Car help petrol in diesel car

The Lightning Tree · **Joined:** Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:30 pm **Posts:** 5804

Been driving petrol car all day, just went to fill up my camper with diesel and put 12 quids worth of petrol in before I realised it's diesel.
I then put a tenners worth of diesel in because diesel is heavier and drove the 400 yards to my home.
Do I fill it right up with diesel to try and dilute the petrol or try and siphon what's in the tank ???

happy gilmore · **Joined:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:25 am **Posts:** 25

No for the sake of losing £22 worth of fuel ,drain fuel tank and fill it with correct fuel it will save you maybe hundreds in the long run .If your a member of the AA or RAC they will drain it for you

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5096

yup drain tank and change fuel filter refill with correct fuel sit in corner and cry over £22 wasted plus cost of fuel filter

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22685

£10 Diesel in a petrol engine, no big deal. Just fill up with petrol and put up with a bit of smoke.

Vice verca is a different matter, the petrol will strip the lubricant properties of diesel and cause major problems. You might also trash your injector pump which will be a dear do.

Get the petrol pumped out pronto.

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5096

plan b torch it and claim insurance then whatever you buy put a fooking big PETROL or DIESEL sticker near filler cap :wink:

verbalkint · **Joined:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:08 pm **Posts:** 3135

My mate put a tenner of petrol in our diesel van and we just topped it up with diesel and never had a bit of problem with it but it was only a £500 van and we didnt care

Splod · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:22 pm

You need to watch from 3 minutes in

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:09 pm

I'd never heard of him before Mr.Splod....but I watched both parts....brilliant!!!! :laugh:

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6477

He is a funny fella like Mutters, he has a new programme starting on Saturday night on BBC1 if you want to watch him some more

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5096

come on mr L.T. see you are still driving the beast about so did you go for option C just drive it and keep your fingers crossed

The Lightning Tree · **Joined:** Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:30 pm **Posts:** 5804

I siphoned half of it out, it tastes foooking awful but I managed enough to stagger upstairs to sleep it off.
I've since put diesel in and just am keeping it topped up see how it goes.
The new beast is a Mazda Mx5, the old mark 1 with the pop up headlights :coool:

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