I’ve Put Diesel in Petrol Van, How to Get it Drained?
Have you accidentally put diesel in petrol Van and have you started to panic, don’t worry and relax as all our diesel in petrol Van drain engineers are fully trained to the best standard and can drain the diesel from your petrol Van’s engine. GMM1 has the latest and fastest diesel in petrol vehicle draining system which allows our diesel in petrol experts to safely and quickly drain the diesel from your petrol car or vehicle’s engine. Call GMM1 now to get going quickly.
How Long Does Diesel in Petrol Fix Take?
Diesel in petrol vehicle engine drain and flush normally takes around 20-30 minutes which means our diesel in petrol vehicle experts can have your vehicle back on the road within 1 hour. It is fairly easy to put petrol in a diesel engine and the problem lies with the petrol nozzle at the petrol stations.
What to do When Diesel Goes in a Petrol Van?
If you have put diesel in a petrol Van, then you need to act quickly. It can cause damage to your Van’s engine and journey. Every year around 150,000 people put wrong fuel in their vehicle which means a mistake happening somewhere in the UK every four minutes, you are definitely not alone if you find yourself in trouble at the pump.
The damage to your Van totally depends on the type of engine and whether you’ve put diesel into petrol or vice versa, the amount of diesel and whether the incorrect fuel has reached your vehicle’s engine systems. Our experts know how to drain diesel from a petrol vehicle. Simply follow these simple steps to stop your car or vehicle’s engine getting damaged.
Don’t Turn on Your Petrol Van Engine
If you are at the fuel station and have mistakenly put diesel in a petrol Van, it matters a lot. But wait, as long as we are with you, you need not to worry. The very first thing you need to do is turn your vehicle off. Take out the key and call us..
By keeping the Van entirely switched off, you minimise the chances of containing the misfuelling to the fuel tank where it can do less damage. If you start the engine, diesel starts running in petrol engine. Hence the chances of expensive repair increases. Our wrong fuel engineers work extremely hard to drain diesel from petrol engine.
There are some modern Vans that begin moving fuel around as soon as the key is turned on. That’s why, it is really important to avoid even putting the key in the ignition switch.
Driving After Diesel in Petrol Van
There are many drivers who fill their vehicles with wrong fuel and only notice it during the filling process or soon afterwards. Keep one thing in mind that if you have already resumed your journey before the penny drops, immediately pull over to a safe place and get the keys out from the ignition.
Rest assured that GMM1 can fix your vehicle even after it has stopped running due to wrong fuel. We will drain all the diesel in petrol Van and then we will get it started to make sure you carry on with your journey. This process can be done in as less as 30 minutes, so give GMM1 a call without a delay.
Symptoms to Determine Diesel in Petrol Van
There are some symptoms which you might start noticing that something seriously went wrong. The symptoms include lumpy and uneven acceleration, misfires and large amounts of smoke from the exhaust. So don’t wait for even a single moment because it wont resove by itself, calling GMM1 is the best option to save your diesel engine from an expensive damage.
Diesel in Petrol vs Petrol in Diesel
To understand misfuelling, it is easy to understand that to put diesel in a petrol tank is harder than to put petrol in a diesel tank. There is one main and major reason and that is the size of nozzle of a diesel pump. It generally won’t fit in the fuel tank. This size of nozzle gives the petrol vehicle drivers some protection against such type of misfuelling.
Filling a Vehicle with a Green Petrol Nozzle
To put the petrol in a diesel engine is worse on a diesel engine as compared to putting diesel in petrol engine. To understand why it happens, the diesel fuel itself is used to lubricate certain essentials parts of the vehicle. Whereas the petrol hasn’t got these lubricating qualities. When the diesel and petrol fuels mix together, the diesel floats on the top. That’s why when the vehicle starts drawing from the tank, it can cause damage quickly.
Cost of Diesel in Petrol Van
GMM1 offers the most competitive rates and the quickest response for draining diesel from petrol Vans. So give us a call if you are stuck, our Van wrong fuel drain service is available 24/7.