It was the Q8, not Stefan, that had the wrong fuel poured into the car. But now the 13-year-old Audi A6 has to be scrapped anyway. It's not worth it to do otherwise.
Car owner Stefan must now scrap his car because the energy company OKQ8 had had gasoline poured into an unmanned diesel station in Löddeköpinge in Skåne.
"Pretty quickly the engine started to sound terrible, and then it died," says the Audi owner.
The drive to the gas station was otherwise as normal when Stefan arrived at the unmanned OKQ8 gas station. Here he tried to fill his Audi A6 with diesel. Instead, he ended up with a completely damaged engine.
"As soon as I started after refueling, the engine started to sound terrible. It rattled several times worse than a diesel engine usually does, and then it died," he explains.
Stefan, shaken by the incident, quickly called for roadside assistance, who transported the car to a repair shop.
Here it was found that the engine had been destroyed and that the tank primarily contained gasoline instead of diesel.
Stefan is convinced that he filled the car with the right fuel, something the receipt from the gas station also confirms.
Yet three mechanics independently concluded that there was gasoline in the tank.
Stefan is now left with a car that needs to be scrapped. Something he certainly didn't expect when he stopped to refuel. He has been in contact with OKQ8, who have promised to investigate the matter. A regional manager was supposed to return. But nothing has happened.
– The car needs to be scrapped. It's from 2012. Because it's not worth changing the engine. I've contacted OKQ8. But they haven't answered how they're going to solve it.
According to Carup , they have attempted to obtain a comment from OKQ8 via email and telephone. OKQ8's press department confirms that they are investigating the matter and will inform customers who may have filled their cars with the wrong fuel. Including Stefan with the damaged Audi.
– We are currently investigating what happened and taking samples from the station's cistern. We are of course helping affected customers, writes Jesper Ekström from OKQ8's communications department in a written comment to the media.
This is not the first time that the wrong fuel has been put into a completely ordinary passenger car. In Denmark alone, SOS Dansk Autohjælp estimates that cars around the country are filled with the wrong fuel 4,700 times every year.
