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Blown2CV said:
If unsure should always try diesel first as the nozzle won't fit in a petrol filler. This alway struck me as weird as diesel in a petrol car does nothing except need draining, whereas petrol in a diesel causes a mini meltdown.
Been a long time but I think it started as a way to prevent you putting 4star leaded petrol into an unleaded car and messing up the catalyst. This could be rubbish, I was quite young at the time. Diesels were rare then and driven by hairy men who knew what they were doingOldandslow said:
Been a long time but I think it started as a way to prevent you putting 4star leaded petrol into an unleaded car and messing up the catalyst. This could be rubbish, I was quite young at the time. Diesels were rare then and driven by hairy men who knew what they were doing
IIRC, diesel nozzle is the same size as 4 star was. Yes, unleaded was smaller than that, I guess the size has carried on so it's not been introduced to stop putting diesel in a petrol.s p a c e m a n said:
Phht, doesn't matter what hole they made someone would still manage it.
1000000% This!I can talk though, I worked in a bodyshop, had a BMW 530 diesel in, I hand on heart took the new badges back to the parts guy thinking they'd sent a P for petrol!
Who the feck uses lower case anyway?! 
Not my mrs but my wifes friend, She was in a pub a few weeks ago and went to the bar. Whilst waiting to be serving she looked at the woman standing next to her and said "oooh, I like your necklace, where's that from"? The woman looked at her, put her finger on her throat and said "its not a necklace, its a voice box".
Usget said:
Blown2CV said:
If unsure should always try diesel first as the nozzle won't fit in a petrol filler. This alway struck me as weird as diesel in a petrol car does nothing except need draining, whereas petrol in a diesel causes a mini meltdown.
This system has always annoyed me too. How hard would it have been to design two mutually incompatible nozzles rather than a one-way key?!
True, but at least it makes it even harder for them to screw up, so hopefully more chance of a light coming on in their head!BOBTEE said:
morgs_ said:
Buy a Ford
It's been known for people to use the emergency filling nozzle, for use with a fuel can, to misfuel a car Blown2CV said:
If unsure should always try diesel first as the nozzle won't fit in a petrol filler. This alway struck me as weird as diesel in a petrol car does nothing except need draining, whereas petrol in a diesel causes a mini meltdown.
We've had plenty of petrol in a diesel mis-fuelling incidents at work, I did it myself recently (filled up from virtually empty) and run for a good 10 miles before I realised what I'd done. Despite the claims of resultant multi-thousand pound bills there have been no consequent problems other than the inconvenience of getting the tank emptied, and the annoyance of wasting a tank full of fuel.The husband of a friend of mine works for a prestige German car company and has a different car virtually every week, as a consequence he regularly puts petrol in a diesel or diesel in a petrol, I don't know what their official policy is for customers cars but his just gets the tank emptied and the correct fuel added.
RYH64E said:
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The husband of a friend of mine works for a prestige German car company and has a different car virtually every week, as a consequence he regularly puts petrol in a diesel or diesel in a petrol, I don't know what their official policy is for customers cars but his just gets the tank emptied and the correct fuel added.
Shirley a candidate for the 'knob' thread and the dole queue?The husband of a friend of mine works for a prestige German car company and has a different car virtually every week, as a consequence he regularly puts petrol in a diesel or diesel in a petrol, I don't know what their official policy is for customers cars but his just gets the tank emptied and the correct fuel added.
Cliftonite said:
Shirley a candidate for the 'knob' thread and the dole queue?
Unlikely, he's far too senior to get fired. Personally, I'd fire him forWhat he does to his alloy wheels, he seems totally unable to park without bashing into the kerb, and kerbed alloys are a pet hate of mine.
RYH64E said:
Blown2CV said:
If unsure should always try diesel first as the nozzle won't fit in a petrol filler. This alway struck me as weird as diesel in a petrol car does nothing except need draining, whereas petrol in a diesel causes a mini meltdown.
We've had plenty of petrol in a diesel mis-fuelling incidents at work, I did it myself recently (filled up from virtually empty) and run for a good 10 miles before I realised what I'd done. Despite the claims of resultant multi-thousand pound bills there have been no consequent problems other than the inconvenience of getting the tank emptied, and the annoyance of wasting a tank full of fuel.The husband of a friend of mine works for a prestige German car company and has a different car virtually every week, as a consequence he regularly puts petrol in a diesel or diesel in a petrol, I don't know what their official policy is for customers cars but his just gets the tank emptied and the correct fuel added.
Blown2CV said:
depends how empty the tank was i suppose - i feel you were probably lucky.
Pretty much completely empty, I only ever fill up from empty, and I run it until lost all power and stopped. Jaguar advised contacting my insurance company because the complete fuel system needed replacing, but the recovery man said don't worry about it and recommended a friend of his who runs a company pumping petrol out of diesel car fuel tanks, who also said don't worry about it. It cost a tank of fuel and about £100 to get it pumped out, other than that the car was fine and stayed fine until it was sold 12 months later.I've heard all the stories of catastrophic failure but everyone I know who's done the same (and there are plenty of fellow muppets out there) has got away with it, some several times.
RYH64E said:
Blown2CV said:
depends how empty the tank was i suppose - i feel you were probably lucky.
Pretty much completely empty, I only ever fill up from empty, and I run it until lost all power and stopped. Jaguar advised contacting my insurance company because the complete fuel system needed replacing, but the recovery man said don't worry about it and recommended a friend of his who runs a company pumping petrol out of diesel car fuel tanks, who also said don't worry about it. It cost a tank of fuel and about £100 to get it pumped out, other than that the car was fine and stayed fine until it was sold 12 months later.I've heard all the stories of catastrophic failure but everyone I know who's done the same (and there are plenty of fellow muppets out there) has got away with it, some several times.
Blown2CV said:
so you're saying it's all a scam, or what
What I'm saying is that I've done it and had no problems, other people I know have done it and had no problems, and I don't know anyone who has suffered problems as a result of mis-fuelling a modern, common rail diesel engine. I'm not saying that it's impossible or that it doesn't happen, but it hasn't happened to anyone I know. I certainly wouldn't follow main dealer advice and spend thousands replacing the entire fuel system, and in my experience (anectdotal) when it happens to one of their own cars they just pump out the tank and refill.used to work in a garage that was 2mins away from a filling station, usually get wrong fuel fills in weekly, in the 2years there was a sprinter van that needed a new pump, the rest if ran got new fuel filters and lines flushed, if noticed before being ran just drain and refuel, I'd imagine it depends on the type of fuel system/pump and how soft the engine is but most cough abit of smoke out then run fine. still wouldn't recommend It,
wife says, I thought there were 2 crankshafts in a flat four engine.
now she's not talking to me, I got it wrong myself correcting her as I suggested she meant camshafts (of which there are 4 on hers) but apparently i'm patronising for telling her the crank is the one in the centre of the engine.
now she's not talking to me, I got it wrong myself correcting her as I suggested she meant camshafts (of which there are 4 on hers) but apparently i'm patronising for telling her the crank is the one in the centre of the engine.
gowmonster said:
wife says, I thought there were 2 crankshafts in a flat four engine.
now she's not talking to me, I got it wrong myself correcting her as I suggested she meant camshafts (of which there are 4 on hers) but apparently i'm patronising for telling her the crank is the one in the centre of the engine.
Kudos to her for knowing what a crankshaft is. A friend of mine has just about graduated from referring to my cars as 'the black one', 'the silver one' and 'the blue one' to using the marque names; she's now trying to learn the model names.now she's not talking to me, I got it wrong myself correcting her as I suggested she meant camshafts (of which there are 4 on hers) but apparently i'm patronising for telling her the crank is the one in the centre of the engine.
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