The problem of misfueling is increasing

There are over 65 million diesel vehicles in the countries of the European Union. About a million a year break down due to misfueling.

Ten year ago only one tenth of all vehicles in Great Britain had a diesel engine; today the number climbed over 43 percent. The sale of vehicles with a diesel engine is increasing. Only a few years ago Mercedes car's salesmen recorded only 12 percent sale of models with a diesel engine, today they sell over 35 percent of vehicles with a diesel engine.

The increasing number of diesel fueled vehicles also means an increased problem of misfueling. The petrol stations tried to solve the misfueling problems years ago by introducing black nozzles for the diesel fuel and green nozzles for the petrol fuel. But the driver of a car with a diesel engine should not rely upon it. The nozzles break down and the repair men sometimes “turn” the colours because the nozzles are scarce. The diesel nozzle becomes red or green, the petrol nozzle becomes black and so forth.

The only solution to this is professional staff with the device for extracting the fuel, but in most cases at least a portion of the engine has to be cleaned thoroughly as well. These kinds of accidents can be prevented by a special cap SoloDiesel (www.solodiesel.eu), which prevents the use of the wrong fueling nozzle.