Petrol in Diesel Tank

If thats what you done i think petrol will ruin the diesel pump, which could explain the loss of power you described, which could potentially be expensive if you took it to a garage.

Have you not got the reciept for the fuel to check? Check the feel of the fuel in the filter, it should feel oily if its diesel. If i were you i wouldnt start it again until you know for sure that its got diesel in it.

I put fuel in at Tesco's, so I guess it really is an outside chance they have mixed up fuels in their tanks.

If my fuel pump had packed up, could that lead to loss of power etc ?? The most frustrating thing is that I don't know what is wrong with the thing at the moment :-(

Thanks again for any replies / help

Hi,

And the pump is the least thing you could expect... Injectors may also be on their way out. Sometimes it just destroys the engine.

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Did you bleed the air out of the system after you checked the fuel filter? If you are sure you filled up with diesel, it is extremely inlikely that Tesco have mixed the fuels. Think og the number of other people who would also be affected. you would hear about it.

It certainly sounds like an air problem to me. All the classic symptoms. Brian.

Well sounds like you didnt put any petrol in it then, but still sounds like a fueling problem. As other has said check for leaks to see if air is getting into the system somewhere.

Same thing happened to us. We got a batch of infected fuel. It was hard to get rid of but various stuff from the auto shop worked..

Good Luck

John

Hey Mahseve, if you are that worried why don't you dilute whatever is in your tank with more diesel. Some people add a small amount of petrol to get more oomph but I don't know what effect that has long-term. If it were going to harm your engine (quite unlikely) it would have happened by now. I still reckon you've got an air bleed problem but I don't know too much about turbos ( to me they're things that Sikhs wear on their heads!!!) so I guess that might be affected. If you put a tenner's worth of diesel that would mean about three gallons (assuming you're in UK) so if you top up your tank there will be a lesser proportion of petrol mixed in if you filled from the wrong pump. I don't think for a second that Tesco are in anyway to blame even if I don't have any shares in them.

You did say you had it serviced, so it could be the fuel delivery pipes were disturbed when the heaters were changed. I remember my pipes letting in air where they screw into the injectors once upon a time and that gave me the same problem. If your rubber washer on the bleeding glass is naff, you will have a complete refusal to run. I think that's where you will find the problem. Good luck.

I have had the same problem. My feul tank has a filter to get air in the tank, when the fuel goes out. This filter was stuck. You can test it through leave the tank open en drive youre block's arround.

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