Throughout the globe, the car owners accidentally placing
wrong fuel in their car are increasing in number. Furthermore, the drivers
installing petrol in their diesel cars are shelling out thousands of pounds for
damage repairing. Repairing cost if engine is damaged can go as high as £3,000.
However, the cost depends on the type of diesel engine your car is equipped
with.
Wrong-fuelling can be more problematic for the companies
that hire and maintain fleets of cars. Maintenance cost for these vehicles could
be £50m.
So installing a preventive device that will not let wrong fuel go into car will
save these companies a goodly sum on monthly basis.
The
vehicles which have modern rail diesel engines are at higher risk. They show
less tolerance towards non-compliant fuel and once petrol gets into it, a lot
of components including line filters, pressure fuel pumps, injectors etc need a
replacement. Now you can understand why wrong-fuelling costs a few thousand
pounds for problem fix-up.
The
car owners must be equipped with some basic knowledge about what they should do
and must not do following a mis-fuel mistake. The car must not be started. If
you start the engine, the fuel may seep into your engine and that will raise
the cost of repair by a massive margin. But if wrong fuel stays in your tank, a
simple drain will solve the case.
Breakdown Insurance does not
provide coverage for accidental wrong-fuelling mistake and the costs are to be
borne by the victims themselves. In
some cases, insurance companies help their customers pay for repair cost but
most of the time, claims are turned down. Usually, repairing cost is more if
the cars are expensive. Even if you have hired your car, you are expected to cover
repair cost

If the drivers intend to be pro-active to prevent
such costly mistakes, effective devices are available in market. Using these
devices will save you not only a handsome amount of repair costs but also lot
of hazards. Most of them produce an audible alert if the petrol cap is opened
and that will save you and your car from possible disaster.