I have been meaning to put this page up for some time but never got round to it, today (20th Feb 11) I had yet another client telling me to put up a comments page, so here it is, If you have had a fuel drain done by us – please feel free to leave a comment with your experience, I would especially like to hear from people who have had a fuel drain in the past and the “long term view”
Over the next few days I will upload all the feedback I have already received
Hi guys
Got an 06 Kia Sportage-diesel, half filled it with petrol. Drove home, less than a mile away, with great difficulty and now it wont even start. Can you help?
I live in Eastbourne.
Could you get me back on the road and how much will it cost please?
Many thanks
Stuart
Hi Stuart,
No problem at all, cost 145 + VAT, and we can certainly have it back on the road for you, feel free to call us anytime, we really do operate a 24 hour service and it makes no difference to the price whether it is done now or tomorrow morning, hope that helps
Hi,
After living away from home for 6 months at a time , and now home for good i thought i would buy the car of my dreams so i bought a vw scorocco tdi 140 diesel 09 16k.
And yes, i put 18 liters of petrol into my car to fill it to the brim i reckon around 1/3 mix.
I left the car overnight after driving home approx 1/2 a mile. The car started in the morning, i had booked it in to a independent vw garage for an oil change just for peace of mind, so drove to it as normal, low revs at 50mph in 6 gear as i wasnt in a rush, for 10 miles, got to the garage and stopped. The meachanic came out tried to start the car (sounded rough) he staight away asked PETROL????. Fuel tank drained, filter etc, 100miles driven, no probs so far, however i feel that i have lost faith in my car, i listen to the engine all the time and am paranoid i will break down, i drive at low revs all the time(great for fuel ecnomy). However your website as given me hope, the only thing i worry about is that it didnt stall staight away, until stopped, so i am sure a fair amount passed into the pump/lines etc. Anyway thanks for this website, and your dedication to your job.
Hi,
Your very welcome, thanks for the visit and hope all goes well with the Scirrocco – I hear they are a lovely drive.
To darren and crew
I am very happy with the job you did on my mercedes. I have not had any problems with it at all. Thank you for coming and doing a fuel drain, I found you to be very professional and you arrived faster than I thought you would.
Thankyou again,
Jason Graves
Thankyou for saving me the other night. Not many people would have come out to me at that time of night, but you did. You saved me. I won’t be making the same mistake again… black is diesel and green is unleaded. I get it now hehe.
Stephanie, VW POLO, Fulham
I filled my A6 up with £80 worth of unleaded and drove off…I got a mile before it stopped. This was on the night of the London riots and I was in a postcode that was burning and being looted. After greenflag got the car home on a lowloader I started to panic at the thought of a £4000 plus bill.
Phoned fuel fixer the next morning and they put my mind at ease….no guarantee but a good chance it would be ok.
They turned up at the door bang on time and the mechanic got to work straight away.
It took quite a while (the petrol comes out a lot slower than it goes in). After draining the car did not want to start but the mechanic was determined to get it going and was not going to leave until it started.
After lots of bleeding and stripping of pipes it started….I,ve never shaken a mechanics hand before I was just so happy.
Car has been running perfectly since then.
Can’t thank them enough,highly reccomended.
Steve London SE18
14/08/2011 (SUNDAY) my grandfather had put petrol in my diesel car after being very stressed all day phoning round trying to get someone to help me firstly I phoned for a tow one company asked for £176 the other £300 to tow my car 3 miles from the petrol station the last resort or leaving it till Monday I started phoning mobile mechanics and was told from a guy there must be someone on the net that can help that’s when I found this company the man arrived reasonable time even though he was roughly 70miles away pleasant man drained my tank then I was back home job done my advice is to use this company DONT listen to people telling you to top ur tank up with diesel to flush the petrol out my husband had only bought me the car 4 weeks ago there’s no way I was going to fill it and drive away thanks again
I used this company today Weds 30 March 2011 and I would like to express how impressed I was with the service and help I recieved.
From my initial call to a very helpful and knowledgeable lady and the 1.5hrs response time to my car this indeed was impressive.
The engineer who attended my car was polite and professional got my car running in less than an hour, he also called me to let me know where he was and how long he would be which was fantastic and I had my 4yr old daughter with me.
I would highly recommend this company if you are unlucky to be in that situation.
Mrs Andrea Magill, Watford