Problem, Diesel In a Petrol..

[Rhyso]

Petrol in a diesel engine will fcuk it.

not in my experience

bloke i bought my car off filled mine up with £20 of petrol; it conked out, drained the tank, brimmed it with diesel and 3.5 years later its running sweet as a nut

always thought diesel in petrol was certain death

[Ben Lessani]

Its usually the other way round, modern diesels rely on the fuel itself to lubcricate a lot of the components (because of the immense fuel pressure they run). Petrol doesn't lubricate by nature, it dries things out - so the end result of petrol in a diesel is normall huge amounts of wear to the fuel pump and injectors.

[Wayne]

As above petrol in a diesel is a lot worse we have had a few company cars die because of it.

[R32UK]

Hmm not sure about that.. My brother has done this 4 times (petrol in a diesel) and carried on driving them until they stop. They always seem to keep working afterwards.

[Wayne]

Hmm not sure about that.. My brother has done this 4 times (petrol in a diesel) and carried on driving them until they stop. They always seem to keep working afterwards.

Olders diesels can cope with it but modern common rails will not, I know on 5th gear a few years back and they had an old diesel which they put petrol in and it carried on working.

[TeddyKGB]

Petrol in a diesel engine will fcuk it.

Funny When I was a nipper I remember my grandad telling me how he would put a tipple of petrol in his diesel to "thin it out" a bit!

[Ben Lessani]

Old diesels can tolerate pretty much anything - but a modern high fuel pressure diesel won't.

The OP is talking about diesel in a petrol though ...

[R32UK]

Hmm not sure about that.. My brother has done this 4 times (petrol in a diesel) and carried on driving them until they stop. They always seem to keep working afterwards.

Olders diesels can cope with it but modern common rails will not, I know on 5th gear a few years back and they had an old diesel which they put petrol in and it carried on working.

MK5 2.0 TDi 

[Wayne]

Hmm not sure about that.. My brother has done this 4 times (petrol in a diesel) and carried on driving them until they stop. They always seem to keep working afterwards.

Olders diesels can cope with it but modern common rails will not, I know on 5th gear a few years back and they had an old diesel which they put petrol in and it carried on working.

MK5 2.0 TDi 

Very lucky, you may still get problems in the future.

[R32UK]

Hmm not sure about that.. My brother has done this 4 times (petrol in a diesel) and carried on driving them until they stop. They always seem to keep working afterwards.

Olders diesels can cope with it but modern common rails will not, I know on 5th gear a few years back and they had an old diesel which they put petrol in and it carried on working.

MK5 2.0 TDi 

Very lucky, you may still get problems in the future.

Now sold 

(thankfully)