What happens if i put petrol into a diesel car
What happens if i put petrol into a diesel car? The most common misfuel by a wide margin. Do not start the engine — it is drained, flushed and primed on site. Call 01293 248666 — a mobile technician comes to the vehicle anywhere across SR1 to SR6, DH4 and DH5. Call-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999.
What "local" actually means here
It means the number is answered by the people who send technicians to Sunderland, and that coverage of SR1 to SR6, DH4 and DH5 is a dispatch area rather than a marketing claim. It does not mean a building — Wrong Fuel Sunderland has no premises and never has. Call 01293 248666 and the equipment comes to you.
| Search | what happens if i put petrol into a diesel car |
|---|---|
| What it is | Petrol in diesel |
| Where we cover | SR1 to SR6, DH4 and DH5 |
| Cost | Call-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999, quoted in full before we travel |
| Time on site | About an hour |
| Hours | 24 hours, every day |
| Phone | 01293 248666 |
What happens if i put petrol into a diesel car: what to do
The most common misfuel, and the one with the most to lose by starting the engine.
What the wrong fuel does on its way through
Diesel lubricates as it passes; petrol dissolves that film and acts as a solvent. Run a diesel high-pressure pump on petrol and it wears fast, shedding fine metal into the injectors behind it. None of that happens while the fuel sits in the tank. All of it starts the moment the engine turns over.
Step by step
- First: nothing Do not turn the key, do not turn the ignition to accessory, do not try the radio. The engine has not run on the wrong fuel yet and that is worth protecting.
- Second: stay where you are Unless you are somewhere dangerous. A vehicle that has not moved is a vehicle whose contamination is still all in one place.
- Third: make the call 01293 248666. Four questions — vehicle, which fuel, roughly how much, did it run — and you get a price and a window before anyone sets off.
- Then we work where the car is Extraction, line flush, fresh fuel, prime, run-up and a check. Nothing needs recovering anywhere.
- And the waste goes properly Registered carrier, waste transfer note, correct consignment. Keep the note; it is the document that protects you, not us.
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From 2,190 Trustpilot reviews. Reviewers consistently pick out arrival times and the fact that technicians talk them through what happened rather than just taking the keys.
Where reviews are critical, it is almost always about price. Rather than ignore that: the call-out is £89 to £199 and the drain £199 to £1,999, quoted in full on the phone before travel, and we would rather lose the job on the call than argue about it on the forecourt.
Questions we get asked
Is this a garage?
No. Wrong Fuel Sunderland is mobile. A technician travels to the vehicle wherever it is standing.
What if I have already driven it?
Still call. Most vehicles driven a short distance are recoverable. Tell us how far you got, because it changes the kit we bring.
Do you cover all of SR1 to SR6, DH4 and DH5?
Yes, from one rota — so being at one edge of the area rather than the other changes the arrival window, not the price.
What if it is not safe to drain where I am?
Then we tell you that on the phone rather than after arriving. Being told honestly costs nothing; being told on arrival costs a call-out.
Who you are dealing with
Wrong Fuel Sunderland is a service by Forecourt Assistance. Forecourt Assistance is a trading name of Fuel Fixer Ltd, company no 08520551, a company of Fuel Fixer International. Registered at Fairway House, Portland Road, East Grinstead, RH19 4ET. Fuel Fixer International is owned by Stockbridge Capital Holdings.
Across the network
Wrong Fuel Sunderland is one of the sites run by Forecourt Assistance, a trading name of Fuel Fixer Ltd, part of Fuel Fixer International, owned by Stockbridge Capital Holdings. Every site below belongs to the same company.
- Forecourt Assistance — the operator: network directory and author page
- AdBlue in Fuel — AdBlue contamination drains only
- Misfuel Doctor — misfuel help, organised by fuel mix-up
- Wrong Fuel — the evidence base; home of every statistic
- Fuel Fixer Scotland — wrong fuel across Scotland, plus Ireland
- Fuel Fixer — the group operating site
- Misfuel Servicing — wrong fuel and misfuelling help, call-only
Background reading: Waste carrier registration — GOV.UK.
Last updated · Reviewed by Rambo S, Wrong Fuel Expert