petrol in a diesel car help plz

hi my wife put 20 ltrs off petrol in my diesel do i just put lots off diesel in or will it be a problem

thanks

alex

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alex
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It depends on the car / age etc.

Safest solution is to have the car towed to a garage and the contents of the tank drained. Don't try to start the engine

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I think you have been a little alarmist about motorists putting petrol in diesel-powered cars. In 1978 I bought a Golf diesel and the instruction book recommended adding up to 30 per cent petrol to prevent waxing in cold weather. T.F., Dursley

a.. You are talking about old technology. If you put petrol in the diesel of a modern Mercedes or BMW, it can destroy seals and necessitate a replacement fuel system that might cost up to £5,000.

Good luck

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Chris

You don't say which diesel.

How much diesel was there in the tank before she put the 20 litres of petrol in? How far has it been driven since? Do you know anybody with a petrol engined mower or a two stroke petrol engined M/C?

The easiest safest and most expensive solution is to get a garage to drain the tank and dispose of the contaminated fuel.

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Phil Cook

And if it is an older styler 306 diesel the whole back seat has to come out to remove the tank for draining :-(

Been there.

Jim

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Jim Mason

Hi,

? Remove outlet pipe (rubber hose between tank & steel pipes), the fuel will fall on its own.

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G.T

If you put diesel in car that runs on petrol... to a 1/5 ratio... it will still run.. Put one drop of gazoline in a car that runs on diesel you will have to drain the entire tank. If the rest of the tank is empty.... you could fill it up..... put 20 liters is risky.... put a hose in it and suck most of it out (put the end of the hose lower than the bottom of the tank and get the flow started by sucking... once it flows it flows). You should be able to get most of it out. Then just fill it up, and smoke up the street for a couple of days :)

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obiahman

NO!!!

disconect the fuel hose take two large jerrycans to put the petrol/diesel and then if you hotwire the stop solenoid on the diesel pump the juice pumps right out!

a little residu of petrol wont kill your engine, but take as much out as you can, then fill up with diesel and pump some more out to make sure the petrol is all out.

reconnect all hoses, replace the feul filter

make sure 99% off the air is out the fuel system, then start engine.

another way

take 3 metres garden hose put it slowly! in the tank suck the feul up and let it flow out. if it flows then slowly! pul the hose a litle up so you wont mix the diesel with the petrol ( petrol is on the upper side in the tank) this way the first the deisel will com out and eventually the petrol. if there was only little diesel in the tank then put some 10 litre diesel in before and leave it for a day to seperate.. if all done fill up with diesel go brush your teeth (twice) take a bath start engine go to pub

both ways you wont have to take out the backseat of your 306

twice on my mothers 306

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Marc

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Nonsense. Some specific diesel engines do have problems with petrol reducing the lubricity of the diesel, or with damage to seals, but in general diesel engines will run without damage on anything up to a 15-20% petrol content. In the olden days, before winter diesel was common, people used to mix a small amount of petrol in the diesel to stop it waxing.

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Albert T Cone

even better!

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Marc

Apologies I should have explained - my tank had to come out completely because the Peugeot dealer messed up big time by forgetting to fit a seal to the level indication sender unit so when the tank was refilled it overflowed flooding the top side of the tank with diesel. They had to remove the tank to steam clean it.

Jim

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Jim Mason

I put £20 petrol in my diesel, it ran a bit strange before I realized what had happened. I filled the tank up with diesel and ran it as normal. Topped it as soon as I could get £5 worth in did that for several times hten ran it down to a quarter then filled it up. It ran Ok and still does. I did this during the new year.

I have also been told that putting oil in will also help the lubricity of the petrol.

Reply to
Maurice

you got lied to m8

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Mindwipe

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Mindwipe

See later post. Jim

Reply to
Jim Mason

Hi Jeff !

Sure you thought of the same solution, right ?

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

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G.T

so you didnt have to pay for the removal then

Reply to
Mindwipe

Correct :-)

Jim

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Jim Mason

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