Motorists or drivers are not as worried over breakdown problems as they are over wrong-fuelling issues. Despite repeated insistences that mis-fuelling seldom leads to severe consequences demanding heavy repairing costs and/or beyond fixing-up, a larger number of motorists still believe that wrong-fuelling means end of their cars’ life or at least, they have to break their banks in order to get the cars back.

However, that becomes a reality only when the damage is severe and engine is rendered non-working. Let us burst some myths and guide the motorists to the path of enlightenment so that they can make an informed choice.

All wrong-fuelling problems are dangerous

If petrol gets into diesel cars, it poses a real threat to engine. However, damages can be prevented if actions are taken earlier. If unleaded petrol is allowed to remain in a diesel tank for a long time, it could see diesel lubricants coming off the engine as well as other components along the fuel supply channel.

Those tiny parts add to fuel contamination and that only adds to the problems. The matter can turn worse if the motorists drive their cars without realizing or in full knowledge that the cars have contaminated fuel in the tanks as it only circulate the fuel mixture throughout the engine.

Repairing is expensive

It depends on severity of damages. If complications are involved and several parts are damaged, it will take more time to fix up the problems. However, as most of the wrong-fuelling problems are mild in nature, only wrong fuel recovery can solve the problems and that means, the motorists will not have to pay a fortune for repairing.

Call in a specialist

All works are not for DIY enthusiasts. It needs technical and theoretical expertise to deal with petrol and diesel as these are dangerous chemicals. So, there is no alternative to hiring an expert!

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Wrong fuel mistake can be broadly categorized under two heads – Unleaded in Diesel Car and Diesel in Petrol Car. Most of the motorists, who are aware of the causes and consequences of loading wrong fuel into car tank, shiver at the realization that they have installed unleaded petrol into diesel cars. Is there anything to worry about or are they making a mountain of mole hills? Let us examine the fact.

Every fuel recovery agency will tell you that they receive significantly lower number of ‘diesel in petrol’ car incidents in respect of the opposite cases. Why? It can be contributed to mismatch between the width of nozzle in diesel pump at the fuel court and opening of a petrol car tank. On the contrary, the diameter of an unleaded petrol pump finely matches with an opening of a diesel car tank and that creates the problem.

Now the question is why unleaded petrol is considered a heavy problem for a diesel car. There is some reality to it. Petrol, while going through the fuel pipe, tends to scratch off diesel coating. After reaching engine, it does the same thing. As a result, components come in direct contact with each other in absence of diesel lubrication and that leads to their decaying.

The tiny parts of the lubrications, which are stripped off by unleaded petrol, further get mixed with wrong fuel and add to volume of fuel mixture.

Can a little amount of mixture create havoc problem?

If it is diesel in petrol and there is very little amount of wrong fuel in car tank, chance is almost nil that your car will sustain damages. However, I will always recommend fuel wrong fuel recovery because if you are not in luck, even a small amount of mixture could cause damages to your car. And if it is unleaded into your diesel car, I will mince no words in saying that early recovery is a must, no matter how much you have loaded.

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It happens not only in the UK but also in every corner of the globe where people run fuel-driven cars. I am talking about wrong fuel mistake. Industry analysts have noted that demand for fuel flush-out service gets to a new peak at the time of new car registration. They have also revealed that March and September are the busiest months for the wrong fuel recovery service providers. The experts are of the view that reason behind such situation is due to accelerated rise in demand for diesel-driven cars.

More and more of the car owners are now exchanging their petrol cars for the diesel powered vehicles. That leads to a situation where they forget about owning a new car that runs on diesel, not petrol. Those forgetful owners fill up their diesel car tank with petrol because they have been used to doing it for several years. It is not common to find out a case where diesel is placed into petrol car tank because the unleaded tank aperture is smaller than diesel fuel nozzle in size, therefore making it difficult for wrong refuelling.

If the statistics is considered from the perspective of what is happening on regular basis, demand is usually higher in the mornings as well as evenings when the motorist are on their way to work or home. People are more focused on to-be-done works in the morning while in the evening, the motorists feel tired. Both the causes result into absentmindedness and that is, in turn, responsible for wrong fuel mistake.

Majority of the motorists, who are victims of wrong fuel mistake, consider themselves most unfortunate and foolish. They feel a sense of being dead and start panicking. Needless to say, worrying is not a solution and it pushes them more into panic mode. Calling in a specialist wrong fuel drainer is the only way to get rid of the problem and back on the road.

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Mis-fuelling (putting wrong type of fuel in the car) is nowadays a very common cause for which people call car emergency services. The reason why people panic when they mistakenly commit wrong fuelling is because it can cause serious damage to your car if not handled properly. At almost every fuel station multiple types of fuels are sold and so there is always the chance that   motorists will choose the wrong type. Most probably, you were distracted and inattentive and also if you have recently switched to diesel car from a petrol car, you may have simply forgotten it. It has been seen that in almost every case, petrol is mistakenly put into diesel tanks as the nozzle of the petrol pipe can fit into a diesel tank but a diesel nozzle will not fit into a petrol tank.

But whatever may be the reason; the incident is no doubt a bit embarrassing and can be really annoying and troublesome. But the biggest worry of all is that wrong fuelling can permanently damage the engine of your car. Naturally it will cause you a good deal of money. All that running and yelling will do you no good other than make the situation even worse. The best thing you can do is call a wrong fuel recovery expert as soon as you can. Otherwise you will have to bear the most burnt and it can be real heavy on your pocket.

Filling petrol in a diesel car is becoming a common mistake. Just in the United Kingdom, more than 150,000 motorists commit this mistake every year. The modern day diesel engine cars are built in such a way that they cannot tolerate petrol too much and will be heavily damaged. Even famous celebrities and important personalities are not safe from wrong-fuelling problems. On one occasion President of America Barack Obama’s car also suffered wrong-fuelling and needed servicing. However, immediate wrong fuel recovery will stop the situation from going out of hand.

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