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

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.

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…..

Wrong Fuel Drainer – Keep Calm while tackling it

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Wrong-fuelling is not anymore a mistake that is committed by only very few people. The number of motorists doing the mistake of putting wrong type of fuel in their car tanks, is steadily increasing. If you fill your diesel car with petrol, it can cost you a lot of money for recovery. But if you are lucky, you can escape heavy damage to your car or any big expenditure.

If unfortunately the engine of your car is damaged by wrong fuelling, the cost of repairing cost can start from £300 and can go up to £3,000. What will be the actual cost will depend on the seriousness of the damage and the type of engine that is fitted in the car. Car hire/ rental companies can face a big problem in the form of wrong-fuelling. If many of their customers hire their cars and then make this mistake, it can cost the company thousands of Euros for recovery/ repairing. As a result, the car-hire companies are taking pre-cautions to prevent this thing from happening.

These vehicles which are under high risk, have sophisticated rail diesel engines. These engines cannot tolerate too much wrong fuel and if you put petrol in diesel engine, you will have to replace the pressure pump, line filters, injectors and more. This will automatically make wrong fueling very expensive.

What to do after wrong-fueling:

Do not start the engine.
Never try to remove the contaminated fuel by yourself.
Call in a wrong fuel recovery agency as soon as possible
Make sure the wrong fuel recovery agency is reputed.

If you start the engine with wrong fuel in it, the engine can get massively damaged and cost you a whole lot of money. Unfortunately, most insurance companies do not cover wrong fuel recovery. So try and stay away from this mistake.

Poor Decisions Cause Added Expenditure

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Motorists that face the consequences of mis-fuelling for the very first time are baffled by the situation. Hence, they are unable to make quick decisions and lose time that plays a crucial role in the recovery of fuel and protection of their vehicle. In fact, some motorists try to recover the wrong fuel on their own without seeking expert opinion. These vehicle owners feel that extracting the contaminated fuel is enough to solve the problem; however this is far from the truth. It is common knowledge that wrong fuel needs to be recovered right away. Apart from immediate recovery the expertise and efficiency of the fuel recovery engineer employed play an instrumental role in reducing the extent of damage and cost of repair.

The most common mis-fueling cases involve unleaded in diesel cars and diesel in petrol vehicles. The consequences of these occurrences vary greatly. Unleaded fuel in diesel cars is more damaging among the two common types of mis-fuelling. If motorists do not seek expert assistance at once the effects of mis-fuelling prove to be disastrous. The volume of wrong fuel is another variable that affects the extent of damage.

Fuel recovery specialists employ an effective multistep process for complete removal of wrong fuel. The process begins with retrieval of the mixture of fuels from the fuel tank of a vehicle. A simple flush-out does not suffice since; only complete removal ensures that the harmful fuel mixture will not wreak havoc in the fuel supply channel and the engine. After successful retrieval of the wrong fuel, right fuel is loaded into the tank following which it is pumped out. Pumping out the right fuel is necessary as it removes any remaining residue of the wrong fuel. Next, the functionalities of the car are inspected. If any repairs are required they are carried out and the car is restored to its previous condition.

Wrong Fuel Loading – Some Misconceptions to Kick out

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Many of us are familiar with the frightening talks about what could happen after wrong-fuelling. Some come up with most pessimistic predictions, “your car will be heavily damaged and there will be no way to get it back to normalcy”. Others will not sound so much harsh though inform that fuel removal will cost you a fortune. And if it is petrol in a diesel car, there is no way – they will say – to escape paying a heavy price. To sum up, a doomsday is waiting if wrong fuel is loaded in your car tank.

However, most of what we hear about wrong-fuelling are only myths. Let us now introduce you to some of the most common wrong-fuelling misconceptions as follows:

Only fools make the mistake of wrong-fuelling

It is very stupid to think that those who commit wrong-fuelling mistake are fool. In fact, it is a common mistake for every motorist. It is very easy to put unleaded in a diesel engine because the nozzle size of the petrol pump is smaller than that of your diesel tank. However, the opposite happens rarely. The most important reason pinpointed for wrong-fuelling is simple human error. Distraction is common to every human being.

Petrol in Diesel – Is the damage repairable?

Many think that petrol in a diesel engine could heavily damage an engine, so much so that it cannot be repaired. However, a little amount of petrol will not destroy your engine and what is more, even if you have installed a lot of unleaded, quick removal will save your car from irreparable damages.

Wrong fuel recovery burns a hole in pocket

Only a few can experience that if damages are severe but those are rare cases. In this current economic situation, we think several times before flexing our financial muscle even a little bit. However, don’t worry as calling in a specialist will solve your case without even requiring you to spend a lot for the solution.