I have to put my hand up and admit to filling my diesel car with petrol recently, not only that, I also drove off. I only got less than half a mile when I noticed something was wrong. What a wally!!
It cost me nearly 300 big ones to get it carried away, drained, yes all £74 worth of petrol in it, (A nice little bonus for someone at the garage) flushed and some diesel put in.
I decided there and then it wasn't going to happen again and bought a 'Fuel Angel' filler mod.
Oh yes!! My hubby has managed to do this not once but TWICE!! if you change cars often its quite an easy error, Youre right Im sure someone profits from it somewhere along the line...
My hubby put £50 of petrol in our shogun and when he realised he had done it, blamed me because he said I was talking to him !! Damn Cheek !! Just because it's not part of a male agenda to multi-task!!
Anyway, car was towed to a local garage (where our son works!!) and it was all dealt with.... we were told (but have never tried this ourselves) that if we'd only put a gallon of petrol in (instead of £50), then all we would have needed to do was fill her right up with diesel. Apparently a small amount like this can act as an engine cleaner?????
My boss managed to fill a petrol engines car with diesel and didn't even suspect something amiss when the filler didn't fit and needed to force the fuel in with a funnel!
If you do mis-fuel a diesel car, once you have pumped out the perol its good to add a 500ml bottle of 2stroke oil with the diesel to restore lubricating quailties of fuel that may still have a couple of gallons of petrol in it.
Particularly do this if you find you have accidently started filling with petrol, say 10-15litres, then fill it right up with diesel & add the 2 stroke oil. Saves draining the tank.
Did it in France some years ago. Travelled from Calais to just N of Lyon on Motorway. Decided it was time to fill up. Stopped at M'way services and realised I was putting petrol in instead of diesel. Called beakdown people straight away before moving off the pump. They used a big iron chain to tow my car and caravan off the pump. Unhitched the caravan from the car and left wife & children on the service station. I went with the breakdown vehicle and car. An hour later returned with car fixed. Got on motorway just N of Lyon with a new toll ticket and therefore avoided all the motorway tolls from Calais to just N. of Lyon. Didn't pay for the labour (included in breakdown cover). Lost out on the petrol I put into the car. On the whole I was financially better off because of the saving on the M'way fees, but it cost us a couple of hours in time.
Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 16/5/2011
Thought you couldnt do such a thing because of the size of the nozzels?
You can't put diesel in a petrol car due to size of nozzles. The original reason for a petrol car having a smaller fuel filler was to prevent leaded petrol being put in a car requiring unleaded, to prevent damage to catalytic converter.
I did this with an Old Citroen relay Minibus I was delivering for my father in law, I put £10 in as the journey was s short one, when I realised I phone him after i had been told the cost of gettign it pumped (£300) he told me to fill it to the brim with Diesel and see how it goes, so £50 later and a full tank...the damn thing ran better than it had done for weeks!
No-one benefits from the fuel extracted as it is mixed with whatever was already in the tank - therefore it will be petrol/deisel mixed. expensive stuff to get rid off properly.
A bit of petrol in a tank of deisel won't hurt. We used to do it in the olden days to stop deisel "freezing".
I have also proved in France that a bit of deisel in a petrol will not hurt. Just makes it smoke - just don't get much in it.
Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 16/5/2011Thought you couldnt do such a thing because of the size of the nozzels?
You can't put diesel in a petrol car due to size of nozzles. The original reason for a petrol car having a smaller fuel filler was to prevent leaded petrol being put in a car requiring unleaded, to prevent damage to catalytic converter.
well i managed to put diesel in my old suzuki swift it sounded a bit rough by the time it limped home. o/h drained and flushed it but it was never the same.
QUOTE]Originally posted by millermicm on 16/5/2011
No-one benefits from the fuel extracted as it is mixed with whatever was already in the tank - therefore it will be petrol/deisel mixed. expensive stuff to get rid off properly.[/]
Not So!!! Those of us in the know with Landrovers will tell you differently!! Yes it is expencive for the garage to dispose of the contaminated fuel, that's why they are more than happy to give it to us, we mix the derv petrol waste 50/50 with svo(straight veg oil) from Asda etc. (94p per ltr) and then pour it straight in the tank! Runs better than on neat derv!! And before anyone starts shouting about legals, it is and your allowed up to 2500ltrs a year! You just have to keep a record for if you get dipped!
Done it!!! on our way to the ferry topped with petrol not diesel only got a few miles down the poad when I noticed the car slowing, had to be towed back to a service area miles back to get it drained, we then had a very mad dash down to the ferry as we were late, just got on as they were also running late, taught me a lesson I will nor forghet.
I must confess ts doing this a few years back at the Morrisons in Cromer just put 5 quids worth of petrol in our Dihatsu 4Track then filledup with diesel 50 quid it never ran better and cleaned the engine a treat so I'm in the club and I should know better being an HGV driver I also blamed the wife for distracting me.
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Topic: Anybody else `Miss-Fuelled`?
it sounded a bit rough by the time it limped home. o/h drained and flushed it but it was never the same.
