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Offline shikta000

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doh! put diesel in my baby
« on: 23 October 2009, 16:20 »
hi all ... as the title says, i put diesel into the old girl, whats the best way to empty the tank? oh its an 8v gti 88 ... ta
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Offline Mr_Orange

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Re: doh! put diesel in my baby
« Reply #1 on: 23 October 2009, 16:42 »
Did you run it?  Please say no!

If you haven't I believe you should be OK to just syphon the tank out  :sick: :sick: :sick:  Refill it and be OK.  It's petrol in a diesel tank that's a true NO NO NO NO!!!

If you have run it then you might be in bother....  :undecided:
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: doh! put diesel in my baby
« Reply #2 on: 23 October 2009, 18:21 »
Siphon or undo a fuel line, easy peasy either way.

Then fit it up with a full tank of good petrol.
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Offline Jay

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Re: doh! put diesel in my baby
« Reply #3 on: 23 October 2009, 22:00 »
Most importantly... How much diesel?

a little diesel might just make it sluggish until it's out the system, if it's only a little brim the tank and carry on.

If you filled the tank, find a friend with a diesel car and undo the fuel lines and empty the diesel into Jerry cans and put it in his car and get him to bung you a tenner or two for a full tank, then get him to drive down to the garage with the Jerry cans and full them with petrol for you  :wink:

As said petrol in a diesel is more of a problem as it perishes the seals.
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Offline danny_p

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Re: doh! put diesel in my baby
« Reply #4 on: 24 October 2009, 00:58 »
petrol in a diesel  is fine with some engines but it'll kill some, generaly the older ones don't care about a littel petrol some even go better after 10-15% they complain tho.

diesel buggers petrol fuel systems tho, it;s just delayed action tho, but most will forgive a one off of a gallon or so as long as it doset have a cat
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Offline Wayne

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Re: doh! put diesel in my baby
« Reply #5 on: 24 October 2009, 09:30 »
If it has not been run you should be ok to drain out.
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Offline Mr Blue

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Re: doh! put diesel in my baby
« Reply #6 on: 24 October 2009, 15:53 »
Mine was filled diesel once (no i didnt fill it). at least half a tank.

I drove down the road. Noticed white smoke out the exhaust. Engine spluttered and died.

Drained the diesel out. filled with petrol. Engine was running with abit of errort though.
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Offline shikta000

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Re: doh! put diesel in my baby
« Reply #7 on: 26 October 2009, 10:40 »
ok thanks all ... well, spent sat trying to syphon it out, oh and i put 18 ltrs in, got fed up with wretching so on sun picked up a smart battery operated syphon thing from b+q, opened up the in tank lift pump and sucked up as much as possible, even jacked up the car to tilt the tank over, now slowly filling her up with 5 ltr at a time, fingers crossed she'll be back on the road today.
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