Ok, so you have just been to the petrol station and in your usual mad rush between seeing to the kids, running errands or fighting the rush hour traffic in your daily commute, your car starts to do funny things and you're not quite sure about it. First thing, don't panic, get yourself to the side of the road and then think about the next 5 warning signs of wrong fuel or fuel contamination in your vehicle.

If you have just left the forecourt and got down the road and your vehicle begins to jump suddenly, this is the number 1 warning sign you have just put the wrong fuel in your tank, this could be petrol in your diesel car or vice versa, but you will know if this happens.

Every time you accelerate it will feel like the car loses power and jolts backwards and forwards as the petrol sticks to the pistons and then acts as a solvent causing damage to the pumps and corroding the lubrication which in turn means you have metal on metal, this can cause long term damage, but not if you get it drained quickly. There are many parts of a diesel engine that is not compatible with petrol, these parts can also be damaged too.

One tell tale sign of a common mis-fuel is the smokey exhaust. If you notice your exhaust smoking heavily then stop the car right away and turn off the ignition. This can be the petrol heating with the diesel causing extreme heat and burning on the exhaust and you don't want to be forking out for a new exhaust!

Sometimes you will hear a big bang or maybe a few splutters depending on the type of vehicle you have. Most cars will misfire, so too will vans and bikes. Lorries and larger vehicles may jolt too as the pistons struggle to cope without lubricant. Again, stop the engine and seek emergency roadside help.

When reading articles on the internet about this, there are many many scare stories about how putting petrol in your diesel engine can ruin your car, how your engine will blow, how it will erode! Ignore them all and just read our article below to get the full low down on what to do when you have just mixed your petrol and diesel cars.
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A motor vehicle is a finely tuned and handy machine. Many of us would be entirely lost without our vehicles, and it is easy to see why. Each and every car can transport at least two people from one place to the next without any issues at all. ​

Fuel Doctor Birmingham was called out to an A Class Mercedes recovery in Tipton Birmingham. The driver had put a full tank of petrol in his diesel car. No need to panic though, once the driver called us we were able to drain the fuel, clean his tank and system and have him back on the road within the hour.

Once again Fuel Doctor saves the day and yet another motorist back on the road in no time!

DFuel Doctor are a national company sercing all the towns and cities throughout the UK, In this case our Nottingham Fuel Doctor helped these stranded folks back on the road. If you ever need the help of Fuel Doctor after putting the wrong fuel in your car, motorbike or truck then make sure you contact us today. 

We have a 1hr call out nationwide as well taking cards by the roadside for your convenience.

Here at Fuel Doctor we help one and all out if they put the wrong fuel in their car. Being the nations favourite wrong fuel recovery company and the cheapest independent fuel drain provider means our customers enjoy the best service no matter where they are.

We are also on hand for the public sector too, with contracts up and down the country with many companies and services, we are on hand to help keep public services going and an example of that below is our postie in the Lake District that put 50 litres of petrol in diesel in his postman's Vauxhall van.

We were on hand to drain the wrong fuel in no time and thankfully the mail was thus delivered on time and normally duties were resumed. If you live in the Lake District area and put the wrong fuel in your car, then why not speak to a member of our team or call our national call centre who can get a Fuel Doctor to you in no time on 0333 444 9000 totally mobile friendly and we take cards by the roadside too.

On Saturday 29th April we were called out to a customer that has mistakenly put petrol in her diesel car and had then tried to drive the car off the forecourt and realising her mistake straight away after a family recommendation called Fuel Doctor & was made aware that wrong fuel recovery is quite common place for motorists especially on the motorway networks.

"another company quoted £300 & a 2 1/2hr call out time which left her distressed and upset"

After speaking to our call centre in Sheffield, Fuel Doctor Dan was en route to help the stranded motorist and with her disabilities we had to ensure we were speedy and took care of everything for her. We were there within the hour and had drained and flushed the wrong fuel from her car, got her back on the road with a smile on her face.

She left Charnock Richard services and got on with her day with more pennies in her pocket and spent a third of the time waiting around.

We are on hand always to help motorists all over the UK, with over 45 vans on the road throughout the UK, you can be sure we will be with you in an hour and are the cheapest independent fuel drain company.

Mr Cox called us out after putting the wrong fuel in his Peugeot 308 and driving away from the forecourt. The car managed to make it to his place of work so he was able to call us out and was in no danger on the roadside. We were with him within the hour and flushed the wrong fuel out of the car and replaced with 10 litres of diesel to get him back to the garage to fill up.

Mr Cox was so happy with our service, being in Wotton in such an isolated area, he was expecting to wait hours, but little did he know we have Fuel Doctors covering the whole of Gloucester and South Gloucester to help other motorists that put the wrong fuel in their cars.

We can say that Doctor's are always on hand to help people and there is nothing different in the fundamentals of this. Here at Fuel Doctor we are here to make sure that those that put wrong fuel in their cars are rescued by the roadside using our state of the art mobile fuel drain technology that allows us to drain the wrong fuel from your car and then add the right fuel and allow you to pay by card on the roadside too.

​However, once in a while, you really make a difference when a locum doctor on call puts the wrong fuel in their car and know that there are people relying on the service of this Doctor for emergencies to actually get better. When we received the call on this one we knew time was of the essence hence we were with him in 35 minutes in the Runcorn area and went straight to work on his S-Class Mercedes draining out the wrong fuel. He had already broken down outside of Runcorn and had been rescued and brought back to the Euro Garage Services on the Runcorn Express Way. If you put the wrong fuel in your car in Runcorn then you can always rely on Fuel Doctor in the Runcorn area.

Once we had drained the fuel we had him back on the road in no time and looking after his local Runcorn patients. On a lighter note we do hope he is not as careless in diagnosing his patients!

Make sure you call Fuel Doctor for all your wrong fuel requirements.

Our man on the ground in Staffordshire has been very busy this week helping customers out that have put the wrong fuel in their cars, vans and motorcycles. Staffordshire is a large county and keeps Steve our main Fuel Doctor in the area busy helping motorists that have mis-fuelled.

In this case, we were called out to a Volvo motorist that had put the wrong fuel in their car. They realised after they have turned the car over and driven off the forecourt but was still no problem for us. We were on site with the hour and to drain the wrong fuel and and clear the contaminated fuel from the engine and then replace with the correct fuel. This particular fuel drain is in Newcastle-upon-Lyme in Staffordshire.

The customer was very happy with our service and would recommend us to anyone stranded due to a mis-fuelling. Have a look at the picture below of our man on the ground Steve Latham working his magic to get this customer back on the road.

We serve the whole of Ellesmere Port with a wrong fuel recovery service and this customer put petrol in his diesel car in Connah's Quay Ellesmere Port. The car as you can see is a stunning brand new Kia Sportage and they are just not meant to run on the wrong fuel and if it has been run through the engine, then we need to drain the wrong fuel out of the car and the engine so that we can replace with the right fuel. Why not read our article on what happens to an engine over time if you put petrol in a diesel engine.

The customer here was seen to within the hour and we performed the fuel drain in 20 minutes. As usual, we test and run through the engine before we leave to make sure that the car is fine and will run well.

Check out the image below and if you put the wrong fuel in your car in the Ellesmere Port or Birkenhead areas, then make sure you call out national call centre on 0845 45 90 000 or using the mobile friendly number on 0333 444 9000