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Putting Petrol in a Diesel car

Darran

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An old lady just put 7 litres of petrol in her diesel car in Morrisons before she realised.
If she’d filled it right up with diesel would it have been ok?

Nobody knew what to do.
 
She needs a push to move the car. If she tries to start the engine she’ll probably bugger it. Call the AA or a specialist company to drain the fuel system.

Not normally covered by insurance either…
 
Absolutely no starting of the car. She might have got away with a little contamination thirty years ago, but not with today’s technology. At best she will need a complete system purge, change of filters, fuel lines flushed.

The wife of a well known poster once did it. He might check in later and tell us about it.
 
Get it drained and flushed, then refill with petrol. RAC charged me £200 in 2016. Depends on the car, but wife had filled it with petrol, driven it 30 miles before it failed ('I heard a funny noise for a long time and then it died') and it was perfectly fine for 4 years after the RAC did their thing. Better if she doesn't drive it! It can f**k up all the seals and wreck the engine. We were lucky, apparently that Kia diesel was bulletproof...RAC man said 'lucky it wasn't some overengineered German shit'
 
That was fortunate. I thought you were all about the overengineered German shit.

I once saw a guy in a Rolls Royce who'd misfuelled but thankfully not yet started it. Imagine!!!

EDIT Bold. What's going on?
 
I'd heard a few years ago that the maximum error mix of petrol into diesel was 5%
 
Get it drained and flushed, then refill with petrol. RAC charged me £200 in 2016. Depends on the car, but wife had filled it with petrol, driven it 30 miles before it failed ('I heard a funny noise for a long time and then it died') and it was perfectly fine for 4 years after the RAC did their thing. Better if she doesn't drive it! It can f**k up all the seals and wreck the engine. We were lucky, apparently that Kia diesel was bulletproof...RAC man said 'lucky it wasn't some overengineered German shit'
Obviously I meant refill with diesel. Serves me right for calling Mrs M stupid.
 
It’ll be fine if she has room to fill up with diesel on top of it.

The other way around would be much worse.
 
Get it drained and flushed, then refill with petrol. RAC charged me £200 in 2016. Depends on the car, but wife had filled it with petrol, driven it 30 miles before it failed ('I heard a funny noise for a long time and then it died') and it was perfectly fine for 4 years after the RAC did their thing. Better if she doesn't drive it! It can f**k up all the seals and wreck the engine. We were lucky, apparently that Kia diesel was bulletproof...RAC man said 'lucky it wasn't some overengineered German shit'
He said it’s a diesel.
 
There is a guy based in port Tennant who has a business for getting wrong fuel out. Basically don't start engine to be safe.

I did it twice. Both diesel engines. First time I put a few litres of petrol in then completely filled the engine with diesel and i got away with it. Second time I pretty much filled the tank and realised when I thought it was cheaper than normal. Called the AA and they drained it.

The guy in Swansea is cheaper for sure - also has a garage for repairs.
 
There is a guy based in port Tennant who has a business for getting wrong fuel out. Basically don't start engine to be safe.

I did it twice. Both diesel engines. First time I put a few litres of petrol in then completely filled the engine with diesel and i got away with it. Second time I pretty much filled the tank and realised when I thought it was cheaper than normal. Called the AA and they drained it.

The guy in Swansea is cheaper for sure - also has a garage for repairs.
Mrs did it over at Tesco Neath Abbey, the AA sorted it out though luckily.
 

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