What Happens Now: Petrol in a Diesel Car in Shitterton
Stop. Motor off. Leave the vehicle like that — no second on, no shifting it at all. The coming few minutes settle it more than anything else: petrol in a diesel still unrun usually comes down to emptying then purging, on the spot. From now on, in order, for anywhere around Shitterton:
Minute one: petrol in a diesel, motor off
First, these — in this order.
- Ignition off, keys out. Turned on, the ignition can prime your system — and priming is what moves petrol out of the tank towards the components it harms.
- Topping up with diesel seems like it thins the problem. It does not: nothing comes out, and that tank simply carries more of the same.
- Visibility comes before the rest beside moving traffic: put the hazard lights on, and only then think about everything else.
- By hand, not on the engine: that's how it comes off the petrol pump. Ask the forecourt attendants to help you roll, whatever the distance.
- The first question we will ask is which fuel went in and about how much — and your receipt says both. Hold on to it.
On the M27, under 50 miles from Shitterton, the next junction is the spot to come off; elsewhere, the first sensible location to stop. Do not press on to the services. Then go back to step one.
Shitterton fuel drain: has the motor run yet, or not?
Everything after this point depends on one answer.
Not run, not even once:
- The petrol is still in your tank and nowhere else.
- Where your car stands is usually where this work is done: a drain, then a flush.
- No spot is better, and it's why the first stage matters so much.
If the engine has run, even for a moment:
- Petrol has been pulled out of the tank, past your filter and into the fuel lines.
- A bigger run carries it all the way to the high-pressure fuel pump and the fuel injectors.
- Flushing your lines, your filter dealt with, and sometimes more: this job grows as the miles does.
The reason the line falls there: diesel lubricates the high-pressure fuel pump and the injectors as it flows through them, and petrol does not. A tank of petrol, left alone, hurts nothing. Once it's pumped, petrol starts wearing down whatever moves it.
Calling about petrol in a diesel from Shitterton: what to have prepared
Whether the van circles or finds you comes down to a little preparation.
- Where you have stopped. A postcode beginning BH20 7 is the ideal place to start.
- Wherever you have parked, the road's name helps — whether that's Roke Road or somewhere else — and so does the name of a car park.
- What a car park serves is the easiest way to find it, so say the landmark — such as the one at Lidl.
- The make and model of your vehicle, and the fact it's a diesel.
- Tell us which went in — petrol or AdBlue — because AdBlue is a separate job, with a page of its own for Shitterton.
- Roughly how much — in litres from the receipt, or by how long the nozzle stayed in.
- Whether it has run. And if it has, how far plus how hard.
- Whose car it is. Some hire or company contracts want the owner to authorise the work, and that's quicker settled before we get there than after.
Ring 0333 366 0103 once you've got that ready — or, if your car is at home, going nowhere, use .
Whilst you wait for a fuel drain in Shitterton
Help, however well meant, is the thing that does the harm whilst you wait. So hold to these.
- Where your car has stopped settles where you wait. Somewhere exposed: away from it, away from the traffic. Sensible: with it. Either way, safety before the car.
- No one — however helpful — starts it, whether to see if it runs or to shift the car a short way.
- Anything from the boot, oil made for two-strokes or injector cleaner: no additive removes the petrol.
- No DIY clearing. Siphoning petrol into a can by the roadside is dangerous, and it leaves the fuel that has already gone beyond that tank.
- Not for your radio, not for your windows: the ignition stays off.
Step by step: your fuel drain when our van gets there
- First, three questions: which fuel got in, the quantity, and has it run? Those replies decide the job, so the quote follows them.
- That tank is drained. The polluted blend comes out of the tank.
- Petrol that has shifted beyond the tank travels in the fuel lines once it ran, and your lines are rinsed to shift it.
- Cleaned, or changed if the car has a usable one: your filter is dealt with next.
- Fresh diesel goes in, then the fuel system is primed.
- We fire it up only after fresh diesel has gone in and primed your system, then confirm that it's running properly.
We remain until it is running on clean diesel. Lasting damage is very unusual if it has been caught soon, so your car can go right back to normal driving.
Once your fuel drain is done: driving around Shitterton a second time
- Started on fresh diesel, it asks nothing unusual of you. Simply drive normally.
- The first miles are the test. A dash warning, exhaust smoke, a rough idle or a flat throttle is your signal to stop and call us again.
- An insurer, a fleet manager or a hire company may ask what was done, and so keep the paperwork.
- Next time, trust the pump's label rather than the colour of its handle.
About Shitterton itself
Shitterton is a small hamlet situated on the riverside in Dorset, with a low elevation of around 47 metres. Shitterton lies near the villages of Bere Regis and Turners Puddle, and is approximately 28 miles from the city of Salisbury. Shitterton has a population of around 542 people, predominantly living in detached houses. Shitterton is located in the South West region of England, about 105 miles from London.
Fuel drains across Shitterton and nearby
Bere Regis, Hollow Oak and Turners Puddle are covered by the same vans that answer petrol in diesel jobs around Shitterton — and so is most of Dorset beyond. Ring and ask rather than assuming if you are somewhere hard to describe or near a border.
Petrol in a diesel in Dorset? Leave it off and ring
Engine off. Keys out. Receipt in your pocket. That's the whole of stage one, and Petrol in Diesel takes it from there — at the roadside, on the forecourt or on your driveway.