What to do if you put petrol instead of diesel — 24 hours- # What to do if you put petrol instead of diesel What to do if you put petrol instead of diesel? The most common misfuel by a wide margin. Do not start the engine — it is drained, flushed and primed on site. Call 01293 248666 — a mobile technician comes to the vehicle anywhere across TS1 and TS3 to TS8. Call-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999. ## Local, mobile, and not a garage There is no Wrong Fuel Middlesbrough premises, and we would rather say so than let a local name imply a local building. A technician covering TS1 and TS3 to TS8 travels to the vehicle — forecourt, driveway, car park or verge. Call 01293 248666 and you reach the people who dispatch to Middlesbrough, not a national queue. **Search**: what to do if you put petrol instead of diesel **What it is**: Petrol in diesel **Where we cover**: TS1 and TS3 to TS8 **Cost**: Call-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999, quoted in full before we travel **Time on site**: About an hour **Hours**: 24 hours, every day **Phone**: 01293 248666 ## What to do if you put petrol instead of diesel: what to do The most common misfuel, and the one with the most to lose by starting the engine. ## Why a full tank can be the cheap outcome Sixty litres of the wrong fuel that never reached the engine is one of the simplest jobs there is: extract, flush the lines, refill, prime. A small splash driven for several miles can cost more, because it has had time to reach components that wear. ## Step by step Do not start it — that is the whole thing Everything else on this list is detail. This one line is the difference between a call-out and a pump. - Leave the vehicle where it stopped Pushing or coasting is still movement, and movement is how contaminated fuel finds the pickup. - Sort out safety Hazards, and get people out of the vehicle if you are anywhere near moving traffic. - Call 01293 248666 Answered around the clock. Tell us what went in and whether it ran; you get the full price before a technician sets off. - The job itself Extract, flush, refill, prime, run up, check. Roughly an hour on a standard vehicle. - Old fuel away, invoice done Controlled waste, transfer note, registered carrier. Keep the note — it is what protects you. ## The full page for this - Petrol in diesel in Middlesbrough ## Related searches - Petrol in diesel car - Petrol in a diesel car - What happens if you put petrol in a diesel car - Put petrol in diesel car - Petrol in diesel engine - Putting petrol in a diesel car - Petrol in diesel - Petrol in a diesel engine ## Read the reviews before you ring There are 2,190 of them on Trustpilot, averaging 4.8 out of 5. Look for the words that keep recurring: prompt, reassuring, explained everything. Look for the criticism too. It centres on what the job costs, which is why the ranges are printed here — £89 to £199 to come out, £199 to £1,999 to drain — and the exact sum is settled on the call. ## Questions we get asked **What if I have already driven it?** Still call. Most vehicles driven a short distance are recoverable. Tell us how far you got, because it changes the kit we bring. **Is this a garage?** No. Wrong Fuel Middlesbrough is mobile. A technician travels to the vehicle wherever it is standing. **How long will I be waiting?** Arrival depends where you are across TS1 and TS3 to TS8 and what is already running. You get a realistic window on the call rather than an optimistic one. **What about a van or a hire car?** Same job. With a hire car, ring the hire company too — some policies cover a misfuel drain and it is worth knowing before you pay. ## Who you are dealing with Wrong Fuel Middlesbrough is a service by Forecourt Assistance. Forecourt Assistance is a trading name of Fuel Fixer Ltd, company no 08520551, a company of Fuel Fixer International. Registered at Fairway House, Portland Road, East Grinstead, RH19 4ET. Fuel Fixer International is owned by Stockbridge Capital Holdings. ## Across the network Wrong Fuel Middlesbrough is one of the sites run by Forecourt Assistance, a trading name of Fuel Fixer Ltd, part of Fuel Fixer International, owned by Stockbridge Capital Holdings. Every site below belongs to the same company. - Forecourt Assistance — the operator: network directory and author page - AdBlue in Fuel — AdBlue contamination drains only - Misfuel Doctor — misfuel help, organised by fuel mix-up - Wrong Fuel — the evidence base; home of every statistic - Fuel Fixer Scotland — wrong fuel across Scotland, plus Ireland - Fuel Fixer — the group operating site - Misfuel Servicing — wrong fuel and misfuelling help, call-only Background reading: Misfuelling — Wikipedia. Last updated 3 November 2026 · Reviewed by Rambo S, Wrong Fuel Expert