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 »
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 …
It always happens when you could really do without it Read More »
A young lady had a very interesting story which resulted in her filling her petrol car with a whole tank of diesel. She had been too busy with her friend looking at a good-looking guy across the forecourt of the petrol station. As she put the nozzle back into the holder she realized her mistake. …
I was called at 5pm rush hour from a lady who had filled her Ford Focus 03 plate, petrol car with diesel. She was in a rush as she was on her way home from work and needed to pick the kids up. Panicked by her mistake, I told her we could be with her …
We were called to lovely Blackheath, South East London to an Audi S-line, A6, Black, 07 plate. The owner had driven to the petrol station next to the Sun in the Sands roundabout to fill up his empty tank. He put £70 of petrol in his diesel, Audi. He drove out of the petrol station …
Audi S-line diesel in Blackheath – it didn’t like petrol Read More »
We did a fuel drain for an Audi A6, S-line Quatro 06 3L Diesel that put £40 of petrol in an almost empty tank. The car had only driven 5 mins and conked out in Oxted High Street, around the corner from the petrol station. Luckily, the car was able to be pulled over to …
A fuel drain in Hexham was for a young lady who put petrol in diesel in a VW Polo and was stuck on the petrol station forecourt. The fuel drainer arrived in record time of 7 minutes and got straight onto the job, in situ at the pump and got the whole drain, flush and …
Northumberland – a cold place if you have to wait by the side of the road Read More »
A fuel drain in Lincoln was for a tank full of the wrong fuel, £30 of petrol in diesel and broken down 2 miles from the petrol station. The fuel drainer was sent out at 2am to help the driver and got the drain, flush and re-fuel done on the roadside within an hour. A …
No, we weren’t asleep, and the phone was ringing anyway: 2 am fuel drain Lincolnshire Read More »
