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Offline Jayy

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Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« on: 13 May 2009, 22:36 »
as above,

mate of mine, accidently put diesel into a petrol engine

2008 08, 1.4 TSI Match..

drove around 100 yards max..

was £10 petrol in first, roughly 135miles range, £10 diesel put in after range went up to 235

car has not been drove since, its getting cleared 2mr, do you guys think there will be any problems?
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Offline Alexander

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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #1 on: 14 May 2009, 00:00 »
how did he manage that?the diesel nossle is too big to fit in a petrol car!
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #2 on: 14 May 2009, 00:11 »
If it was not started then no damage, now it has been started you may be lucky or could be expensive including the cat failing.
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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #3 on: 14 May 2009, 08:27 »
It was driven = its fecked!

How the hell did he put the diesel hose in? Its almost impossible to put diesel in a petrol  :laugh:
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Offline Martz

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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #4 on: 14 May 2009, 09:21 »
Quote from: JulesV6 on 14 May 2009, 08:27
It was driven = its fecked!

How the hell did he put the diesel hose in? Its almost impossible to put diesel in a petrol  :laugh:

Apperently not. Could be messy that....................................................
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Offline dan_apps

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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #5 on: 14 May 2009, 10:21 »
can be put right but costs £££££££
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Offline Komenda

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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #6 on: 14 May 2009, 10:29 »

Diesel in petrol is fine, just drain the tank and fill it back up with unleaded. The only thing it could of knackered is the CAT.
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #7 on: 14 May 2009, 10:43 »
I would have thought the whole fuel system would be at risk, pump, rail, injectors.

I made a fatal error when I was in Germany a few years back during the World Cup. I filled up half the tank with the black nozzle - when some woman starts waving and shouting something in German, so I stop filling, thinking we had to pay first, my dad, in a rush, pushes me out the way and keeps filling to the top.

Granted, his car was a Diesel - but we filled it to the neck with 2 stroke mix!. This was at 10pm at night, so we couldn't drive the car anywhere. I had to sleep in it, then push it down to this car garage just down the road, they flushed the tank for 10 Euros!
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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #8 on: 14 May 2009, 15:17 »
Quote from: JulesV6 on 14 May 2009, 08:27
It was driven = its fecked!

Not neccesarily, Petrol in a Diesel car is much worse.

You might be lucky and get away with just emptying the tank and filling to the brim with petrol.
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Offline Komenda

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Re: Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..
« Reply #9 on: 14 May 2009, 15:25 »

It will smoke a bit as the diesel burns off but it won't damage the engine. It will damage the cat though, at the very best it will reduce its life.

Petrol in a diesel engine will fcuk it.
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