150 Litres of the Wrong Fuel
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 until he was told the price of the fuel at the till.
Wrong Fuel Leads to an Unhappy Car
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 it a short way down the road towards the A3 before realising his car wasn’t […]
Auto Fuel Fix at the Professional Tow and Recovery Show
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 strengths by noticeably increasing public footfall,
The indiscriminate nature of vehicles
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 to catch a late crossing back to mainland Europe.
Older vehicles that have been mis fuelled
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 with the wrong fuel.
Never drive your car once you’ve agreed its sale
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 very relieved!
Holiday Season and Camper Vans are not impervious to the Wrong Fuel!
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 North Devon it took us approximately 90 minutes to arrive at their location
I’ve put diesel in my superbike!
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 A3.
What happens when I’ve put petrol into a modern prestige diesel vehicle?
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 20 litres of diesel into the tank and attempted to restart.
Can I fix my car, without recovery to a dealer, if I’ve put diesel in a petrol?
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 Miami Vice series where it became almost as big a star as its driver – […]