The Next Steps, in Order: Petrol in a Diesel Car in Dungiven
Stop. Motor off. Leave the car that way — no moment on, no moving it at all. Cleared then flushed, right where it is: that is generally all an unrun diesel with petrol in it takes. Whether it remains that straightforward rests on the minutes ahead far more than on anything else. What follows is the order from this point, wherever around Dungiven you are.
Engine off: minute one with petrol in a diesel
Go through the following in sequence, before you do anything else.
- The ignition off, keys out. Switched on, your ignition can prime the system — and priming is what moves petrol out of your tank towards the components it damages.
- No diesel on top. More fuel in removes none of the petrol — it just leaves you with extra of the same mixture.
- Get the car simple to see before anything else — hazards on — if there is traffic going past anywhere close to you.
- The attendants will usually help you push it clear of the pump. Let them, and move it by hand — not on the motor, even for a couple of yards.
- Which fuel, and roughly how much? Your receipt answers that, and that is where our first question starts. Do not throw it away.
Still on the move when you noticed? Come off the M77 at the next junction if that is where you are, over 50 miles from Dungiven, and stop somewhere sensible instead of pressing on to the services. Then begin at stage one.
Has it run yet? The fork in every Dungiven fuel drain
Everything after this point rests on one answer.
Engine never run at all?
- Only that tank has petrol in it so far.
- The job is a simple drain and a flush, normally done where the car is.
- Stage one counts for precisely this reason: it's the best place to be in.
If your motor has been run, even for a moment:
- Petrol has been pulled out of your tank, past your filter and into the lines.
- A bigger run carries it right through to your high-pressure pump and your injectors.
- Flushing the lines, the filter dealt with, occasionally more: this job grows as the distance does.
The reason the line falls there: diesel protects the high-pressure fuel pump as well as the fuel injectors as it flows through them, and petrol does not. In your tank, left alone, petrol harms nothing. Petrol being pumped is grinding down the parts that shift the vehicle.
Dungiven, petrol in a diesel: have these ready before you call
A van that circles against a van that finds you: a little planning is what separates them.
- The ideal place to start is a postcode — one starting BT47 4 — for where you are.
- Name the street — Crown Street or wherever you have stopped — or the car park.
- Or the nearest landmark. A car park is quicker to find by what it serves, like the one outside the local shops.
- Make and model of your vehicle, and the fact it's a diesel.
- Petrol or AdBlue? Say which. They are different jobs, and AdBlue has a separate Dungiven page.
- About how much — in litres from your receipt, or by how long the nozzle stayed in.
- The distance it covered, and how heavily, if it ran at all.
- Whose vehicle it is. Some hire or company agreements want the owner to authorise the work, and that is easier settled before our technicians arrive than after.
Ring 0333 366 0103 once you have got that together — or, if your car is at home, going nowhere, use .
Dungiven fuel drain on its way? Whilst you wait
During the wait, the damage comes from well-intended help — which is why these count.
- Stay with the vehicle if it is safe where it is — but if it has stopped somewhere unsafe, you come first: away from the traffic, waiting apart from it.
- Nobody starts it. Not a passer-by being helpful, not to check it is all right, not to roll it a couple of yards.
- Something from the boot, oil made for two-strokes or injector cleaner: no additive lifts the petrol.
- No home-made draining. Siphoning petrol into a can at the kerbside is hazardous, and it leaves the fuel that has already gone beyond that tank.
- Even your radio or your windows aren't worth switching the ignition on for.
When the van arrives: your fuel drain, step by step
- Three queries. What went in, how much, and if it's run. The replies shape the job, which is why the price comes after them and not before.
- Out of that tank comes the contaminated mixture: your tank is emptied.
- Purging your lines follows, since a car that ran has petrol past your tank, in the lines themselves.
- Then the filter: replaced where there is a serviceable one, cleared where there's not.
- Fresh diesel in, and the fuel system primed.
- The first start on fresh diesel. When bleeding is finished, the engine is started and our engineers check that it runs smoothly.
Only when it is running on new diesel do our technicians go. It's very unusual for a vehicle caught early to be left with lasting damage, and normal driving starts again at once.
Dungiven, after the fuel drain: back on the road
- Started on new diesel, it asks nothing special of you. Simply drive normally.
- Pull over and ring us back if anything seems wrong early on — a light on your dash, smoke from the exhaust, an idle that is lumpy, or a throttle with a dead spot.
- An insurer, a fleet manager or a hire firm may ask what was carried out, so hold on to the paperwork.
- Check the label on the pump next time, not the colour of the handle.
About Dungiven and where it is
Dungiven is a locality in County Londonderry, situated inland at an elevation of 79 metres, approximately 15.9 miles from Derry. Dungiven is characterised by its predominantly detached housing stock and is surrounded by nearby places such as Derrynaflaw, Gortnahey, and Burnfoot. Dungiven has a population of around 1356 people and is located in a rural area of Northern Ireland, some 367.1 miles from London.
Fuel drains across Dungiven and nearby
Petrol in diesel jobs in Dungiven and in Derrynaflaw, Gortnahey or Burnfoot all go to the same vans, which cover most of County Londonderry too. Ring and ask rather than assuming if you're somewhere hard to describe or close to a boundary.
Petrol in a diesel anywhere across County Londonderry? Off, then ring
Motor off. Keys out. Receipt in your pocket. That is the whole of step one, and Petrol in Diesel carries on from there — by the kerbside, on the forecourt or on your drive.