The joys of being on call. Last night I rushed out to a job in Shepherds bush, London whilst in the cinema !!! Tyrone had gone and filled up his newly purchased Smart car with petrol rather than diesel after a long day in the office. There was a slight upside to this he was …
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Early Last week I had a call from a gentleman named Tony, he had gone and done the silly thing of putting £30 of petrol into his work van(Ford Transit) at the Shell garage in East Grinstead. Tony thought this was going to muck up his whole day waiting around for a call out. Fortunately …
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It’s not quite summer yet but the weather has been so fantastic that a lot of our customers have been out and about enjoying the sun and warmth. One particular middle-aged gentleman up in the Scottish Borders decided to do a bit of touring on his classic Yamaha TDM 850. If you’ve never seen one …
Diesel in a Petrol Sports Bike? Scottish Borders Madness Read More »
It’s always nice to get a job that’s literally on our doorstep, to be able to get to and drain a vehicle in less than half an hour is some feat! Yesterday at 3:00pm we had a call from Penny who had put the wrong fuel in her Fiat Brava (petrol in diesel) at the …
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Citroen DS3 wrong fuel in Sevenoaks: Yesterday The Fuel Man was asked to carry out a fuel drain with petrol in a diesel engine in Sevenoaks, Kent on a Citreon DS3. Received Call – 12:10pm So The Fuel Man rushed over to Sevenoaks in lightning quick speed to reach him in under an hour. Arrived …
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Starting to notice a pattern from main dealers, I think the word I am looking for is “thieving ****” – time and again I get to a job and find out that the client has phoned the dealer who supplied the car and been told it will cost between 700 and 1200 for a “proper …
Recently we came across a husband and wife who had put the wrong fuel in their car. Their situation came about like this: they had a nearly empty tank on a Merc (07 reg, Diesel, 220 C Class Estate) they filled it full with Petrol. The wife was driving and only got about 3 miles …
Oops! Wrong fuel goes into a Mercedes in Whitstable Read More »
A young man had only been driving for 6 months and had just bought his first car. He called us feeling totally embarrassed. He had put £50 of diesel in his petrol VW Golf 03 plate. We explained to him that this was a very common mistake and lots of people did this every day! He had …
When someone puts the wrong fuel into the car, normally their are on their way out or going to work, or dashing home after a busy day. So being told it’s 24hr waiting time will just not do. People have places to be. That’s why we can safely say we will alway be able to …
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