Wrong fuel in Burnhope, near Esh- # Wrong fuel in Burnhope Wrong fuel in Burnhope? Do not start the engine. Call 01293 248666 — the technician who covers Esh comes out to Burnhope and drains it where it stands. Call-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999. ## No premises, no recovery truck The alternative to what we do is a recovery truck, a garage queue and a courtesy car you did not want. Wrong Fuel Durham sends a technician to DH1, DH6, DH7 and the surrounding districts instead, and the job is normally finished where you are standing. Call 01293 248666. There is no Durham branch to drive to, which is rather the point. **Locality**: Burnhope **Council area**: County Durham **Nearest town**: Esh **Postcode district**: DH7 **Road**: A690 **Neighbouring places**: Esh, Brandon, Langley Moor and Ushaw Moor **Cost**: Call-out £89 to £199, drain £199 to £1,999, quoted in full before we travel **Hours**: 24 hours, every day Map of the council areas and postcode districts Wrong Fuel Durham coversCounty DurhamDH1 — DurhamDH1DH6 — Thornley, CoxhoeDH6DH7 — Brandon, Lanchester, Esh Winning, BurnhopeDH7DH2 — Chester-le-Street, Ouston, Pelton, BirtleyDH2DH3 — Chester-le-Street, Great Lumley, BirtleyDH3The pin is the DH7 postcode district, which takes in Burnhope. Boundaries: ONS, Open Government Licence v3.0; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. ## Wrong fuel in Burnhope: getting to you Burnhope is reached along the A690, from the same rota that covers Esh. Rural addresses are a normal part of the work here, not an exception to it. If the car is on a driveway, you are in the best position of all: no traffic, no forecourt queue, and all the time needed to do the job properly. ## Three questions that tell us most of the story Did the engine start? How far did it run? Which fuel went in? The first two describe how far contamination has travelled along tank, lift pump, filter, high-pressure pump and injectors. The third describes how it behaves along the way: petrol thins the lubrication a diesel pump needs, while diesel in a petrol engine fouls plugs and injectors instead. ## Step by step The single rule Leave the engine off. Everything else on this list is secondary to that one instruction. - Do not reposition the car Pushing it into a bay feels considerate but it disturbs the fuel. Stay put unless you are in danger. - If it is dangerous, get out On a verge or live road, everybody out on the side away from traffic and behind the barrier. Then call. - Call 01293 248666, day or night Answered around the clock. Describe the vehicle and what happened; the full price is confirmed on that call. - The fix, where you stand Drain, flush, refill, prime and run-up, carried out at the roadside or on the forecourt. - Finished properly The waste is taken away by a registered carrier with the transfer note, and you get an invoice. ## Places near Burnhope - Esh - Brandon - Langley Moor - Ushaw Moor - Esh Winning - Meadowfield - Bearpark - Witton Gilbert ## What we do in Burnhope - Petrol in diesel near Burnhope - Wrong fuel near Burnhope - Diesel in petrol near Burnhope - Fuel doctor near Burnhope - AdBlue in diesel near Burnhope - Small amount of petrol near Burnhope - Unleaded in diesel near Burnhope - Misfuel near Burnhope - Fuel drain near Burnhope - Mobile fuel drain near Burnhope - Wrong fuel rescue near Burnhope - 24 hour fuel drain near Burnhope ## What customers say 4.8 out of 5 from 2,190 Trustpilot reviews. The thing reviewers mention most is technicians who stay calm and professional with someone who is having a bad day, followed by how quickly a van turns up. The most common criticism is price, so here it is plainly rather than buried: the call-out is £89 to £199 and the drain £199 to £1,999, and the full figure is given on the phone before anyone travels. ## Questions we get asked **Can you come to a supermarket forecourt?** Yes, and it is where a good proportion of jobs happen. Tell the cashier a drainer is on the way; they are used to it. **Is this a garage?** No. Wrong Fuel Durham is mobile. A technician travels to the vehicle wherever it is standing. **What if it is not safe to drain where I am?** Then we tell you that on the phone rather than after arriving. Being told honestly costs nothing; being told on arrival costs a call-out. **Do you work at night?** Yes, around the clock, every day. A large share of misfuels happen after dark, so the rota reflects that. ## Who you are dealing with Wrong Fuel Durham 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 Durham 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: Common rail injection — Wikipedia. Last updated 3 November 2026 · Reviewed by Rambo S, Wrong Fuel Expert