Kinross BP fuel
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Help me PH!
Our motor conked out after refuelling at the BP forecourt at the Kinross service station yesterday. I'm starting to think I've put in diesel by accident! Can any kind souls remember what pumps they have and what colour they are? I went to the pump at the front of the queue on the far right of the forecourt and if I remember correctly I used the nozzle on the far right of the three options. To be honest I wasn't really paying much attention and just picked the one with the fancy colours as I assumed this would be the fancy petrol...
Our motor conked out after refuelling at the BP forecourt at the Kinross service station yesterday. I'm starting to think I've put in diesel by accident! Can any kind souls remember what pumps they have and what colour they are? I went to the pump at the front of the queue on the far right of the forecourt and if I remember correctly I used the nozzle on the far right of the three options. To be honest I wasn't really paying much attention and just picked the one with the fancy colours as I assumed this would be the fancy petrol...
This one ?
https://goo.gl/maps/PqsaPJhHRf32
Looks like the rear pump goes Fancy Diesel, Unleaded, Fancy Unleaded, Diesel and the one in front is Fancy Diesel, Unleaded, Diesel
https://goo.gl/maps/PqsaPJhHRf32
Looks like the rear pump goes Fancy Diesel, Unleaded, Fancy Unleaded, Diesel and the one in front is Fancy Diesel, Unleaded, Diesel
Edited by marshalla on Saturday 25th June 12:02
Thanks chaps.
I'm 90% sure now I've put something in it which isn't petrol.
The recovery guy stuck his nose in the tank and said it wasn't diesel, and the garage have now flushed and sorted the car but also said it wasn't diesel, they said it was contaminated fuel?
Strange. I'll phone the service station again tomorrow and get them to confirm what that pump is I guess
I'm 90% sure now I've put something in it which isn't petrol.
The recovery guy stuck his nose in the tank and said it wasn't diesel, and the garage have now flushed and sorted the car but also said it wasn't diesel, they said it was contaminated fuel?
Strange. I'll phone the service station again tomorrow and get them to confirm what that pump is I guess
drab said:
Thanks chaps.
I'm 90% sure now I've put something in it which isn't petrol.
The recovery guy stuck his nose in the tank and said it wasn't diesel, and the garage have now flushed and sorted the car but also said it wasn't diesel, they said it was contaminated fuel?
Strange. I'll phone the service station again tomorrow and get them to confirm what that pump is I guess
I work in the industry and can tell you that 99.9% of mechanics who diagnose contaminated fuel are wrong!I'm 90% sure now I've put something in it which isn't petrol.
The recovery guy stuck his nose in the tank and said it wasn't diesel, and the garage have now flushed and sorted the car but also said it wasn't diesel, they said it was contaminated fuel?
Strange. I'll phone the service station again tomorrow and get them to confirm what that pump is I guess
If you report it into BP, they will have a process to follow - which will prove that you mis-fuelled!
(If it was contaminated, there would be abandoned cars all over the local area)
Stating the obvious.
A diesel (super or normal) pump nozzle is too big to fit into an un-leaded petrol car's filler neck. Thus to prevent mis-fueling.
(However, this fail-safe does not work to prevent petrol going into a diesel car.)
Therefore, for you to have mis-fueled, you would have needed to have held the diesel pump nozzle outside/above your car's filler neck and in that process will have been sloshing diesel all about you or will have been trickling diesel fuel into the neck with great difficulty and/or extremely slowly.
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A diesel (super or normal) pump nozzle is too big to fit into an un-leaded petrol car's filler neck. Thus to prevent mis-fueling.
(However, this fail-safe does not work to prevent petrol going into a diesel car.)
Therefore, for you to have mis-fueled, you would have needed to have held the diesel pump nozzle outside/above your car's filler neck and in that process will have been sloshing diesel all about you or will have been trickling diesel fuel into the neck with great difficulty and/or extremely slowly.
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I did it once
No idea how to this day after years of buying from black pump
Worst bit was filled up late Saturday evening to drive through to Edinburgh for very early sunday flight to Belfast got 10m in car and realised something not right cue one mega expensive taxi through to Edinburgh
Live and learn
No idea how to this day after years of buying from black pump
Worst bit was filled up late Saturday evening to drive through to Edinburgh for very early sunday flight to Belfast got 10m in car and realised something not right cue one mega expensive taxi through to Edinburgh
Live and learn
altoplanohombre said:
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Fully agree with you, as that was my thought when I first read it.....are you and I missing something!!??
Nope!Fully agree with you, as that was my thought when I first read it.....are you and I missing something!!??
By the way, are you coming along to this year's HSV national meet on July 23/24?
Paul's getting his quick Datsun engine fixed, again. So your V10 won't be the only non-ozzie motor
Simon will let us know the details soon.
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