OOPS!

[baldyash]

Whilst I was filling up today the guy behind complemented me on my car--nice!.He then came & said to me that he had just put 12 litres of petrol in his diesel car cause he was distracted admiring my car. Poor bloke didn't know what to do but but he decided to drive off as he had 1/2 a tank of diesel in his Beemer already. Hope his car survived!!!

[Little Donkey]

It'll be fine, my business partner done something similar in a 335D a few years ago. I swear they run on any old st.

[tonyhall38]

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....he should pay attention to what he is doing.....Tosser...

[slippery]

If I was going to risk that, I think I'd at least brim whatever room was left in the tank with diesel.

[yeti]

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....he should pay attention to what he is doing.....Tosser...

^^ This. Although with modern common rail systems they are much more sensitive. I'd be brimming the tank with diesel every few miles and it'll be ok

[Cockernee]

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....he should pay attention to what he is doing.....Tosser...

Perhaps the bloke was concerned his "so called" friends may leave him at the petrol station

[tonyhall38]

Cockernee said:

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....he should pay attention to what he is doing.....Tosser...

Perhaps the bloke was concerned his "so called" friends may leave him at the petrol station [/


Or perhaps he done it on purpose to get a mention on here....or to let his so called friends all drive off and get nicked....leaving him to make his way to the hotel and enjoy a free lunch.....where all of his so called friends had to make do with sandwiches.......

Just s thought.....

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....

I always thought twas t'other way, as the diesel also forms part of the lubricant for the turbo etc?

[mikey k]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....

I always thought twas t'other way, as the diesel also forms part of the lubricant for the turbo etc?

No its OK providing you don't have more than 5-10% and use it up soon
Ask me how I know
Petrol causes preignition in a diesel and can dissolve some of the seals in the fuel system

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

mikey k said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....

I always thought twas t'other way, as the diesel also forms part of the lubricant for the turbo etc?

No its OK providing you don't have more than 5-10% and use it up soon
Ask me how I know
Petrol causes preignition in a diesel and can dissolve some of the seals in the fuel system

Noooooooooo, think of them poor seals!

[Zod]

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....he should pay attention to what he is doing.....Tosser...

No, it's the othe way around. Diesel can be flushed out of a petrol engine. Petrol in a diesel can destroy the injector pump.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Zod said:

tonyhall38 said:

I think....petrol in diesel not too bad.....diesel in petrol not a good thing.....he should pay attention to what he is doing.....Tosser...

No, it's the othe way around. Diesel can be flushed out of a petrol engine. Petrol in a diesel can destroy the injector pump.

Score draw at the moment then

[tonyhall38]

I always thought diesels in theory can run on almost any combustible material....chip fat and the such....petrol being more refined.....cannot....petrol is also less dense so passing through diesel injectors should not be a problem.....in theory....
Where's the fking brainy fkers when you need em....maverick.....you dead or something...8 tech....

[michael gould]

For the sake of £80 worth of fuel.......then call in the AA or RAC and have them drain the tank......you'r bloody stark raving mad to dive off with that mix in your tank.

[PiloteAM]

tonyhall38 said:

I always thought diesels in theory can run on almost any combustible material....chip fat and the such....petrol being more refined.....cannot....petrol is also less dense so passing through diesel injectors should not be a problem.....in theory....

That was true of the original Rudolf Diesel engine, it could even run off coal dust, with some mechanical changes, but modern common rail ones are very high tech.

People tend to run old Merc barges off chip fat (with a filter, and/or some additive chemicals) as then engines are tough and have high tolerances. Not sure it would work in a current gen engine.

Not sure if it would actually do damage of just stall though?

[mikey k]

michael gould said:

For the sake of £80 worth of fuel.......then call in the AA or RAC and have them drain the tank......you'r bloody stark raving mad to dive off with that mix in your tank.

Cost me £300 excluding the petrol when I did mine?
Excluded from many recovery plans as it is human error not a mac handicap fault

[mikey k]

Modern high pressure injection diesel are very fussy about the quality of fuel
We even have to give them "winter" diesel now