Wrong Fuel in Car Reasons, Symptoms and Recovery Solutions

Q: What does “misfuelling” actually means?

A: Putting wrong (unleaded or other than prescribed) fuel in a car, motorbike, truck, garden tractor, generator or any engine is called misfuelling. Putting diesel in a petrol engine, petrol in a diesel or gasoline engine or otherwise is called unleaded fueling or wrong fueling and it can cause serious damages for vehicle.

Q: What are the symptoms of misfuelling?

A: Difficulty in starting engine, Inconsistent acceleration and misfires are the common symptoms of misfuelling. Another major sign is excessive smoke enervation from the exhaust. Engine has got noisy under load (accelerating). 

Q: What are the possible reasons of putting unleaded or wrong fuel in car?

A:  There can be several reasons of putting wrong in car including hurry, some swear tension, worries, being upset, attention diversion, lack of focus, or lack or information (i.e. filling wrong fuel at such filling stations where standardized fuel filling nozzles are not available rather they are all in black, blue or in some other color) etc.  Whatsoever the reason maybe, but it is quite rectifiable if you call the fuel recovery assistant on time.  

Q: What Dr. Fuel will do?

A: After arriving at your required place, our fuel recovery engineer will start draining out the wrong fuel from your car’s fuel tank until the wrong fuel is completely removed. After removing the unleaded fuel our specialist will then move to other parts of the engine that might have been fed with the wrong fuel. They include injectors, fuel lines, fuel filter and fuel rail and if need be drained. It will ensure that all contaminated fuel is removed from each and every parts. Dr. Fuel aa fuel assist will then add (inject) a fuel improver to your car’s fuel tank and feed it with fresh fuel. Tip: For your ease, when you contact Dr. Fuel, you can also request our team to bring any amount of the right fuel you require so that the rest of your journey is not interrupted by any fuelling problems. At the end, our fueling expert will test start your car to ensure if everything is working perfectly after the wrong fuel correction.

Q: What areas in UK they cover?

A: Dr. Fuel covers all areas and locations covered nationwide including Birmingham, London and all other cities and towns.

Q: What type of vehicles they fix?

A: Dr. Fuel wrong fuel recovery experts fix all type of cars and other vehicles including car, motorbike, truck, garden tractor, generator or any engine.

Q: Which company / model car Dr. Fuel wrong fuel recovery experts will fix?

A: Dr. Fuel wrong fuel recovery experts fix every car and all models including “Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Jeep, Landrover, Mercedes, Mini, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Saab, Seat, Suzuki, Toyota, Vauxhall, VW” etc.

Q: I’ve another question, to whom can I ask?

A: Have another question? Don’t hesitate call Dr. Fuel at 0800 917 7033 or write us at info@drfuel.co.uk. For more information please visit: http://www.drfuel.co.uk/faq/facts-about-misfueling/ or send us your questions by filling up the inquiry form for our quick response! 

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