--- title: Wrong fuel rescue in Old Town: local drainer from £89 url: https://wrongfueldrain.com/wrong-fuel-rescue/old-town/ focus: wrong fuel rescue old town phone: 01295 380724 updated: 2026-10-06 --- # Local drainer for wrong fuel rescue in Old Town **Short answer** Leave the engine off. With wrong fuel rescue in Old Town, the fix is a local drainer who comes to the vehicle, pumps the tank out, flushes the lines and puts clean fuel in. Call 01295 380724: the call-out starts at £89, the job usually takes 45 to 90 minutes, and you hear the full price before anyone sets off. What matters most is whether the fuel has moved beyond the tank. One phone call gets a drainer to the vehicle; they drain it, flush it, refuel it and leave, without a tow truck or a garage. [Call 01295 380724 — 24/7, nationwide](tel:+441295380724) ## Wrong fuel rescue in Old Town: the facts Place | Old Town | Area | Lothian | Postcodes | EH1 | Job | Wrong fuel rescue | Price | Call-out from £89, full price quoted first | Time on site | 45–90 minutes | Who attends | A local drainer with a pump and sealed tank | Phone | 01295 380724, 24 hours | ## When a drainer arrives in Old Town Expect a van with a pump and a sealed waste tank. The drainer drains the tank, flushes the system through, refuels with enough clean fuel to reach a forecourt, then starts the engine and lets it settle. You do not need a garage and the vehicle does not move until it is ready. ## What to ask on the phone before a drainer travels to Old Town A drainer should be happy to answer all of these on the phone. If they will not give a price before travelling, ring someone else. - Can you work on the forecourt, or does the car need to be moved? - Is there an extra charge at night or at the weekend? - Will you dispose of the contaminated fuel, and can I have a note of it? - Do you take card payment at the roadside? - Will you check the filter and pump if the engine ran? ## What to do right now - Don't turn the key. - Check what went in: the receipt and the pump number tell you the fuel and the litres. - Call 01295 380724 with those details and your location. - Get a price that covers the whole job, then book. - The drainer arrives, drains the tank, flushes the lines and filter if needed. - You get clean fuel, a running engine and a note of what was removed. [Call 01295 380724 now](tel:+441295380724) ## Which Old Town postcodes we cover Drainers cover postcode district EH1, and the roads either side of them, across Lothian. ## Where you can be drained in Old Town Forecourt staff in Old Town see this every week and will usually let the vehicle sit in a bay until the drainer arrives. Otherwise the drainer can work on your drive, at your workplace or at the kerb outside. ## What a drain costs in Old Town Guide prices only. The drainer confirms the full figure on the phone before travelling, so nothing changes at the roadside. What happened | What the drainer does | Price | Time on site | Caught at the pump | Pump out, flush, clean fuel in | Call-out from £89 | 45–90 mins | Ignition turned on | Pump out and flush the filter | Given on the phone | 1–2 hours | Driven away from the forecourt | Pump out, flush, pump and injector checks | Given on the phone | Up to 3 hours | Vehicle stopped running | Pump out, flush and fault-finding | Given on the phone | Depends on the fault | AdBlue went in the wrong tank | Complete drain and flush | Quoted per vehicle | Up to 3 hours | Price ranges | The call-out, then the drain | Call-out £89–£199 · drain £199–£1,999 | — | [Call 01295 380724 for a price](tel:+441295380724) ### Other drains in Old Town [Contaminated fuel in in Old Town](/contaminated-fuel/old-town/)[Petrol in AdBlue tank in Old Town](/petrol-in-adblue-tank/old-town/)[Fuel fixer in Old Town](/fuel-fixer/old-town/)[Fuel disposal in Old Town](/fuel-disposal/old-town/)[Screen wash in petrol tank in Old Town](/screen-wash-in-petrol-tank/old-town/)[Water in diesel tank in Old Town](/water-in-diesel-tank/old-town/)[Wrong fuel in Old Town](/wrong-fuel/old-town/)[Fuel drain in Old Town](/fuel-drain/old-town/)[AdBlue in screen wash tank in Old Town](/adblue-in-screen-wash-tank/old-town/)[Wrong fuel drain cost in Old Town](/wrong-fuel-cost/old-town/)[Heating oil disposal in Old Town](/heating-oil-disposal/old-town/)[Diesel in petrol in Old Town](/diesel-in-petrol/old-town/)[Water in AdBlue tank in Old Town](/water-in-adblue-tank/old-town/)[Water in petrol tank in Old Town](/water-in-petrol-tank/old-town/)[AdBlue in diesel tank in Old Town](/adblue-in-diesel-tank/old-town/)[Kerosene collection in Old Town](/kerosene-collection/old-town/) ### Drainers nearby [West End](/areas/west-end/)[Grange](/areas/grange/)[Armadale](/areas/armadale/)[Bathgate](/areas/bathgate/)[Blackford](/areas/blackford/)[Broxburn](/areas/broxburn/)[Leith](/areas/leith/)[Mayfield](/areas/mayfield/)[New Town](/areas/new-town/)[Newington](/areas/newington/)[Tollcross](/areas/tollcross/)[Balerno](/areas/balerno/) ### More of Lothian [West End](/wrong-fuel-rescue/west-end/)[Grange](/wrong-fuel-rescue/grange/) ### From the drainer's notebook [Local fuel drainer in Scunthorpe: what a call-out looks like](/blog/local-fuel-drainer-in-scunthorpe/)[Local fuel drainer in Sutton: what a call-out looks like](/blog/local-fuel-drainer-in-sutton/)[Local fuel drainer in Cannock: what a call-out looks like](/blog/local-fuel-drainer-in-cannock/)[Local fuel drainer in Loughborough: what a call-out looks like](/blog/local-fuel-drainer-in-loughborough/)[Local fuel drainer in Eastbourne: what a call-out looks like](/blog/local-fuel-drainer-in-eastbourne/) ### Answers [What happens if you put the wrong fuel in your car?](/answers/what-happens-if-you-put-the-wrong-fuel-in-your-car/)[What happens if you put wrong fuel in car?](/answers/what-happens-if-you-put-wrong-fuel-in-car/)[I put wrong fuel in my car?](/answers/i-put-wrong-fuel-in-my-car/)[What to do if you put the wrong fuel in your car?](/answers/what-to-do-if-you-put-the-wrong-fuel-in-your-car/)[I put the wrong fuel in my car?](/answers/i-put-the-wrong-fuel-in-my-car/) **4.8** out of 5 ★★★★★ Fuel Fixer, the company behind Wrong Fuel Drain, holds a rating of 4.8 out of 5 from [2,190 reviews on Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.fuelfixer.co.uk), on a profile claimed since 2017. Across recent reviews, the themes customers raise most often are staff who stay polite, professional and reassuring during what is a stressful situation, and how quickly a technician arrives and gets the vehicle back on the road in Old Town. The most common criticism is price. Some customers have felt the cost of an emergency drain was steep for a job that takes under two hours, and that is fair comment on an emergency call-out. It is why the misfuel call-out fee now starts at just £89 and why the full figure is quoted on the phone before a technician sets off — so nothing about the cost is a surprise at the roadside. ## Common questions **What if I have already driven home?** Leave it on the drive with the engine off and call 01295 380724. The drainer can do the whole job at your house. **The engine is running rough — is that the wrong fuel?** If it started shortly after filling up, very likely. Pull over when it is safe, switch off and call 01295 380724. **Is the drain messy?** No. The fuel is pumped into a sealed tank on the van, and a drip tray catches anything from the connection. The area is left as it was. **I only put a little in — do I still need a drain?** In most modern diesels, yes. Even a small amount of petrol reduces the lubrication the pump depends on. A drain is cheap compared with a pump. **What happens to the fuel you take out?** It goes into a sealed tank on the drainer's van and is taken for licensed disposal and recycling. It is never tipped away. **Will my engine be damaged?** Not if it has not been started. The wrong fuel sitting in the tank touches nothing that a drain cannot clear. Damage starts once it circulates. ### Who you are dealing with Wrong Fuel Drain is a brand of [Fuel Fixer Ltd](https://www.fuelfixer.co.uk/) (company number 08520551), a company of Fuel Fixer International, the multinational group behind this website. Fuel Fixer International is owned by [Stockbridge Capital Holdings](https://stockbridgecapitalholdings.com/), a private equity group. Work is carried out by Fuel Fixer Ltd technicians under ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, with Environment Agency waste-carrier registration. A misfuel is a good moment to get the filters and the rest of the car looked at — [Motor Servicing](https://motorservicing.co/) comes to your home or workplace. ### Across the network - [**Fuel Fixer Scotland** ](https://fuelfixer.scot/) — the country site for Old Town. 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Service operated by [Fuel Fixer](https://www.fuelfixer.co.uk/), alongside [Wrong Fuel](https://wrongfuel.co.uk/), [Fuel Fixer Scotland](https://fuelfixer.scot/) and [Motor Servicing](https://motorservicing.co/), part of Fuel Fixer International and owned by [Stockbridge Capital Holdings](https://stockbridgecapitalholdings.com/).