Quite often a car does not break down immediately after a misfueling, assuming you have drived to a petrol station to buy your fuel. Your cars engine will be hot, and a warm engine copes with wrong fuel much better than a cold engine. This is the reason we attend so many call outs to …
Putting the wrong fuel in your car can be a bit of a nightmare. You are in your car for a journey perhaps a driving holiday or an important work meeting and suddenly your car won’t go. It is not just a case of changing a flat tire. You put petrol in your diesel car. …
Fuel Fixer is helping to get the message out to motorists that there is help at had for any contaminated fuel issue. We recently launched a campaign to inform motorists that there is light at the end of the misfuelling tunnel – and hopefully stopped a few from making the mistake in the first place. …
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This is a question we get asked on a daily basis. So we decided to try to provide a definitive answer in the form of a web-app. The answer to this question depends on a number of factors, such as type of vehicle, age, correct fuel, etc. But for the sake of simplicity we have …
What Should I do If I Misfuel My Car? Dont worry you are not the first person doing so, misfuelling is a very common type of mistake. If you’ve just put petrol in a diesel car or vice versa. I’m sure that first thing you want is sound advice on what to do next. …
I see a lot of strange things in my line of work, and tonight was no different. A client had filled up with petrol (into his diesel Astra), and realised his mistake, he called a friend who was a “dabbler mechanic” and was told to put 5 litres of engine oil in the tank to …
If you’ve ever had to ask yourself this question, “I’ve put the wrong fuel in my car! What do I do?” I genuinely feel for you. This is something that affects many thousands of motorists every year and not only is it an inconvenience but it can also be quite costly to resolve. So, for …
Maintaining the correct tyre pressure for your vehicle is very important for a number of reasons. Tyre pressure primarily can affect: Fuel economy Vehicle handling Braking distance Tyre lifespan Ensuring that your tyres are correctly inflated is very simple to do but a surprising number of people either don’t know how to do it, or …
Question: I know it’s a bad thing to do – but, in reality, what happens if I put the wrong fuel in my car? Answer: Well, I hope you have some time to kill while I explain the details of the incorrect fuel. Firstly, let’s break it down by fuel-type. Understanding the differences between petrol …
