Mis-fuelling of motor vehicles

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Dear Wealden District Council,

Mis-filling of motor vehicles with the wrong fuel is a major issue in the UK with the costs of doing so ranging from £300 for a simple drain and flush through of the tank to over £5000 for those unfortunate enough to irreparably damage their engine. The AA has estimated that 150,000 such events occur each year. In addition, there is a heavy cost in terms of missed appointments and inconvenience.

Q1. Please provide the number of diesel vehicles currently operated by the Council.

Q2. The number of occasions any of these vehicles has been misfilled with petrol requiring unscheduled servicing during each of the last two years.

Q3. Please provide the total direct cost associated with the mis-fuelling events.

Q4. If the motor vehicles are owned/maintained by a leasing company please provide the name of the leasing company.

Yours faithfully,

Nick Panchaud

Phil Miller, Wealden District Council

Dear Mr Panchaud,

We acknowledge receipt of your FOI request. I
have passed your request onto the relevant department. I can't see any
problems in getting a response to you within the statutory 20 working day
timescale.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please address them to me as
your Customer Relations Officer.

Yours sincerely

Phil

Phil Miller
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>>> Nick Panchaud <[FOI #47857 email]> 21/09/2010
15:08 >>>
Dear Wealden District Council,

Mis-filling of motor vehicles with the wrong fuel is a major issue
in the UK with the costs of doing so ranging from £300 for a simple
drain and flush through of the tank to over £5000 for those
unfortunate enough to irreparably damage their engine. The AA has
estimated that 150,000 such events occur each year. In addition,
there is a heavy cost in terms of missed appointments and
inconvenience.

Q1. Please provide the number of diesel vehicles currently operated
by the Council.

Q2. The number of occasions any of these vehicles has been
misfilled with petrol requiring unscheduled servicing during each
of the last two years.

Q3. Please provide the total direct cost associated with the
mis-fuelling events.

Q4. If the motor vehicles are owned/maintained by a leasing company
please provide the name of the leasing company.

Yours faithfully,

Nick Panchaud

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AlanT Smith, Wealden District Council

Dear Mr Panchaud,

This Council currently operates the following:

105 commercial diesel engine vehicles - these are serviced & maintained
in-house.
Our commercial fleet fuel up on-site and we only store diesel. Therefore
none can ever mis-fuel.

49 diesel engine lease cars - these are serviced and maintained by our
three lease car providers:
Leaseplan (UK) Ltd;
Masterlease (UK) Ltd;
ING Car Lease.
Over the last two years none of our lease cars have been mis-fuelled.

Regards

Alan Smith
Support & Resources Manager
Wealden District Council
Amberstone Depot
A271 Amberstone
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 1PE
Tel 01323-443422
Fax 01323-443425
[mobile number]-878615
E-mail [1][email address]

>>> Nick Panchaud <[FOI #47857 email]> 15:08
21/09/2010 >>>
Dear Wealden District Council,

Mis-filling of motor vehicles with the wrong fuel is a major issue
in the UK with the costs of doing so ranging from £300 for a simple
drain and flush through of the tank to over £5000 for those
unfortunate enough to irreparably damage their engine. The AA has
estimated that 150,000 such events occur each year. In addition,
there is a heavy cost in terms of missed appointments and
inconvenience.

Q1. Please provide the number of diesel vehicles currently operated
by the Council.

Q2. The number of occasions any of these vehicles has been
misfilled with petrol requiring unscheduled servicing during each
of the last two years.

Q3. Please provide the total direct cost associated with the
mis-fuelling events.

Q4. If the motor vehicles are owned/maintained by a leasing company
please provide the name of the leasing company.

Yours faithfully,

Nick Panchaud

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Phil Miller, Wealden District Council

Hi Nick,
Hope all is good up in PG, only taken the morning to catch
up at work. Let me know your Movements, then we can arrange a catching up
session. Lotty is on 2 late shifts this weekend.

Cheers

Phil

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Hi Nick,
Lotty is OK with the curry night this weekend. Tom Tom fell
asleep on the sofa around 6pm, before bath time. I had to wake him up for
the PJ change and Milk

Cheers

Phil

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Hi Nick,
OK, I'm ready for the weekend to start!!!!!!! I bet your off
soon. Will collect Laptop from James soon.

Phil

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