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Misfuelling is an increasing cause of breakdown in the UK. Often it is not covered under your vehicle warranty and most people who are victim to this unfortunate mistake are ill-prepared and embarrassed by their faux pas. This guide covers...

It is harder to put diesel in petrol than vice versa. The diesel nozzle in most fuel stations is generally larger than the petrol one and won’t fit. That being said, there are always the exceptions to the rule, and...

Salvage vehicles and parts are a resourceful way of saving money and promoting environmental conservation if you have the experience or qualifications to fix or maintain your vehicle yourself. Auto salvage means the restoration of damaged repairable cars and the...

Misfuelling with petrol in diesel is a more common mishap than you may have realised with 3/4 of 150000 reported cases a year being reported by the AA. With diesel car sales on the increase over recent years, this figure...

In addition to the new tax being brought in for new diesel cars, the government has announced that by 2040 you will no longer be able to buy a new petrol or diesel car. This is in response to the...

Following Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s revelation of the 2018 financial budget, there has been a clear focus on ‘Clean Air’ and reducing our CO2 emissions. As a result, some diesel cars will see a tax increase starting in the new financial...

Being locked out of your vehicle can be a terrifying event. It is also not an easy thing to deal with on your own and you could be in any number of places when you discover you cannot get into...

The new UK speeding laws come into effect from 24th April 2017, motorists caught speeding from this date onwards will find themselves facing tougher new laws and regulations. In this blog, we tell you all you need to know about...

So You’ve gone to get into your car in the morning or when you’re leaving work to drive home and your car door locks are frozen! Don’t panic, here are some handy tips to get you into your vehicle and...

The European Referendum In the run-up to the European Referendum on 23rd June, we will all be asking ourselves what factors will be making us vote either IN or OUT. Fuel prices may well not be something that you have...

Contaminated Fuel Contaminated fuel from misfuelling can be a distressing mistake. It is far more common than you would think and is equally common for both sexes. Not only can mis-fuelling be embarassing but it causes you both time and...

Most of us have probably looked at the premium fuels nozzle at the fuel pump while filling up and wondered whether we would see any benefit from paying the extra for super fuel…….sometimes up to 30p per litre more. So...

Tax on Fuel Frozen Again After all of the pre-budget speculation and predictions that the chancellor’s Budget statement 2016 would include an increase in fuel duty, it seems that Mr Osbourne has chosen to give the British motorist another year...

Fuel Duty … 2016 budget With the 2016 Budget coming up next week, motorists are speculating as to whether Chancellor George Osborne will be increasing fuel duty in line with inflation…and it is looking likely. The Facts In Britain, we...

Good car tyres are crucial for safe and economical driving. Maintaining and changing your tyres properly and regularly will increase their life span. This guide covers the following topics: When to replace tyres Legal requirements Tread depth Which tyres to...

If you have noticed that your vehicle is running less economically than it used to, there could be an underlying mechanical problem. This guide covers the likely issues which could be attributing to you using more fuel. Driving Style and...

Keeping your car in tip top condition should be something that you do all year round, however in winter, it’s really important to make sure that you are prepared. Nobody wants to get stranded in sub zero conditions. This guide...

The UK has been experiencing increasing numbers and deeper floods each year, some figures estimate the AA has rescued more than 3,000 cars from floods since last December. This guide covers the following topics:: What should I do if my...

VW, recently named the biggest auto manufacturer in the world has admitted cheating on emissions testing Included in this overview are the answers to many of your questions about the VW emissions scandal: What are the accusations against VW? What...

One in five admit to insurance ‘fronting’ This is a guide to insurance fronting, young people’s insurance and how to avoid soaring insurance premiums and keep them down. The guide covers the following points: What is fronting? Fronting – The...

Auto Fuel Fix spreads the word on Misfuelling Recovery Service at Professional Tow and Recovery Show AFF joined loads of other recovery specialists and tow operators this September at the Telford International Centre for the Professional Tow and Recovery Show...

Damaged Repairable Cars for sale Accident damaged repairable cars or crashed cars for sale are the perfect opportunity to buy a car for a lot less money and providing you have the necessary mechanical skills and some free time, you...

If you have put the wrong fuel in your vehicle, helping us to pinpoint your exact location will inevitably reduce the amount of time that you are stranded and reduce the amount of damage to your vehicle. If you have...

Biofuels are liquid transport fuels blended with petrol or diesel. They are made from plants that absorb energy from the sun and store it chemically as sugars or similar materials. Biodiesel can be used as a fuel for vehicles in...

[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iftvz5vW81I” title=”misfuelling”]   • There are 150,000 mis-fuelling incidents a year on UK roads • Every four minutes, someone puts the wrong fuel in their car • Costly recovery and repairs are a thing of the past The UK’s...

The petrol prices and diesel prices in the UK has seen record highs in recent years, but what percentage of the money goes to where? How much of the fuel price is duty, how much is for the actual product,...

One of our engineers was called out to a customer who had misfuelled their vehicle by putting petrol in their diesel tank. Below is the great customer feedback we received from another satisfied customer. Our engineer was able to save...

On the 5th of September, Auto Fuel Fix were called out to a misfuelling incident where Marion R had put petrol in a diesel Ford Focus in Oxford. We’re always proud of our excellent customer service and were glad to...

Car tax bands (also referred to as road tax and formerly known as Vehcle Excise duty) are currently based on your vehicles carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Cars and light goods vehicles registered before March 2001 have their vehicle tax rates...

This is a subject that has been discussed on a regular basis throughout motoring forums, whether you get inferior fuel from a supermarket garage compared to the likes of a Shell, BP or Esso petrol stations. All fuels that are...

So you have just filled your car up with fuel and have gotten back on the road. The only problem is, you have started to experience some strange problems with your car, such as the engine making a lot of...

When you’re borrowing a friends car, using a work vehicle or a loan vehicle, it can be a common mistake to make to put diesel in a petrol, as you’re so used to putting that fuel in your own vehicle....

Time is money and when you’re rushing around focusing on your work, putting the wrong fuel in your van can be an easy mistake to make. That’s what happened to Arthur at the ESSO petrol station (SP97LA) in Tidworth, as...

We attended a rather inconsolable customer last week. He’d pulled into his local Esso garage, Bournemouth, driving his 7.5 tonne Renault Midland lorry. Unfortunately, he managed to pump 150 litres of unleaded into its tank and didn’t realise the error...

Went to the rescue of a chap on Sunday night, keen to get home after a long day in central London. He’d dropped into the BP station near the Wandsworth one way system in his 13 plate Golf and made...

AFF had a tremendous time last month in Telford at the Professional Tow and Recovery Show. We knew from the previous year there was a great B2B opportunity to be had, but the organisers had built on the last show’s...

A good example of the indiscriminate nature of vehicle mis fuelling cropped up on Sunday. A Dutch gentleman had been playing golf at Wentworth in Surrey, and after he’d finished his round he had to make his way to Dover...

We’re always apprehensive about older vehicles that have been mis fuelled, particularly with petrol engines. An old vehicle with high mileage will generally speaking have weaker ancillary components that are far less likely to survive the process of being driven...

They do say you should never drive your car once you’ve agreed its sale. Well, there is obviously something to the statement as proven by a gentleman who called us today – he was at first very distressed and ultimately...

Had a call out on Saturday just passed to attend a classic VW camper van stranded in Devon. The family were on board, as was surfing equipment, provisions and a rather noisy border terrier! Being in a remote part of...

We received a call on Sunday evening from a customer who had filled his Honda VTR1000 with diesel – definitely not a good combination! Our chap was despatched to find the customer had ridden several miles before breaking down off...

The weekend just passed we received a call from a rather desperate sounding customer. He had lent his 12 plate E200CDI Mercedes to a friend who had put 10 litres of petrol into the car, realised his mistake, then put...

Another busy weekend – this time with a very exotic motor car needing our assistance – Ferrari Testarossa. Those of you old enough, and those young enough to be into retro US cop shows, will know this car from the...

Putting the wrong fuel into your car can be an incredibly inconvenient and, potentially, expensive experience. Here at Auto Fuel Fix, we have been specialising in the removal of contaminated fuel from a variety of road vehicles since 2006. During...