakdown Service Specialists (Part III)

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After you realize that you have pumped wrong fuel into car tank, immediately call a wrong fuel drainer. Meanwhile you need to take some responsibility to ensure that the car suffers no damage. You must not start the engine. In fact, it is also recommended not to lock or unlock the vehicle as some diesel-powered cars feature a low-pressure electric fuel pipe. The problem with these pipes is they are primed as soon as ignition is switched on or in the event of any electrical activity such as locking or unlocking of door.

If you are currently at the fuel station, request the staff there to help you push your car out of the way of other drivers to a safe place. If you have already driven your car and it has suddenly stopped on the road, you need to be quick in pushing it to a safe zone. It will better for you to turn on hazard warning lights. If you have an emergency reflective triangle, put it up.

Call a specialist

Calling in an expert is a must to get advice on such kind of problem and also to get out of the same. You will never be short on options as there are many companies offering service in this niche. You need trained contaminated fuel recovery experts who have specialization and proper licenses in this regard.

Complete fuel drainage & system flush

Contrary to some frightening incidents that were probably brought to your notice by one of your friends to make you aware of wrong fuelling hazards, simple fuel drainage is often the only work required to solve the problem. If you don’t own a sports car and luxurious car, fuel drainage is only what you need to wait for. In more than 95% of wrong-fuelling cases involving the ordinary vehicles, engineers just assess the situation and then drain out contaminated fuel.

Important Wrong Fuel Recovery Advice

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With wrong fuelling becoming a quite frequent incident, it has become really important to learn about the things that you should do under the circumstances. As soon as you realize that you have filled your fuel tank with wrong type of fuel, call a wrong fuel recovery agency. But until the professionals arrive to take care of the problem, you also need to take some responsibility about your car to make sure it is not heavily damaged. The most vital thing to remember is that you must never start the car’s engine. If the engine is powered with wrong fuel in it, heavy damage is almost certain. Among other things it is also advised that do not lock or unlock the car. The reason for this is that some diesel cars have a fuel pipe that is low-pressured and electric. These pipes are primed when ignition is turned on or during any electrical activity like unlocking/ locking the door.

If you are stuck at the fuel station, you can request the fuel station’s staff to help push the car into a safe place. If you are on the road, stop the car and park it immediately at a safe spot. Turning the hazard warning lights will be even better.

Call specialists

When you call the wrong fuel recovery expert, ask if he has any advice for you till he arrives at the spot. These days there are several agencies so you will not face any difficulty in finding help. Just make sure that the agency from which you are taking help has proper license and registration.

fuel draining & flushing the system

While there is no denying the fact that sometimes wrong fuelling can be really frightening for the motorists, most of the time simply draining the wrong fuel can solve the problem. Recovery experts will sometimes go for a system flush to be sure.

Wrong Fuel Recovery – Advice from Breakdown Service Specialists (Part II)

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Starting from where we ended last week, we will now take a look at the differences between petrol and diesel engine fuel systems:

When diesel-driven vehicle first arrived in the market, it was not difficult to tell how they were different from petrol-powered vehicles due to heavy noise generated while the cars were running. Diesel cars used to produce a heavy and distinct rating sound while being revved or idling. However, those differences have been eliminated in the new-age diesel cars which produce no sound any longer. Modern-day diesel engines have undergone several changes and installation of sound-proof system has made it extremely difficult to understand if the car is running on diesel or petrol.

The fuel system pump in a petrol engine works differently from that in a diesel engine. In a diesel engine, it performs within tighter tolerance and its internal pressure is much higher if compared with that in the petrol-powered vehicle while running. The latest diesel cars run at from 350 to 1600 bar. Diesel functions as lubricant for the system components lining the fuel supply channel, preventing them from frictions that may happen if there is a contact between the metal components during their operation.

Diesel in Petrol – What Happens to Fuel System

Several problems may take place if unleaded is accidentally loaded into a diesel tank. Unleaded petrol does not feature lubricating qualities. It implies that if someone tries to run a diesel fuel pipe carrying unleaded petrol in it, there will be metal-to-metal contact between the components in the pump body and as a result, those metals will start grinding against each other and small pieces of metals will contaminate the fuel further. These metal fragments will then start working through the vehicle’s fuel system, resulting into further damages to other parts as well as blockages.

The next big damaging character of unleaded petrol is it functions as a solvent and so can produce detrimental effects on the fuel system seals which, more than often, require replacement.

We will shed more light on it in the next week and until then; you have to keep waiting…..

Advice from specialists about Wrong Fuel Recovery (Part I)

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Let us continue our discussion about wrong fuelling and other related topics. It is important that we learn about the differences between petrol and diesel engine fuel systems:

When diesel run cars first begun to arrive in the market, it was easily distinguishable from petrol vehicles because the former generated heavy noises while running. In diesel cars a heavy rating sound was produced while it was idling or revved. But the scenario has changed since then. Those heavy sounds are eliminated from new-age diesel engines so cars produce no sound. Some of the most advanced engines in the world nowadays run on diesel. Therefore it has become difficult to tell whether the car runs on diesel or petrol by hearing just the sound of the engine.

The fuel pump of a petrol engine has a totally different way of working than a diesel engine. A diesel engine, pump has tighter tolerance and much more internal pressure than a petrol-powered engine’s pump. When you put in the diesel it functions as a lubricant for the components lining the channel for fuel supply channel. It helps to prevent frictions that may happen if the metal components touch each other during operation.

The result of wrong fuelling- What Happens inside

If unleaded (petrol) is mistakenly loaded into the tank of a diesel car, several problems may arise. Unleaded does not have the lubricating qualities of diesel and thus if someone tries to run a diesel pipe carrying petrol in it, there is almost sure to be metal-to-metal contact as the components of the fuel system pump body will start grinding with each other. Slowly small metal pieces will begin to contaminate the fuel. Friction will be created and the metal fragments will go deep into the fuel systems, creating blockages and creating damages.

Another big problem with petrol is that it functions like a solvent and so can cause detrimental effects on the seals of the fuel system which in course of time will require replacement.

Wrong Fuel Recovery – Advice from Breakdown Service Specialists (Part II)

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With the number of wrong fuelling cases reaching an all time high, wrong fuel recovery experts are giving out tips to motorists that can help them to a great extent, if they are entangled in any such situation. But before going through the expert tips, we must know the background of the big problem.

Diesel fuel in a petrol car is the most frequent among all types of wrong-fuelling. If we just look at the number in the United Kingdom only, we will see that every year more than 150.000 motorists make the wrong fuelling mistake and the majority of these incidents involve diesel fuel in petrol tank.

Several factors have led to the significant rise in wrong fuelling and the reasons are as follows:

More diesel cars are coming into the market than ever before.
Many motorists are switching from unleaded to diesel run cars.
Many of them forget at the fuel station that they no longer drive a petrol car but a diesel one.
Some also make the wrong fuel mistake when they are borrowing diesel cars from friends or family when they themselves own petrol cars.
Modern day diesel cars come with advanced engines that make no sound even when running on any kind of contaminated fuel.
Foreign motorists get confused with the colour codes of pump nozzles.
Mental stress and/ or work pressure can also cause distractions leading to such a mistake.

So, now that we familiar with several reasons that are responsible for wrong fuelling, we may try and avoid them. But it is also important to understand why people are so concerned with wrong fuelling. To learn the gravity of the situation it is important to know the differences of the fuel system of petrol and diesel engines.

Did you face any wrong fueling incident, read this!!

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Wrong fuelling is a common mistake that occurs not only with cars but also with bikes. The damage following wrong fuelling is the same be it a car or bike which is why any driver is asked to contact wrong fuel experts instantly. It was a sunny spring day when a middle aged gentleman by the name of Bob called a wrong fuel drainer. The expert was asked to come to Liverpool immediately as Bob has filled the wrong fuel in his motorbike.

At the scene which was very close to a fuel court the specialists found Bob standing next to his superbike, a Ducati Panigale. Bob’s face was marked with lines of worry since he knew what harm could come to his prized bike if the wrong fuel affects the engine. Relief was visible in his features when the specialists arrived on the scene and asked him not to worry as their team is efficient and the problem would soon be solved.

Bob had filled the wrong fuel in his bike and had realized his error after riding his bike for a minute. The loud noise that the engine produced alarmed him and he immediately stopped the bike and contacted the specialists. The specialists then pushed the bike to a side of the road close to the fuel court.

Diesel in a petrol engine is not a very serious condition; however, the opposite situation which is fairly serious also occurs repeatedly. It is a myth that driving a vehicle when it has the wrong fuel in its fuel tank does not damage it. The fuel was drained from the tank, and the engine, fuel pipes and tank were flushed to be replaced with the correct fuel.

Bob now started the bike which came to life smoothly and thanked the experts for their quick and efficient service. This should be a lesson for all to learn from, as they should pay attention while refueling and in case they make the common mistake they should immediately call for help.

Wrong Fuel Recovery – Advice from Breakdown Service Specialists (Part I)

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Before taking a dip in what experts have to say in regards to wrong-fuelling service, let us first have a look at the background that causes the problem.

Loading wrong fuel in car tank is a very commonplace mistake committed by motorists all over the world. ‘Diesel in petrol’ is the commonest of all kinds of wrong-fuelling incidents. Only in the United Kingdom, more than 150.000 motorists fill their car with wrong fuel and most of these incidents pertain to ‘diesel in unleaded’.

There are several factors contributing to bumpy rise in wrong fuel incidents and these are as follows:

More and more of diesel cars are rolled out into the market.
Motorists are making a quick switch from unleaded to diesel cars.
Most of the drivers/car owners suffer lapse of memory at the fuel court.
Some commit wrong fuel mistake after they borrow diesel cars from their friends or acquaintances when they are used to driving a petrol vehicle.
Modern diesel cars have advanced engine that does not make sound even while running on contaminated fuel.
Colour codes of pump nozzles seem confusing for the foreign motorists.
If a motorist feels tired, he/she can easily lose concentration while pumping fuel into car tank.
Mental stress and pressure at workplaces can also cause temporary distractions.

So, we see that there are several reasons for the worst thing to happen. However, that must not ruin your journey. The mere mention of wrong fuel mistake often causes shiver to course through the motorists’ spine. They tend to think that doomsday has come for their vehicle or they have to cough out a lot to get out of the problem. Now the question is why there is so much fuss about it. We need to understand the differences between petrol and diesel engine fuel systems to know the answer.

Let us wait until the next week to shed more light on the topic………

Unusual Incident of Wrong Fuelling With a Quick Solution

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It was a sunny morning during spring season when Wrong Fuel Drainer got a call from a middle-aged gentleman namely Bob. He was in Liverpool and informed that he had loaded wrong fuel in his motorbike.

The specialist fuel drainage professionals reached the scenario to discover Bob standing next to his superbike. It was Ducati Panigale. One could notice the signs of distress and worry on his face while a sense of ‘silliness’ confronted him. He felt a little bit happy after the experts’ arrival at the scenario. Somehow he had a strong feel that things were at efficient hands and would be managed quickly. He was correct!

He had refilled a full tank with wrong fuel – diesel – in his two-wheeler and even rode it for two minutes following the incident. The engineers first pushed the bike to a safe place nearby the fuel court. Bob told that he realized the problem after his bike let out a bizarre noise. The first thing he heard from the technicians was word of reassurance. That was very comforting at the time when he was at a loss.

Diesel in a petrol car is not a serious problem and also a rare incident while the opposite is dangerous as well as happens more than often. Even a short-time drive after a wrong fuel refill does not lead to expensive repairing and/or replacement, contrary to common myth. Following full drain-out, the bike engine, tank and fuel pipes were flushed with fresh fuel. 10 Liters of correct fuel was placed in the tank.

Bob started and the bike revved to life perfectly. He thanked the team of experts for their quick and excellent service. Now this could be a lesson for the bikers. First of all, they should be focused while refilling tank and secondly, if such mistake happens, they must call a wrong fuel drainer without wasting time to do things on their own.